Language French, English Genre Poetry, fiction, essay | Nationality France and Israel | |
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Occupation Writer, literary translator, literary critic Notable works Avec vous ce jour-là / Lettre au poète Allen Ginsberg (2016)
Kvar lo (2016)
Tu amarres les vagues (2016)
La sirène à la poubelle (2015)
En taxi dans Jérusalem (2014)
Ville infirme, corps infini (2014)
Tel Aviv / ville infirme / corps infini (2014)
Les colibris à reculons (2013)
La mer et l'enfant (2013) Notable awards Calliope award given to promising young Francophone authors (2015) | ||
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Sabine Huynh (Hebrew: סבין הוין ; born 1972) is a Vietnamese-born French–Israeli writer, poet, translator, and literary critic, who has lived in Israel since 2001.
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Biography
According to her website, Sabine Huynh was born in Saigon during the Vietnam War. She grew up in France, and has also lived in England, The United States, Canada and Israel. She currently lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. She studied English literature at the University of Lyon, pedagogy at Homerton College, Cambridge, and sociolinguistics at the University of Ottawa. She holds a PhD in linguistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she taught from 2002 to 2008.
Literary achievements
Sabine Huynh writes poetry and prose works (novels, essays, short stories, diaries), mostly in French. Her first literary publications, in English, date back to the year 2000: The Dudley Review, annual literary journal showcasing writing and artwork by Harvard University graduate students. She translates English, Hebrew and Italian poetry into French. She has translated Uri Orlev's poetry and prose, and other writers', among them Seymour Mayne, Dara Barnat, Claudia Azzola, and Richard Berengarten. Her articles and book reviews have been published in The Jerusalem Post and other prestigious publications such as La Nouvelle Quinzaine littéraire.