Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Cecile Pin
セシル・ピン
Cecile Pin
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1996 （Paris, France）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- English, French
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Paris, France → New York, United States → London, United Kingdom
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, editorial assistant
- Active Years
- 2021-
- Affiliations
- Jonathan Cape, Fourth Estate (HarperCollins)
- Influenced By
- Vietnamese boat people
- Nominations
- Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlist (2023), Women's Prize for Fiction longlist (2023)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College London | — | Philosophy | BA | 18歳時〜 | United Kingdom |
| King's College London | — | — | MA | — | United Kingdom |
University College London
Philosophy
Degree:
BA
Period:
18歳時〜
Country:
United Kingdom
Studied Philosophy
King's College London
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Master of Arts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature | Les Âmes errantes | — | Fragonard | winner |
Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature
2024
Work:
Les Âmes errantes
Organization:
Fragonard
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Wandering Souls
2023 novelA story of a Vietnamese refugee family arriving in Britain in 1980s.
refugeesimmigrationidentityloss
Translations
- French: Les Âmes errantes (trans. Carine Chichereau)
Bibliography
- Wandering Souls (2023)
- Celestial Light (TBA)
Legacy
Emerging French author based in London, debut novel acclaimed internationally.
Trivia
- French father and Vietnamese mother who arrived in France in the 1970s from a camp in Thailand.
- Spent four years of childhood in New York attending a French school.