Thuận

Thuận

nhà văn – écrivaine – author

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  • Upcoming reading, Q&A, and book signing at UCL, London, 1 Nov

    22/09/2022
    Events
    Ann Nguyen, UCL

    Please join us for an evening at the University College London!

    From the UCL website:

    The event will be moderated by second-year SELCS student Ann Nguyen (BA Language and Culture) and is organised in collaboration with UCL’s Comparative Literature programmes. 

    All welcome. Free to attend but please register at https://chinatown-thuan.eventbrite.co.uk

  • TANK Magazine interview with Tice Cin, July 7th

    14/08/2022
    Interview
    TANK Magazine, Tice Cin, Trà My Hickin

    From TANK’s website:

    Tice and Thuận spoke about dreaming, walking, time and how the act of translating between Vietnamese, French and English affords new linguistic opportunity.

    Thanks to TANK Magazine for hosting us, Tice Cin for the inspiring question and Trà My Hickin for being my interpreter.

    Full interview can be watched here and there’s also a podcast version.

  • Event in Bath on 7 July at Topping and Company

    29/06/2022
    Events

    Please join us for an evening in the lovely town of Bath. Early birds and students’ discounts are available and come with a copy of my novel.

    More information is to be found on Topping and Company’s website.

  • Upcoming event at Foyles, London, 6th July 2022

    14/06/2022
    Events
    Foyles

    From the announcement at Foyles:

    “Thuận’s first novel to be translated into English from Vietnamese, Chinatown announces the arrival of a major voice in international literary fiction for a whole new readership. We are thrilled to host Thuận at Foyles as she visits London to discuss her lyrical and empathetic work on loss, love and migration.”

    I’m also thrilled to be speaking at this beautiful venue and to meet all of you. Please see the Foyles event page for more information and booking.

  • “Hard work is more important than talent”: Interview with the BBC (in Vietnamese)

    12/06/2022
    Interview
    BBC Vietnamese, Chinatown, Trần Dần

    An interview in May 2022 with Nguyễn Giang of the BBC Vietnamese, discussing the upcoming publication of Chinatown, about the influence that poet Trần Dần had on me, as well as my general thoughts on the writer’s work, on censorship in publishing, and on Vietnamese literature.

  • Thuận on Chinatown: Asymptote interview by Phương Anh

    18/05/2022
    Interview
    Chinatown, Phương Anh

    “My characters and stories are often considered too complicated, following neither moral nor cultural standards. People also complain that my writing is difficult to read—that if only Chinatown was divided into paragraphs, chapters, if the timelines were not jumbled up together, or if I didn’t joke around. . . But like everywhere else, the Vietnamese society of today—one with nearly one hundred million people—also has to deal with problems such as unemployment, corruption, prostitution, sense of alienation, and loneliness. Not to mention the characteristic oppression of the communist regime and the hard-to-heal wounds left by successive wars. All of this has made Vietnam a rich material and a complex subject.”

    Full interview on Asymptote Journal. A hearty thank for Phương Anh who arranged, conducted, and then gracefully translated my first interview in English.

THUẬN is the author of ten novels and translator of twelve books.
She lives in Paris and writes in Vietnamese.
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LATEST

  • Upcoming reading, Q&A, and book signing at UCL, London, 1 Nov
  • TANK Magazine interview with Tice Cin, July 7th
  • Event in Bath on 7 July at Topping and Company
  • Upcoming event at Foyles, London, 6th July 2022
  • “Hard work is more important than talent”: Interview with the BBC (in Vietnamese)

RIGHTS

Jérôme Bouchaud
Astier-Pécher Literary & Film Agency
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World English Rights:
Julia Sanches
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PUBLICITY

US
New Directions
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UK
Hana Sandhu
Tilted Axis Press
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