Cecile Pin

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Cecile Pin
Born1996
Paris, France [1]
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Years active2021–present
Website cecilepin.com

Cecile Pin (born 1996) is a French author based in London. She is known for her debut novel Wandering Souls (2023).

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Early life

Pin was born and raised in Paris to a French father and a Vietnamese mother who had arrived in the 1970s from a camp in Thailand. [2] She also spent four years of her childhood in New York, where she attended a French School. [3] At age 18, Pin moved to London to study Philosophy at University College London (UCL). She completed a Master of Arts (MA) at King's College London. [4]

Career

Pin previously worked as an editorial assistant at Jonathan Cape. [5]

Via HarperCollins imprint Fourth Estate and with help from the 2021 London Writers' Award, Pin's debut novel Wandering Souls was published in March 2023. [6] Its U.S. publisher was Henry Holt. [7] Pin had become inspired researching the Vietnamese boat people, especially Vietnamese refugees to Britain. [8] [9] She felt the British Southeast Asian community was underrepresented in literature. Her philosophy studies also had an influence on the novel. [10] Wandering Souls was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize [11] and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. [12] The French translation by Carine Chichereau [13] also received a Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature. [14]

In January 2024, Fourth Estate acquired the rights to Pin's second novel Celestial Light. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Kiner, Salomé (1 October 2023). "Cécile Pin: «Les enfants de réfugiés appréhendent leur passé par fragments»". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Silvers, Isabella (27 February 2023). "Cecile Pin: "I'm not half of anything"". Mixed Messages. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "An Indies Introduce Q&A with Cecile Pin". American Booksellers Association. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "About". Cecile Pin. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Bayley, Sian (29 September 2021). "Fourth Estate pre-empts debut novel by Cape's Cecile Pin". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Teo, Sharlene (11 March 2023). "Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin review – from Vietnam to London". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Miller, Stuart (28 March 2023). "Cecile Pin's novel, 'Wandering Souls,' on Vietnamese refugees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Pin, Cecile (27 February 2023). "How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel". Gal-dem. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Steele, Francesca (6 April 2023). "Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin, review: A powerful debut about seeking asylum". iNews. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Skinner, Mark (1 January 2024). "Cecile Pin on the Background to Wandering Souls". Waterstones. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Wood, Heloise (13 July 2023). "Pin, Walsh and Winn shortlisted for £5k Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Five minutes with Cecile Pin". Women's Prize. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Goubert, Guillaume (13 September 2023). "« Les Âmes errantes » de Cécile Pin : un long voyage de deuil". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2024.(subscription required)
  14. ↑ Le Bon, Ariane (17 May 2024). "Cécile Pin remporte le prix Fragonard de littérature étrangère". Le Novel Obs (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Bayley, Sian (30 January 2024). "Fourth Estate acquires Cecile Pin's 'piercing' new novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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