WRITER

Shan Sa

1972 - Today

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Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni (born October 26, 1972, in Beijing, China), a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (a prize voted by secondary school students). Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shan Sa has received more than 0 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Shan Sa is the 6,364th most popular writer (down from 5,894th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from China (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shan Sa ranks 6,364 out of 7,302Before her are Charles Lock Eastlake, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Tom Wilson, Edward Everett Hale, Kaifi Azmi, and John P. Marquand. After her are Christian Prudhomme, Michael Rosen, Henry Green, Laurent Binet, S. E. Hinton, and Joel Osteen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Shan Sa ranks 393Before her are Darren Hayes, Sammi Cheng, Kalinikos Kreanga, Melissa Auf der Maur, Elyes Fakhfakh, and Alexander Borodai. After her are Jaouad Gharib, Guillaume Gallienne, Laurent Binet, Kai Wegner, Mart Poom, and Trentemøller.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shan Sa ranks 1,040 out of 1,610Before her are Chen Guangcheng (1971), Xu Rongmao (1950), Changpeng Zhao (1977), Jing Haipeng (1966), Tyrus Wong (1910), and Sun Zhengcai (1963). After her are Liu Boming (1966), Han Geng (1984), Zhang Jike (1988), Sun Li (1982), Zhang Yiming (1983), and Wei Wei (1963).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Shan Sa ranks 120Before her are You Xie (1958), Ma Jian (1953), Liao Yiwu (1958), Su Tong (1963), Liu Xia (1961), and Chen Danqing (1953). After her are Ruth Graham (1920), Woeser (1966), Tie Ning (1957), Wei Hui (1973), Ken Liu (1976), and Yiyun Li (1972).