At the end of 200 1, the French newspaper le figaro reported a girl named Sansa from China, whose novel Go Girl written in French won the "Middle School Award" in that year. The following summer, I met Sansa for the first time at the release conference of China version of Go Girl. She is young and mature, and there is a power in beauty. However, at that time, almost everyone called her by her real name "Yan Ni". Yan Ni began to write poetry at the age of 7; Published poetry in the newspaper at the age of 8; 1 1 years old, he published his first work, Poems of Yan Ni. 12 years old, won the first prize of the National Children's Poetry Competition; Before 15 years old, he published Red Dragonfly and Spring, becoming the youngest member of Beijing Writers Association.
Sansa chose to go to France or for literature. Sansa wants to learn western culture, and France is like a crossroads of western culture. When she went to France 17 years old, French started from scratch. At first, she attended high school in Alsace School in Paris. Two years later, she entered the French Theological Seminary to study philosophy. While studying in the seminary, Sansa met Chun Mei, the daughter of the great painter Balthus. They are similar in age and have the same interests, so they have become good friends. Balthus enjoys the same status as Picasso in French painting. From 65438 to 0994, at the suggestion of Chun Mei, Shan Sa came to Switzerland and worked as a secretary for 86-year-old Balthus.
The painter's experiences have a great influence on Shan Sa. From then on, Sansa began to write in French. Write a paragraph, read it to the painter and his family, and then adopt their opinions and revise it.
In the big wooden house in Balthus, Sansa met many celebrities, including Pierre Jean Remy, a French academician, who recommended Sansa to the French literary world. 1997, Sansa's first French novel came out. She was 25 years old this year.
Most of Sansa's novels written in French are related to China. "Every French sentence should be integrated into the artistic conception of China", which is her pursuit. Go Girl describes the love-hate relationship between a China girl and a Japanese officer when the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces of China in 1930. This novel has sold more than 500,000 copies in France and has been translated into more than 20 languages. The Queen was published in August 2003, with a first print of 65,438+10,000 copies. It tells the story of China's empress in the Tang Dynasty in the first person. The novel deduces a brand-new image of Wu Zetian. Critics in France and the United States commented: "As a story, the Queen is shocking; As a literary work, The Queen is as fluent as undiluted poetry. " The Queen has been translated into more than 20 languages and distributed in dozens of countries. It sells well because readers have captured the cultural origin and heavy history of the rise of contemporary China in their novels.
In order to write The Queen, she has prepared for many years, not only studying Tang Shi and Buddhism, but also visiting Xi and Dunhuang many times. She is obsessed with writing Wu Zetian. Perhaps because of his love for Wu Zetian, Shan Sa has special feelings for the ancient capital Xi 'an. She said: "Every time I come to Xi 'an, especially when the plane slowly descends and sees the loess slope through the fog, I feel at home. "
In June 5438 +2004 10, French Prime Minister raffarin specifically mentioned at the end of his welcome speech: "France is not only Balzac's hometown, but also Miss Sansa's hometown."