Kim Thuy
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Montreal 45° 30' 11.46" N, 73° 34' 11.30" W Academia/Research Literature Politics Person
Published books
Title | Extended title | Year of Publication |
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Ru | 2009 |
is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.
Thúy spent her early childhood in Vietnam before fleeing with her parents as boat people and settling in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil. She has degrees in law, linguistics and translation from the Université de Montréal.