Ying Chen's novels include La mémoire de l'eau, Les lettres chinoises, L'ingratitude (which won the Prix Québec-Paris, and was published in the U.S. as "Ingratitude," translated by Carol Volk), Immobile (which won the Prix Alfred-DesRochers), Le champ dans la mer and Querelle d'un squelette avec son double. She practices a lean, polished and deceptively simple writing style, free of flourishes and excess verbiage. As a child, one of her schoolteachers once told her "the most simple is the most beautiful", and she has retained this idea. Born in Shanghai in 1961 French studies from 1979 to 1983 in University of Fudan, and from 1989 to 1991 in McGill University Living in Vancouver since 2002 Recognitions: France-Canada prize 1995, Quebec Librarian prize 1995 Readers' price from Elle magazine 1995 Gérard-Moreau Price (British Colombia) 2015 Titled Chevalière en lettres by French ministry of culture 2003 Listed for French Femina prize 1995, IMPAC Dublin Award 2000, Premio Letterario Acerbi 2002, Quebec college prize 2009, Canadian Governor General Award 2015 (catagory essay)
