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Kim Thúy

1968 - Today

Kim Thúy

Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CM CQ (born 1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer. Kim Thúy was born in Vietnam in 1968. At the age of 10 she left Vietnam along with a wave of refugees commonly referred to in the media as “the boat people” and settled with her family in Quebec, Canada. A graduate in translation and law, she has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Kim Thúy is the 6,662nd most popular writer (down from 6,657th in 2024), the 112th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 116th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Vietnamese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Thúy ranks 6,659 out of 7,302. Before her are Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Conn Iggulden, and Geoffrey A. Landis. After her are David Foenkinos, Johanna Sinisalo, Andrus Kivirähk, Joe Medicine Crow, Nayantara Sahgal, Wayne C. Booth, Man Haron Monis, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and James Weldon Johnson.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Sibylle Lewitscharoff
1954 - 2023
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 6,656
Conn Iggulden
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 6,657
Geoffrey A. Landis
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 6,658
Kim Thúy
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 6,659
David Foenkinos
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 6,660
Johanna Sinisalo
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 6,661
Andrus Kivirähk
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 6,662
Joe Medicine Crow
1913 - 2016
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 6,663
Nayantara Sahgal
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 6,664
Wayne C. Booth
1921 - 2005
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 6,665
Man Haron Monis
1964 - 2014
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 6,666
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
1802 - 1838
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 6,667
James Weldon Johnson
1871 - 1938
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 6,668

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Kim Thúy ranks 532. Before her are Franck Lagorce, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ioan Sabău, Olga Shishigina, Nobutoshi Canna, and Peter Nielsen. After her are Leo Peelen, Rena Sofer, Bryan Burk, Ilian Iliev, Camilla Grebe, and Anne Nurmi.

Others Born in 1968

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Franck Lagorce
RACING DRIVER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 526
Gheorghe Craioveanu
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 527
Ioan Sabău
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 528
Olga Shishigina
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 529
Nobutoshi Canna
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 530
Peter Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 531
Kim Thúy
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 532
Leo Peelen
POLITICIAN
1968 - 2017
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 533
Rena Sofer
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 534
Bryan Burk
PRODUCER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 535
Ilian Iliev
COACH
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 536
Camilla Grebe
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 537
Anne Nurmi
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 538

In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Kim Thúy ranks 112 out of 136. Before her are Eugene H. Trinh (1950), Phạm Duy (1921), Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân (1954), Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn (1921), Linh Dan Pham (1974), and Dustin Nguyen (1962). After her are Cung Le (1972), Ngô Thanh Vân (1979), Thuy Trang (1973), Stephanie Murphy (1978), Hoàng Xuân Vinh (1974), and Lê Công Vinh (1985).

Others born in Vietnam

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Eugene H. Trinh
ASTRONAUT
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 106
Phạm Duy
MUSICIAN
1921 - 2013
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 107
Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 108
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1921 - 1990
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 109
Linh Dan Pham
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 110
Dustin Nguyen
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 111
Kim Thúy
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 112
Cung Le
MARTIAL ARTS
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 113
Ngô Thanh Vân
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 114
Thuy Trang
ACTOR
1973 - 2001
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 115
Stephanie Murphy
POLITICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 116
Hoàng Xuân Vinh
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 117
Lê Công Vinh
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 118