Jean-François Brière
KIM THÚY Born in Saigon in 1968, Kim Thúy left Vietnam with the boat people at the age of 10 and settled with her family in Quebec. A graduate in translation and law, she has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, restaurant owner and food commentator on radio and television. She lives in Montreal and devotes herself to writing. In 2013, Kim Thúy was awarded the Paul-Gérin-Lajoie Award for Diversity by the organization ENSEMBLE for the respect of diversity.
First name: Kim Thúy Last name: Ly Thanh Born in Saigon, Vietnam November 1978–March 1979 Refugee camp, Kuantan, Malaysia March 27, 1979 Arrived in Granby, Quebec 1990 B.A. in Translation Université de Montréal 1993 Bachelor of Laws Université de Montréal
Kim Thúy has been appointed a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec. In 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Concordia University, for giving eloquent voice to the refugee experience, and the Medal of Honour of the National Assembly of Québec. Kim Thúy has acted as a spokesperson for the Petit Robert dictionary since 2016 and will be honoured with her own entry in the 2018 Robert illustré illustrated edition.
P a r u t i o n s
1995 Admitted to the Quebec Bar
October 2009 Ru published by Libre Expression
1992 - 1998 Stikeman Elliott Assigned to Hanoi
September 2011 À toi published by Libre Expression, Co-written with Pascal Janovjak
1998 - 1999 Consular Officer Canadian Consulate in Saigon 2002 – 2007 Entrepreneur-Restaurateur Ru de Nam
April 2013 mãn published by Libre Expression April 2016 Vi published by Libre Expression March 2017 L’Autisme expliqué aux non-autistes by Brigitte Harrisson and Lise St-Charles, with the collaboration of Kim Thúy, published by Trécarré October 2017 Le Secret des Vietnamiennes published by Trécarré