Shan Sa

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Shan Sa
Shan Sa
Born	Yan Ni (1972-10-26) October 26, 1972 (age 51) Beijing
Pen name	Shan Sa
Occupation	author, painter
Nationality	French
Genre	Romance
Notable works	The Girl Who Played Go
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	山颯
Simplified Chinese	山飒
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shān Sà
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	閻妮
Simplified Chinese	阎妮
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yán Nī

Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni (born October 26, 1972, in Beijing, China), a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (a prize voted by secondary school students). Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011.

Shan Sa is also a painter with exhibitions in Paris, New York, and Shanghai.