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Kim Thúy

1968 - Today

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Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CM CQ (born 1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer. Kim Thúy was born in Vietnam in 1968. At the age of 10 she left Vietnam along with a wave of refugees commonly referred to in the media as “the boat people” and settled with her family in Quebec, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Thúy has received more than 206,907 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Thúy is the 6,656th most popular writer (down from 5,859th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Em
Fiction, general
2020
Ru
2010
Man
2013
Ru
Immigrants, Fiction, Canadian fiction
A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thuy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning RU is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec.
2009
Ten Canadian Writers in Context
Authorship, Canadian literature (English), History and criticism
2016
Mãn
Cocina vietnamita, Vietnamese restaurants, Restaurantes vietnamita
"Oriente-Occidente. Saigón-Montreal. Es el trayecto de Mãn, una joven refugiada a la que su madre quiere proteger casándola con el propietario de un restaurante vietnamita también exiliado en Canadá. Mãn ha aprendido a crecer sin sueños, a vivir sin necesitar apenas nada en apariencia. Pero en la cocina, cuando reinterpreta las sencillas recetas de su infancia, las emociones se desatan: el jugo del tomate recuerda el sufrimiento de un pueblo, un postre acerca dos culturas distintas, el modo tradicional de cortar un pimiento tiene mucho que decir sobre el arte de la seducción. En un sutil vaivén entre pasado y presente, entre el aquí y el allá, Kim Thúy dibuja un hermoso mosaico en el que se mezclan la memoria, el amor y ese extrañamiento (una forma distinta de acceso al saber) que produce el vivir muy lejos del lugar del que procedemos."--Publisher description.
2013
Ten Canadian Writers in Context
Authorship, Canadian literature (English), History and criticism
2016
Em
Fiction, general
2020
Man
2013
Mãn
Cocina vietnamita, Vietnamese restaurants, Restaurantes vietnamita
"Oriente-Occidente. Saigón-Montreal. Es el trayecto de Mãn, una joven refugiada a la que su madre quiere proteger casándola con el propietario de un restaurante vietnamita también exiliado en Canadá. Mãn ha aprendido a crecer sin sueños, a vivir sin necesitar apenas nada en apariencia. Pero en la cocina, cuando reinterpreta las sencillas recetas de su infancia, las emociones se desatan: el jugo del tomate recuerda el sufrimiento de un pueblo, un postre acerca dos culturas distintas, el modo tradicional de cortar un pimiento tiene mucho que decir sobre el arte de la seducción. En un sutil vaivén entre pasado y presente, entre el aquí y el allá, Kim Thúy dibuja un hermoso mosaico en el que se mezclan la memoria, el amor y ese extrañamiento (una forma distinta de acceso al saber) que produce el vivir muy lejos del lugar del que procedemos."--Publisher description.
2013
Ru
2010
Ru
Immigrants, Fiction, Canadian fiction
A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thuy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning RU is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec.
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Thúy ranks 6,656 out of 7,302. Before her are Shirley Ann Grau, Tom Egeland, Catherine Cookson, Rick Falkvinge, Deborah Feldman, and Jessie Redmon Fauset. After her are Kristina Ohlsson, George Clayton Johnson, Marie Darrieussecq, Greil Marcus, Édouard Louis, and Joel Surnow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Kim Thúy ranks 524. Before her are Daphne Koller, Giovanni Stroppa, Peter Bondra, Lisa Chappell, Evridiki, and Charlotte Valandrey. After her are Jennifer Lynch, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Samuel Matete, Svenja Schulze, Attila Repka, and Armand de Las Cuevas.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Kim Thúy ranks 116 out of 136. Before her are Lê Công Vinh (1985), Thuy Trang (1973), Hoàng Xuân Vinh (1974), Dustin Nguyen (1962), Ngô Thanh Vân (1979), and Cung Le (1972). After her are Mỹ Tâm (1981), Scotty Nguyen (1962), Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995), Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971), Trần Hiếu Ngân (1974), and Hiep Thi Le (1971).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

Among writers born in Vietnam, Kim Thúy ranks 7. Before her are Marguerite Duras (1914), Phan Bội Châu (1867), Nguyễn Du (1765), Hồ Xuân Hương (1772), Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963), and Dương Thu Hương (1947). After her are Viet Thanh Nguyen (1971).

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