caption pseudonym birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
shan sa shan sa beijing french the girl who played go 26 october 1972 romance shan sa internet 3.jpg shan sa
 shan sa author , painter
shan sa

shan sa is the pseudonym of yan ni -lrb- born october 26 , 1972 in beijing , china -rrb- , a french author and painter .
`` the girl who played go '' was the first of her novels to be published outside of france , and won the prix goncourt des lycéens -lrb- a prize voted by secondary school students -rrb- .
her second novel to appear in english translation was `` empress '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
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 .
