Cecile Pin Explained

Birth Date:1996
Birth Place:Paris, France[1]
Years Active:2021–present

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

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]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Cécile Pin: «Les enfants de réfugiés appréhendent leur passé par fragments». Le Temps. Salomé. Kiner. 1 October 2023. 12 August 2024. fr.
  2. Web site: Cecile Pin: "I'm not half of anything". Mixed Messages. Isabella. Silvers. 27 February 2023. 27 May 2024.
  3. Web site: An Indies Introduce Q&A with Cecile Pin. American Booksellers Association. 1 March 2023. 12 August 2024.
  4. Web site: About. Cecile Pin. 12 August 2024.
  5. Fourth Estate pre-empts debut novel by Cape's Cecile Pin. The Bookseller. Sian. Bayley. 29 September 2021. 12 August 2024.
  6. Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin review – from Vietnam to London. The Guardian. Sharlene. Teo. 11 March 2023. 6 July 2024.
  7. Cecile Pin's novel, 'Wandering Souls,' on Vietnamese refugees. Los Angeles Times. Stuart. Miller. 28 March 2023. 12 August 2024.
  8. Web site: How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel. Cecile. Pin. Gal-dem. 27 February 2023. 6 July 2024.
  9. Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin, review: A powerful debut about seeking asylum. INews. Francesca. Steele. 6 April 2023. 6 July 2024.
  10. Web site: Cecile Pin on the Background to Wandering Souls. Mark. Skinner. Waterstones. 1 January 2024. 6 July 2024.
  11. Pin, Walsh and Winn shortlisted for £5k Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. The Bookseller. Heloise. Wood. 13 July 2023. 12 August 2024.
  12. Web site: Five minutes with Cecile Pin. Women's Prize. 25 March 2023 . 6 July 2024.
  13. « Les Âmes errantes » de Cécile Pin : un long voyage de deuil. La Croix. Guillaume. Goubert. 13 September 2023. 12 August 2024. fr.
  14. Cécile Pin remporte le prix Fragonard de littérature étrangère. Le Novel Obs. Ariane. Le Bon. 17 May 2024. 12 August 2024. fr.
  15. Fourth Estate acquires Cecile Pin's 'piercing' new novel. The Bookseller. Sian. Bayley. 30 January 2024. 12 August 2024.

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