Shan Sa Edit

(1972, France) People

( fr ) Shan Sa is a French author born in Beijing in 1972. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside of France. It won the Goncourt Prize and earned critical acclaim worldwide. Her second novel to appear in English translation is 'The Empress' (2006). Shan Sa is also a celebrated painter with prominent exhibitions in Paris and New York.