Thuận
THUẬN was born in 1967 in Hanoi. She studied at Pyatigorsk State University (Russia) and at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is the author of ten novels and a recipient of the Writers’ Union Prize, the highest award in Vietnamese literature. Seven of her novels were translated into French and published in France. Chinatown, her debut novel in English, won a PEN Translates Award, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize. She currently lives in Paris.
