WRITER

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 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Thúy is the 6,634th most popular writer (up from 6,657th in 2019), the 111th 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 6,634 out of 7,302. Before her are Nat Hentoff, Stanley Middleton, Lionel Shriver, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, Conn Iggulden, and Geoffrey A. Landis. After her are David Foenkinos, Johanna Sinisalo, Andrus Kivirähk, Joe Medicine Crow, Nayantara Sahgal, and Wayne C. Booth.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Nat Hentoff
1925 - 2017
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 6,628
Stanley Middleton
1919 - 2009
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 6,629
Lionel Shriver
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 6,630
Sibylle Lewitscharoff
1954 - 2023
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 6,631
Conn Iggulden
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 6,632
Geoffrey A. Landis
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 6,633
Kim Thúy
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 6,634
David Foenkinos
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 6,635
Johanna Sinisalo
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 6,636
Andrus Kivirähk
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 6,637
Joe Medicine Crow
1913 - 2016
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 6,638
Nayantara Sahgal
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 6,639
Wayne C. Booth
1921 - 2005
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 6,640

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Kim Thúy ranks 506. Before her are Leonid Agutin, Franck Lagorce, Gheorghe Craioveanu, Ioan Sabău, Olga Shishigina, and Nobutoshi Canna. After her are Leo Peelen, Rena Sofer, Bryan Burk, Niamh Kavanagh, Leila Meskhi, and Lorenzo Bernardi.

Others Born in 1968

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Leonid Agutin
MUSICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 500
Franck Lagorce
RACING DRIVER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 501
Gheorghe Craioveanu
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 502
Ioan Sabău
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 503
Olga Shishigina
ATHLETE
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 504
Nobutoshi Canna
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 505
Kim Thúy
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 506
Leo Peelen
POLITICIAN
1968 - 2017
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 507
Rena Sofer
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 508
Bryan Burk
PRODUCER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 509
Niamh Kavanagh
SINGER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 510
Leila Meskhi
TENNIS PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 511
Lorenzo Bernardi
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 512

In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Kim Thúy ranks 111 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: 105
Phạm Duy
MUSICIAN
1921 - 2013
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 106
Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 107
Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1921 - 1990
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 108
Linh Dan Pham
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 109
Dustin Nguyen
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 110
Kim Thúy
WRITER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 111
Cung Le
MARTIAL ARTS
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 112
Ngô Thanh Vân
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 113
Thuy Trang
ACTOR
1973 - 2001
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 114
Stephanie Murphy
POLITICIAN
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 115
Hoàng Xuân Vinh
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 116
Lê Công Vinh
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 117