謝琰1936年生。早年從林千石學習書法。從1968年至1999年任職卑詩大學亞洲圖書館，負責中文部，退休後專心研習書藝及從事翻譯。1985年與1995年與日本書法家先後兩次籌備及參展「翰墨因緣」 - 現代中日書法聯展。作品被加拿大立文明博物館收藏。

Tse Yim (b. 1936)studied Chinese calligraphy under Lam Chin-Shek. From 1968 until his retirement in 1999, he was the Chinese librarian in the Asian Library at the University of British Columbia. He now devotes himself to the study of calligraphy and engages in translation. In 1985 and subsequently in 1995, he crated and participated in Karma of the Brush, a contemporary Chinese-Japanese calligraphy exhibition. One of his works has been collected by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.