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Kim Thúy

1968 - Today

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Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CQ (born 1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ru won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Thúy has received more than 191,421 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Thúy is the 5,881st most popular writer (down from 5,383rd in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 95th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Thúy ranks 5,881 out of 5,755. Before her are Catherine Cookson, Rose Tremain, James Gleick, Forrest J Ackerman, Tom Egeland, and William H. Gass. After her are Phyllis A. Whitney, Wilma Mankiller, George S. Kaufman, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Ruth Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Kim Thúy ranks 426. Before her are Masahiko Harada, Ljubinko Drulović, James Iha, Maurizio Ganz, Phill Lewis, and Adina-Ioana Vălean. After her are Marco Grassi, Diego el Cigala, Brian Cox, Jens Weidmann, Diego Fuser, and Leonid Agutin.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Kim Thúy ranks 102 out of 124. Before her are Yvon Petra (1916), Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum (1905), Eugene H. Trinh (1950), Cung Le (1972), Jane Luu (1963), and Lê Công Vinh (1985). After her are Thuy Trang (1973), Linh Dan Pham (1974), Dustin Nguyen (1962), Hoàng Xuân Vinh (1974), Ngô Thanh Vân (1979), and Nguyễn Công Phượng (1995).

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Among WRITERS In Vietnam

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

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