Kim Thúy

Kim Thúy is an author whose work has been published in more than thirty languages. Her debut novel, Ru, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for French-language fiction and the Grand Prix littéraire Archambault. Thúy has since published several acclaimed books, including Mãn and Vi. Her first play, Ấm, premiered at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in fall 2025. Thúy has received numerous literary honours in Canada and abroad. She lives in Montreal.

Writers & Books

Award History

2025 - Winner

Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award

Jury Citation

“Kim Thúy’s body of work is original, compelling, and emotionally rendered. Told in a spare, yet poetic style, Thúy’s work harbours an artful exactitude that balances the painful truths of colonization and war, with love and everyday human connection. These sensorily immersive stories of lost innocence, dispossession, the Vietnamese diaspora in Quebec, and human perseverance are ones that stay with the reader. The brilliance of her novels has been brought to a wider readership with Sheila Fischman’s translations. Thúy’s writing challenges the boundaries of genre while her focus on the human plight remains front and centre.” —2025 Engel Findley Award jury (Daniel Grenier, Chelene Knight, and Jeanette Lynes)