WRITER

Shan Sa

1972 - Today

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Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni (born October 26, 1972, in Beijing, China), a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (a prize voted by secondary school students). Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Shan Sa is the 6,527th most popular writer (down from 6,364th in 2024), the 1,061st most popular biography from China (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 121st most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shan Sa ranks 6,527 out of 7,302. Before her are Anna Todd, Angie Sage, Emanuel Pastreich, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Mo Hayder. After her are Francisco Villarroel, Helle Helle, Peter Pišťanek, Sjón, Rose Tremain, and Tor Ulven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Shan Sa ranks 470. Before her are Hiroyuki Takei, Jason Winston George, Brian Acton, Melissa Auf der Maur, Sammi Cheng, and Frode Estil. After her are Kevin Ullyett, Darius Kasparaitis, Khary Payton, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Kalinikos Kreanga, and Christophe Beck.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shan Sa ranks 1,061 out of 1,610. Before her are Sun-Yung Alice Chang (1948), Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (1973), Liang Wudong (1959), Zhai Zhigang (1966), Wei Wei (1963), and Raymond Lam (1979). After her are Huang Zhihong (1965), Zhang Jingchu (1980), Zhang Yuan (1963), Wu Jing (1974), Zhao Hongbo (1973), and Fei-Fei Li (1976).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Shan Sa ranks 121. Before her are Ma Jian (1953), Liao Yiwu (1958), Jiang Rong (1946), Su Tong (1963), Liu Xia (1961), and Ruth Graham (1920). After her are Chen Danqing (1953), Tie Ning (1957), Woeser (1966), Wei Hui (1973), Ken Liu (1976), and Bi Feiyu (null).

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