Kim Thy

Kim Thyis aMontreal-based award-winning novelist and short storywriter. Born inSaigon, Vietnam, she and her family were among thousandswho fledthecountry on boatafter the fall of Saigon. They later settled in Quebec.

Thy'sacclaimed first novel,Ru, won the Governor General's Literary Award for French-language fiction and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2002. It also won Canada Reads 2015, when it was championed by Cameron Bailey. She also authored the novelsViand Man.

Viwas on the longlist for the 2018 ScotiabankGiller Prize.

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Interviews withKimThy

Kim Thuy's bestselling novel debut Ru

13 years ago

Duration 5:13

Ru is the poetic, autobiographical novel debut of Saigon-born, Montreal-based writer Kim Thuy. She talks to CBC about being a Vietnamese refugee arriving in Canada, taking on life's challenges and why her novel has sparked controversy in her homeland.

Author Kim Thy on Canadian pride

8 years ago

Duration 2:34

Canada Reads-winning author Kim Thuy's speaks about the contrast between Canada and Vietnam.

Giller nominee Kim Thuy, author of Ru

12 years ago

Duration 5:55

Author Kim Thuy talks to CBC about her Giller-shortlisted book Ru, a memoir told in poetic vignettes that weave between her escape from Vietnam to her time in a Malaysian refugee camp to her new life in Canada.

All in a Weekend Montreal12:24Letter writing with author Kim Thuy

Governor-General's Award winner Kim Thuy is at the "Correspondances Eastman" in Quebec. It's a festival dedicated to the art of letter writing. Kim Thuy spoke about her own pen-pal experience at how it affected her career and her life.