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AUTHOR: A Ái Cầm pseudonym
of Trần
Ái Cầm (1949
Quang Pubs: Băng Nhi (novel),
Tuyết Kha (novel), Hoa Biển
(novel), Ḥn Vọng Phu (novel), Dấu
Khắc Hoa Mai (novel), Ngọn Cỏ Ven Sông (novel), Cho Trọn
Cuộc T́nh (novel)... (Note:
all these novels are the adaptations of Chinese author Quynh Dao’s
best-selling novels). Ái Khanh pseudonym
of Ann
Lê Đỗ. (Hue,
Vietnam 1949–2008 Casselberry Florida, USA) – P&W – escaped
Vietnam with her two children by sea, came to the US, joined her husband and
settled in Florida. President of Florida Vietnamese American Arts and Letters
Association, editor-in-chief of Rang Dong magazine, and a regular contributor
to PNDD, Suoi Van and a number of local special publications. Ai Khanh was
born on July 14, 1949 in Hue (Central Vietnam), and died on Oct. 15, 2008 in
Casselberry, Florida (USA). Pubs: Một Thời Để Nhớ
(collection of stories, 1994), H́nh Như Là T́nh Yêu (collection of
stories, 1997), Truyện ngắn Ái Khanh (collection of stories, ?), Cum Hoa tinh Yeu (collection of
poems, with other authors). Aimee Phan (1977
California – USA) –W--
second-generation Vietnamese-American, was born and brought up in
Orange County, California, graduated from UCLA with a BA in English, received
her MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her
debut We Should Never Meet was named a Notable Book by the Kiryama Prize in
fiction. Her works have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The
Oregonian, Colorado Review, Chelsea, Meridian, Prairie Schooner, Virginia
Quarterly Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. She is living in Las Vegas. Pubs: Novel–Fiction¾
We Should Never Meet (Collection of short story/ Hardback. New York, NY: St.
Martin’s Press, 2004. Paperback. New York, NY: Picador, 2005). Early-work
in journals and magazines¾
‘The Delta’, Michigan Quarterly Review, Fall 2004; ‘Gates of Saigon’,
Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2004; ‘Miss Lien’, Prairie Schooner, Winter
2003; ‘Visitors’, Chelsea 74, Fall 2003; ‘Motherland’, Meridian, Summer 2003;
‘Lucy’, Invasian: Asian Sisters Represent, Spring 2003; ‘We should never
meet’, Colorado Review, Spring 2002; newspapers and radio¾
‘A Daughter Returns Home Through Her Diaries’, US Today feature, October 11,
2005; ‘Vietnamese Lose All, This Time to Katrina’, USA Today opinion
editorial, September 15, 2005; ‘Happy Trails’, Nguoi Viet 2 Travel section,
June 2, 2005; 30 Years After Fall of Saigon’, USA Today opinion editorial,
April 27, 2005; ‘A Trip to the Past’, Nguoi Viet 2 Travel section, February
16, 2005; ‘Where They Come From’, New York Times Travel section, June 6,
2004, ‘Mommie’s Psychic Helper’, Public Radio International’s This American
Life, May 7, 2004. An Khê pseudonym of Nguyễn Bính Thinh. (1923 Quang
Nam–Marseille, France) –W– officer in the Republic of Vietnam
Armed Forces, who was wounded and discharged. His
other pseudonyms are: Cô Vân Nga, Nguyễn Bính Long, Cửu Lang,
Trương Khánh. *Pubs: Bơ
Vơ (1965) , Cô Gái Tà Niên (1966), Con Ma Dễ Yêu (1967), Đau Đớn
Phận Giàu (1967), Bông Lúa Sa Mo (1968), Gừng Cay Muối Mặn (1969), Người Vợ Hai Lần
Cưới (1970), Từ Khám Lớn Đến Côn Đảo (1993). Andrew Lam (1964 Dalat,
Vietnam -- USA) – W & Journalist-- left Vietnam in 1975, educated at U.C.
Berkeley, BA, Biochemistry (1981-1986), and at S.F. State University, MA,
Creative Writing (1988-1992). He is the editor of Pacific News Service,
consulting editor of Youth Outlook Magazine, regular commentator on NPR’s
“All Things Considered”, Fellow of World Academy of Arts and Science, regular
contributor to San Jose Mercury News op-ed page and Salon.com, and regular
commentator on New California Media talk show. *Pubs:
Articles have appeared in NY Times, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Baltimore
Sun, Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, Oregonian, Des Moines
Register, San Jose Mercury News, Orange County Register, LA Weekly, SF
Weekly, SF Bay Guardian, Mineapolis Herald, Long Beach Telegram, Arizona
Star, Oakland Tribune, Philadelphia Inquire, Phnom Penh Post, Zimbabwe Review
etc… Short stories have appeared in Manoa, Transfer, Amerasia, Vietnam
Forum, X-Connect The Alsop Review, Van Hoc, Viet Magazine, Crab Orchard
Review, Now Magazine, In Posse Review, Zyzzyva, Terrain (On line). Andrew X Pham pseudonym of Pham Xuan An (1967 Vietnam -- USA) – W -- Fled Vietnam
with his family in 1977 by sea, grew
up in California, won the 1999 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award for
nonfiction, and a 2000 Whiting Writer’s Award. He gained
literary recognition with his memoir Catfish
and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam published in
2000. *Pubs:
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled
Voyage through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam (memoir/ New York, NY:
Picador, 2000). Anh Độ Đỗ Cẩm Khê pseudonym of
Do Trang Do (North
Vietnam b19. – 1996 Maryland USA) – P – Settled in the US in 1986. *Pubs: Hương
T́nh (poetry, 1994). Anh Vân pseudonym of Quách Ngọc Vân (1938 Bac
Lieu, South Vietnam -- France) – P –
former teacher, officer in the South Vietnam Armed Forces living in
California. He started his writing in 1979, contributing to the magazines: Văn Nghệ Tiền Phong,
Ngày Nay, Tiểu Thuyết Nguyệt San, Làng Văn, Sóng... *Pubs: Trái Đắng (1989). His works were also published in the anthologies Quê
Hương Ngàn Dặm (Người Việt Lưu Vong,
90), Quê Hương Ngàn Dặm 2 (NVLV1995), Những Cây Bút Miền
Nam (Nguyễn văn Ba, Phù Sa), Truyện Hay Hải Ngoại
(NVB, Phù Sa 1991) Ảo Giản pseudonym of Phan Ngô (1919 Hue,
Central Vietnam -- USA) – P -- resettled in the US in 1991. *Pubs: Nghịch
Lư (poetry, 1993), Những Mối T́nh (poetry, 1994), Lạc Thiên
(poetry, 1996), Gấm Đẹp
Mây Trời (poetry, 1996), Ngậm Miệng (poetry, 1996), Lệnh Thầy
(verse play, 2001). LISTING BY AUTHOR: B Barbara Tran (1968 New
York USA -- USA) – P&W – educated at New York University (BA in English),
and was a recipient of a Cornell Woolrich scholarship at Columbia University,
where she earned her M.F.A. Barbara Tran is a co-editor of Watermark:
Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose published by the Asian American
Writers’ Workshop in 1998. (Watermark is a collection of fiction, poetry, and
writings from a new generation of Vietnamese writers in the US, collecting
works by Quang Bao, Lan Cao, Chu Bao Long, Dinh Linh, Maura Donohue, Lan
Duong, Lai Thanh Ha, Andrew Lam, Christian Langworthy, Le Thi Diem Thuy, Mong
Lan, Bich Minh Nguyen, Nguyen Qui Duc, Minh Duc Nguyen, Nguyen Ba Trac, Dao
Strom, Barbara Tran, Diep Khac Tran, Truong Tran, Trinh T. Minh Ha, Monique
T.D. Truong, Trac Vu, Thuong Vuong-Riddick). In 2004, Barbara Tran co-edited
the special issue of Michigan Quarterly Review: ‘Viet Nam: Beyond the frame’
published by University of Michigan. Pubs:
In The Mynah Bird’s Own Words (Tupelo Press: 2002) Bảo Vân pseudonym of Bùi Vân Bảo (Thai Binh
1917–1998 Canada) -- W – graduated from Buoi College in
Hanoi in 1940. He started writing in Hanoi, and had his works published in
Phong Hóa, Ngày Nay, Tiểu Thuyết Thứ Bảy. As the
Geneva Accord in 1954 divided North and South Vietnam at the 17th
Parallel, he immigrated to South Vietnam, where he contributed to the
newspaper Tự Do, and established the Tuổi Xanh in Saigon for teen
readers. He resettled in Toronto (Canada) in 1975. *Pubs: Vần Quốc Ngữ
(education, alphabet
book- volume 1), Van Viet ngu tap 2 (alphabet book- volume
2), Van Viet ngu tap 3 (alphabet book- volume 3), Cau do vui (children's
book), Tho tinh Nguyen Binh (compilation of poetry), Tho tinh Bang Ba Lan
(compilation of poetry),
Việt Nam Thường Thức (education), Cái Hay Của Tiếng
Việt (research), Lập Tập
Quốc Văn (education), Cổ Tích Việt Nam (research),
Hương Hoa Đất Nước (research), Giai Thoại
Câu Đối (research), Câu Đối Dân Gian (research), I Tờ
Vui (education), Ngữ Vựng
Bằng Tranh (education), Tập Làm Văn (education), Vần Việt Ngữ
2 (education), Bùi Viện, Một Nhà Nho Sáng Suốt (research),
Thơ T́nh Xuân Diệu (research), Thơ T́nh Vũ Hoàng
Chương (research), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến Và Hiện Đại
(research). Bắc Phong
pseudonym of Kiều Duy Phong (1953 North
Vietnam - Canada) -- P – The
Geneva Accord in 1954 dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th
Parallel forced him to immigrate to South Vietnam. Resettling in Montreal
Canada in 1975, he started his published works in Dân Quyền magazine in
Canada, where he was the main contributor. Parallely,
he contributed to the magazines Làng Văn, Nắng Mới, Vượt
Biển, Lửa Việt, Rạng Đông, Thế Kỷ 21. His
works also appeared in the anthologies Hội
Tuyển Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên Hành Động Xă Hội Pháp,
1986), Tuyển Tập 23 Người Viết Sau 1975 (US:
Văn Nghệ, 1988), Tuyển Tập 30 Bài Thơ, 12 Khuôn Mặt
(CAN: Dân Quyền 1980), Tuyển Tập Thơ Văn Dân Quyền
1978-1982 (CAN: DQ, 1983), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm
2000 (US: Văn mới 2000). He is now
living in Toronto, Canada. *Pubs: Chinh ca (Dong Tien, 1986). Bích Huyền pseudonym of Phạm Nga (1942 Thai
Binh–California) – W – Broadcaster at Radio Bolsa (CA) and authorized
agent of Voice of America in South California. Pubs: Lối Cũ
Chẳng Sao Quên (2000, Vietnamese
and English; English version by Trần thị Diễm Quỳnh). B́nh Nguyên Lộc / or Phong Ngạn, pseudonym of Tô Văn Tuấn (BienHoa VN
1914–1987 USA) -- FW&W-- novelist, author of hundreds of bestsellers,
started writing in 1941, contributing to: Văn Hữu, Bách Khoa, Văn, Vấn Đề,
Nghệ Thuật. Member of the Vietnamese PEN (before 1975). He was a
feuilletonist, who once wrote 5 feuilletons on his 5 novels for 5 different
Saigon-based daily newspapers (Newspapers in South Vietnam published
feuilletons daily on literature, art, fiction etc..). The novels Đ̣ Dọc, Gieo Gío Gặt Băo were widely regarded
as representative works in the novel category. He came to the US in 1985, and
continued his writing in Làng
Văn, Văn Học, Phụ Nữ Diễn Đàn, Văn, Độc
Lập, Quê Mẹ. B́nh
Nguyên Lộc was born on March 7, 1914 in Tan Uyen Bien Hoa
(South Vietnam), and died on March 7 1987 in the US. *Pubs: Hundreds of bestsellers,
including Nhốt Gió (Collection
of stories. Saigon: Thời Thế, 1950), Đ̣ Dọc (novel, 1959), Gieo Gió Gặt Băo
(novel, 1959), Kư Thác (short story, 1960), Nhện Chờ Mối
Ai. (1962), Xô Ngă Bức Tường Rêu (1963), Ái Ân Thâu Ngắn Cho Dài Tiếc
Thương (1963), Bóng Ai Qua Ngoài Cửa (novel, 1963), Mối
T́nh Cuối Cùng (1963), Hoa Hậu
Bồ Đào (novel,1963), Nửa Đêm Trảng Sụp (novel,1963),
Tâm Trạng Hồng (short story,1963), Đừng Hỏi Tại
Sao (1965), Mưa Thu Nhớ Tằm (short story,1965), T́nh Đất
(short story,1966), Những Bước Lang Thang Trên Phố Của
Gă B́nh Nguyên Lộc, Một Nàng Hai Chàng (novel 1967), Quán Tai Heo
(1967), Thầm Lặng (1967), Trăm Nhớ Ngàn
Thương (novel,1967), Uống Lộn Thuốc Tiên (novel,
1967), Đèn Cần Giờ (1968), Diễm Phương (1968),
Sau Đêm Bố Ráp (1968), Cuống Rún Chưa Ĺa (short story,
1969), Nh́n Xuân Người Khác (1969), Khi Từ Thức Về
Trần (1969), Nguồn Gốc
Mă Lai Của Dân Tộc Việt Nam (1973), Lột Trần
Việt Ngữ (1973). Bùi Bảo Trúc (1944 North
Vietnam -USA) --W– pursued higher education the
US in 1960, came back to Vietnam and worked for the South
government since 1965. He resettled in the US in 1975, having been working
for VOA. and is one of the founding editors of Viet Tide Magazine published in
the US. His works were published in the anthologies Trăm
Hoa Vẫn Nở Trên Quê Hương (1990), Chân Dung Thơ
Luân Hoán (Kinh Đô, 1991), Gửi Vầng Trăng Lưu Lạc
(Hội Nhà Văn, Hà Nội, 1994), Du Tử Lê Tác Phẩm
Và Tác Giả (1997), Thơ Thái Tú Hạp (CA: Sông Thu, 1999). *Pubs: Thư Gửi
Bạn Ta 1, Thư Gửi Bạn Ta 2, Thư Gửi Bạn
Ta 3. Bùi Bích Hà (1938
Hue--USA) --FW– appeared in Nguoi Viet in 1987, she was later a
regular contributor to the magazines: Văn Học,
Văn, Làng Văn, Thế Kỷ 21. Works were published in the
anthologies: 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(Khánh Trường Cao Xuân Huy, Trương đ́nh Luân, Đại
Nam 1995), T.T.Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm VHVN Hải Ngoại
(Văn Bút V.N.H.N 1995), Thơ T́nh Việt Nam Và Thế Giới
(Nguyễn Hùng Trương-Thanh Niên 1998), Quê Hương
Ngàn Dặm (Người Việt Lưu Vong 90), Tiếng
Sông Hương (1995). Pubs: Buổi
Sáng Một Ḿnh (story. CA: Người Việt), Bạn
Gái To Nhỏ (CA: Người Việt, 1991). Bùi Kim Đĩnh (b19. North
Vietnam–Missing in the Ocean) – FW -- The Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th
Parallel forced him to immigrate to South Vietnam in 1954. No further information on the author
after his escaping VN by boat in 1975. *Pubs: Chợ Đệm
(story), Ngược Sông (story. VN: 1969), Đổi Xác (story.
VN:1969) Bùi
Ngọc Tuấn (1947 North
Vietnam--USA) --FW– born
in 1947 in North Vietnam. He came to South Vietnam in 1954 as the 1954 Geneva
Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel, with his family, and
was later educated at Chu Van An High School in Saigon, and University of Saigon from
where he graduated BA in Philosophy. From 1969 to 1975, he taught school in
Don Duong, Gia Dinh. Starting his writing in 1961, he contributed to the
Saigon-based magazines Ngan Khoi, Khoi Hanh, Nghe Thuat, Hoai Bao, and worked
for magazines Lac Viet, Hien Tuong as a managing editor. In 1975, he came to
the US, and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he since lives. Pubs: Tuong Ca (poetry,
2000), Rung Trang Suong Khoi (poetry, 2002), Say giua mua trang (poetry,
2004) Bùi Vĩnh Phúc (1953 Hanoi -
USA) --W– grew up in Saigon, escaped Vietnam by boat in
1977. He came to the US in 1978, settled in California, where he was
graduated from Cal State University and California,
major in Literature and Language. Starting his writing in 1968, he
contributed to the magazines: Văn Học
Nghệ Thuật, Văn Học, Hợp Lưu, Thế Kỷ
21. Works appeared in the anthologies 20 Năm Văn Học Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Đại Nam 1995), Truyện Ngắn
20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA:
Văn Bút 1995). *Pubs: Những
Cơn Mưa Trở Về
(1981 / 1987), Quê Huơng, Cầm Tău
Khúc Kỷ Niệm (1982), Ngôn Ngữ và Văn Hóa Việt
Nam (1992), Các Bài Luận Và Tuần Kư Mẫu (1994), Ở Một
Nơi Nào (1995), 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Ngoài Nước
1975-1995 (1995). LISTING BY AUTHOR: C Cao
B́nh Minh pseudonym of Tô Văn Minh (1953 Ben Tre - California) --W– escaped Vietnam
in 1979, came to the US in 1980, and settled in California. Her first poem
was published in the poetry section of Tuoi Ngoc Magazine, which is under the
editorship of Từ
Kế Tường. In the overseas she has works contributed to
several magazines and anthologies. *Pubs: Works published in literary magazines:
Văn, Văn Học, Làng Văn, Độc
Lập, Măng Non, Tân Văn; and in the anthologies: Trăng Đất
Khách (CAN: Làng Văn, 1987), Truyện Hay Hải Ngoại 2
(Nguyễn Văn Ba. Phù Sa, 1991) Cao Đông Khánh (Gia-Dinh VN
1941–2000 Texas USA) -- P – pursued
higher education in the US in 1966, returned to Vietnam in 1971, but escaped
the country in 1979, and settled in the US at the end of 1979. He started
writing after 1975, and was published in the magazines overseas, and in books
and anthologies, including: Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(CA: Sông Thu, 1986), 90 Tác Giả Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(Văn Hữu 1982), Văn Thơ Văn Bút Nam Hoa Kỳ
(1993), Gửi Vầng Trăng Lưu Lạc (Hội Nhà
Văn, 1994), 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(CA: Đại Nam 1995). *Pubs: Lịch Sử
T́nh Yêu (poetry), Lửa Đốt Ngoài Giới Hạn (poetry). Cao Mỵ Nhân (b19. North
Vietnam - USA) -- P – born in Sa-pa, Hoang Lien Son, North Vietnam,
spent childhood in Hai-Phong, and grew up in Saigon. She came to South
Vietnam in 1954, and was educated at Trưng Vương, a Saigon’s high
school for girls, and Health Technician School at Centre Caritas in Saigon.
As a Junior Grade Superior Officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, she was,
after 1975, imprisoned by the Communists in re-education camps. She wrote
poetry at the age of 13, and had works published in the magazines Liên
Hiệp, Giang Sơn in Hà Nội (North Vietnam) since 1953. In the
overseas, she was published in several magazines, and in books and
anthologies, including: Thơ Văn Phật Giáo (Sông Thu-1993),
Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm VHVN Hải Ngoại (Văn Bút
1995), Thơ T́nh VN Và Thế Giới (Thanh Niên, 1998), Thơ
Thái Tú Hạp (Sông Thu, 1999), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Cội
Nguồn, 2003). She resettled in the US in 1991, and is now living in
California. Pubs: Hoa Sao
(poetry, 1959), Thơ Mỵ 1 (poetry, 1961), Thơ Mỵ 2
(poetry, 1997), Chốn Bụi Hồng (story, 1994), Áo Màu Xanh
(1997), Lăng Đăng Vào Thu (poetry, 2001), Đưa Người T́nh Đi
Tu (poetry 2001), Sau cuoc chien
(2003). Cao Ngọc Phượng (1938
Ben Tre – France) – W – pursued higher education in France,
where she later became its citizen. She is now living in Plum Village, which
was established in 1982 by the Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hanh, a poet, a scholar, and a
peace activist. Pubs:
Một Mùa Trăng (1970), Ngày
Tháng (1972), Thử T́m Dấu Chân Trên Cát (1981). Cao
Thế Dung or Cao Vị Hoàng, pseudonym of Cao Xuân Dung (1929 Thai
Binh - USA) -- P&W – The
Geneva Accord forced him to immigrate in 1954 to South Vietnam, where he
later became the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Science and
Education (Saigon, 1968-1972), assistant dean of the Hoa Hao College of
Agriculture (Saigon, 1973-1975); general manager of the Association of the
Farmers (Saigon, 1973-1975). Immigrating to the US after the fall of South
Vietnam in 1975, he pursued his education in Washington D.C., then New York,
and became a senior econo. analyst- WED systems - Wash. D.C. *Pubs: 11 Thi Nhân
Việt Nam Tự Do (Đại Nam Văn Hiến, 1962), Khúc Ca
Nhược Tiểu (poetry, Đại Nam Văn Hiến,
1960), Văn Học Hiện Đại Thi Ca Và Thi Nhân (Saigon,
Vietnam: Quần Chúng, 1969), Làm Thế Nào Để Giết Một
Tổng Thống (Saigon, Vietnam: Dinh Minh Ngoc, 1970), Lịch Sử
Văn Minh Nông Dân Và Nông Thôn Việt Nam Từ Đời Hồng
Bàng Đến Năm 1945 (Long Xuyên, Vietnam: 1974), Cong giao Viet Nam
trong ḍng sinh mệnh dân tộc (Gretna, LA: Co so Dan Chua, 1988),
Tự Hào Là Người Việt Nam Qua Chứng Liệu Lịch
Sử (Orlando, Fla., USA: Hưng Đao, 1989), Chan tuong Ho Chi Minh va
Cong san Viet Nam (US: Hung Viet, 1989), Chân Dung Phụ Nữ Việt
Nam Trong Văn Hoá Sử (Phoenix, Ariz., USA: Tiếng Me, 1990),
Con hong thuy bien Dong (Laguna Niguel, CA: Dan Tam, 1990), Nguyen Sa, tac
gia va tac pham (Irvine, CA: Doi, 1991), Việt Nam Ba Mươi
Năm Máu Lửa (Falls Church, Virginia, USA: Alpha, 1991. Incomplete
contents: Cuộc Chiến Tàn Sát Thương Binh Lần Thứ
Nhất 1945-1963), Du Tu Le, tac gia & tac pham (Irvine, CA: Doi,
1992), Mật Trận-Những Sự Thực Chưa Hề
được Kể (Texas: 1st edition 1991, 2nd
edition 1992), Viet-Nam binh su vo dao (Phoenix, AZ: Tieng Me, 1993.
Incomplete contents: book 1 from Van Lang to Lam son khoi nghia) Cao Tiêu pseudonym of Hoàng Ngọc Cao Tiêu (1929 Thai
binh -- USA) -- P – settled in the US in 1975. Poems appeared in Quan
Doi Magazine in 1950. Publisher of the monthly Tien Phong and the bimonthly
Chien Si Cong Hoa. Founder of the publisher Viet Nam Dan Toc. Recipient of
the 1970 Literature and Art Award for his collection of poetry Hoa Dang. On
the 1974 Advisory Board of the Literature and Art Award for Poetry. Has works
in books or anthologies: Thơ
Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(1985), T.T.Thơ Văn Phật Giáo (1993), Thi Ca Tiền
Chiến Và Hiện Đại (1978), Tuyển Tập Thơ
Văn 90 Tác Giả Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (Văn Hữu
1982), Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên, 1986), Nguyên Sa,
Tác Giả Tác Phẩm (Đời,
1998). *Pubs:
Hoa Đăng (poetry, 1970), Sứ Tŕnh (Nam Chi Tùng Thư 1970),
Quan Niệm Về Cái Chết Qua Thi Ca Và Triết Lư (1970).
Đăng Tŕnh (1971), Thơ Nhạc (Bội Ngọc, 1974), Cao
Tiêu Thi Tuyển (poetry, 2002) Cao Vị Khanh pseudonym of Vơ Trung Hiền (b19. VN –
Canada) –W-- former teacher, officer in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces (graduated from Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 6/70). *Pubs:
Lệ Từ Nét Ngang, Nghề Thầy (story. New Jersey:
Thư Quán Bản Thảo, 2004) Cao Xuân Huy (b19. Bac Ninh
VN -- USA) -- W -- joined the Republic of Vietnam
Armed Forces since 1968. On March 1975, he was arrested
and imprisoned by the Communists. In 1982 he fled the country by boat, and
came to the US in 1983. Cao Xuân Huy
is the managing editor of the magazine Van hoc (1989-1993, 1994-1995, and
2004–present). His works appeared in the other author’s books or anthologies 23
Người Viết Sau 1975 (US: Văn Nghệ, 1988), 20
Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (US: Đại
Nam 1995). *Pubs: Tháng Ba Găy Súng (Calif, US: Van Khoa 1986). Cao Xuân Lư (1940* Son
Tay, North VN -- Australia) -- FW -- The Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th
Parallel resulted in his immigrating to South Vietnam. After Vietnam fell to
the Communists in 1975, he resettled in Australia, where he started in the
literary community by publishing his works in the overseas magazines: Làng
Văn, Độc Lập. *Pubs: Tan Ră
(novel, 1991), Vết Thương Ngày Cũ (novel. CAN: Làng
Văn,1997), Nắng Muộn Thu Vàng (story. CAN: Làng Văn,
1998), Cuối Đoạn Đường T́nh (novel. CAN: Làng
Văn, 2000), Sau Mùa Băo Biển (novel. CAN: Làng Văn, 2001),
Mưa Trên Bến Vắng (novel. CAN: Làng Văn, 2002), Nua
giac Mo (novel. CA: Làng Văn, 2004). *
The author’s date of birth given in his publications was 1942. The date is changed
to 1940, in compliance with the author’s request on May 18, 2005. Chân
Phương pseudonym of Phương Kiến
Khánh (1952 Nam
Vang - USA) -- P – started writing after 1975,
contributing to the magazines: Hợp Lưu, Tạp Chí Thơ,
Văn Học, Thế Kỷ 21, and Diễn Đàn (France). Having
works in other author’s books or anthologies: 20
Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Đại
Nam, 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (CA:
Văn Mới 2000). He is now living in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA. *Pubs: Chú Thích
Cho Những Ngày Câm Nín (1988), Bản Án Cho Các Vĩ Cầm
(1992), Nghĩa Đen (1993), Bổ Túc Lư Lịch Cho Loài Di Dân
(1994), Biển Là Một Tờ Kinh (1996). Chu
Tử pseudonym of Chu Văn B́nh (Son-Tay
North Vietnam 1917 – April 30, 1975 On his way to the Free World) -- FW –
earning his Baccalauréat I degree (equivalent to
the first successful year in College in the US) at the end of his 8th
grade, he went to University, enrolled in Law School, but left without taking
any degree. In 1954 he immigrated to South Vietnam, where he later ran the
newspapers Doi and Song, with which he gained his fame. In 1975, when he was
on the port waiting for boarding the ship that would take him out of Vietnam,
a stray bullet took his life. Famous writer Nguyen Manh Con once compared Chu
Tu with J.P. Sartre of France and Dostoievsky of Russia. *Pubs: Yêu
(novel. Saigon, VN: Duong sang), Sống (novel. Saigon, VN: Duong Sang,
November 1963; 2nd edition December 1963), Loạn (novel), Tiền
(novel), Ghen (novel). Chu Vương Miện pseudonym of Nguyễn Văn
Thưởng (1942 Kien An
North Vietnam - USA) -- P&W -- started in the literary community in 1960,
publishing his works in Thoi Nay,
Tien Phong, Van Hoc, Thai Do, Quan Chung, and Bach Khoa magazines. In 1965,
he received the Bracketed Equal Prize for Poetry awarded by the National
Broadcasting Station. In the overseas, he has contributed to many magazines
and journals, including Văn, Văn Học,
Thế Kỷ 21, Độc Lập, Quê Mẹ, Khởi Hành,
Gió Văn, Sóng Văn, and Làng Văn. During the period from 1987
to 1990, he was the managing editor of Sóng magazine in Toronto Canada, and
from 1986 to 1988 the managing editor of Viet Nam Moi magazine in Japan. He
has works in other author’s books or anthologies, including Văn Học
Hiện Đại (Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng 1969) Tự Điển
Văn Học (Thanh Tùng, Khai Trí, 1973) Hội Tuyển Thi Ca
(Thanh Niên, Pháp-1986), Chân Dung Thơ Luân Hoán (Kinh Đô 1991), Những
Điều Trông Thấy (Cội Nguồn 2000), Lưu Dân Thi
Thoại (Song Nhị, Diên Nghị 2003), các tuyển tập
Cụm Hoa T́nh Yêu. *Pubs: Đêm Đen Hai
Mươi Tuổi (poetry, 1964), Tiếng Hát Việt Nam
(poetry, 1965), Trường Ca Việt Nam (poetry, 1967), Phía Mặt Trời Mọc
(poetry, 1969), Đất Nước (poetry, 1987), Văn Học
Dân Gian (essay, 1988) Tác Phẩm, Tác Giả (1988), Bằng Hữu
(poetry, 1987). Cao Văn Luận (Ha Tinh,
North Vietnam 1910 - 1986 USA) -- W -- a Catholic priest ordained in 1939 in Hanoi,
who went to France to study and returned to Vietnam in 1947. He was a teacher
of Philosophy at Quoc Hoc High School in Hue (1948-57), founder and dean of
Hue University (1957-63), founder and publisher of Dai Hoc magazine
(1957-63), professor at Saigon University. He immigrated to Belgium, and
later settled in the US. *Pubs:
Tâm Lư Học (Saigon: Khai Trí, 1952), Đạo Đức Học
(Saigon: Khai Trí, 1953), Luận Lư Học (Saigon: Khai Trí, 1953),
Danh Từ Triết Học (research, Saigon: (?), 1959), Bên Gịng
Lịch Sử, Phương Pháp Luận (translation),
Năng Lực Tinh Thần (translation), Kư Ức Và Vật
Chất (translation), Ư Thức Luận (translation). Cổ Ngư pseudonym of Nguyễn Linh
Quang (1963 Saigon – France) – P – Living in
Paris. *Pubs: Poems and short stories appeared in
the anthology Tuyen tap truyen ngan 14 Tac gia (Short-story anthology of 14
authors –Van Tuyen, 2000), and the literary magazines: Âu
Du, Thế Kỳ 21, Văn, Văn Học, Hợp Lưu,
Văn Tuyển, Chủ Đề, Việt, Nhân Bản. Cung
Diễm pseudonym of Nguyễn Kim Dũng (b19. Quang
Nam – USA) – P – started
writing before 1975, and was the staff-writer of Dan Luan newspaper in
Saigon, the contributor to the weekly Truong Son (Da Nang), the daily Hoa
Binh, Tin Vit, and Thoi Nay (Saigon). In the overseas, his works appeared in
several magazines. He settled in San Jose California since 1991. His other
pseudonyms are: Tú
Lắc, Lộng Giả, and Nghịch Nhĩ (for funny farces
and comedic verses). *Pubs: Works were published in the
selections: Sự Im Lặng Của Ngày
Hôm Qua, Một Thời Lưu Lạc, Gửi Người
Dưới Trăng, and Lưu Dân Thi Thoại. Cung Trầm Tưởng pseudonym of Cung Thúc Cần (1932 Hanoi -
USA) -- P&W – came to
Saigon (South Vietnam) in 1949, pursued higher education in France and the
United States. As an officer in the South Vietnam Armed forces, he was
committed to prison for ten years by the Communists. Before
1975, he contributed to the magazines: Thế Hệ, Tân Phong, Sáng Tạo,
Hiện Đại, Thế Kỷ 20, Khởi Hành, Nghệ Thuật,
Văn, Thời Tập, The American Dialogue, The Journal Of The
Asian American, Renaissance Frogtown
Times, Menschen Rechte, and established the publisher Con Đuông. From 1959 to
1962, he directed the “World Literature and Art Programme” at the National
Radio. He is now living in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. His writings were also
published in other author’s books or anthologies: This Ca Viet Nam Hen Đại
(Trần Tuấn Kiệt, 1962), Văn Học Hiện Đại
(Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng, 1969), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến
Và Hiện Đại (BảoVân 1978), 20 Năm Văn Học
VN Hải Ngoại (Đại Nam, 1995), Du Tử Lê, Tác Phẩm
Tác Giả (1997), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000
(Văn Mới 2000), Thơ T́nh Bốn Phương (Thái
Doăn Hiểu, Hoàng Liên. VN: Trẻ, 1994), Thơ T́nh VN Và Thế
Giới (Nguyễn Hùng Trương, Thanh Niên, 1998), Ngày
Xưa Hoàng Thị (Văn Nghệ,
VN 1995). *Pubs: Tin Ca (Clung Pham Day,
Guying CIO Yen), Lục Bát Cung
Trầm Tưởng (thơ, Con Đuông), Thám Hiểm Không Gian
(dịch, Dziên Hồng), Bài Ca Níu Quan Tài (thơ), Lời Viết Hai Tay
(thơ 1999), Những Dấu Chân Ngang Trên Một Triền
Phiếm Đỉnh Thơ (2003). Cung Vũ pseudonym of Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa (1951 Ca Mau
- Canada) -- P&W --
grew up in Tay Ninh, former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces.
He came to Canada in 1979, and settled in Toronto. Since 1985 he has been the
editor-in-chief of the Canada-based literary magazine Lang Van. His other
pseudonyms are: Dương
Thượng Ngă, Mơ Làng Văn, Cả Cười, Bút Ch́, Hạ
Hồng Kỳ. *Pubs: Cỏ Biếc (poetry, under the pseudonym Cung Vũ,),
Hồng Trần (poetry, Cung Vũ ), Nguyệt Bạch
(poetry, Cung Vũ), Chiến Ca
(music, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), Em Hát Em Vui (music, co-authored with Phan Ni Tấn),
Kư (memoir, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), Hồ Xuân Hương
(research, Dương Thương Ngă), Dọn Đường Về Nước (political essay, Nguyễn
Hữu Nghĩa), Giai Đọan Mới Trên Chiến Trường
Cũ (political essay, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), and Truyện
cười (11 volumes). LISTING BY AUTHOR: D Diễm Châu (b19. Hai Phong, North VN - France) –
P-- came to South Vietnam in 1954. Before
1975, he was the managing editor of Trinh Bay Magazine. Sponsored by French
writer Régis Debray to settle in France in
1983, where he is now living in Sttrasbourg. In 2000, he received the
International Award Licien Blaga for translation. His writings have appeared
in Hợp Lưu,Văn, Tiền Vệ. *Pubs: Hạnh
Hoa (poetry), Sáng Muôn Thu (poetry), Thơ Diễm Châu, Mười
Bài Ở Paris (poetry) Diễm Châu /or Thanh Huong,
pseudonym of Tôn
Nữ Quỳnh Giao (b19. Hue -- USA) – W-- *Pubs:
Đường T́nh Em Đi (story, 68), Mái Ấm Gia Đ́nh (1989), Câu
Chuyện Một Chiếc Tượng Vàng (1989), Đời Ca
Sĩ (novel, 1993; 2nd edition, 1998), T́nh Người Nữ
Tu (novel 1995), 1001 Cách Quyến
Rủ Và Đề Pḥng Đàn Bà
(1999). Diên Nghị pseudonym of Dương Diên Nghị (b19. Quang
Binh, Central VN - USA) -- P&W&FW --
former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (graduated from
Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 6, 1954). He attended Quoc Hoc High School
and Hue University Faculty of Letters (Central Vietnam), graduated in Law
from Saigon University Faculty of Law. Before 1975, he was editor-in-chief of
Chien Huu Magazine and Chien Si Quoc Gia. Starting in the literary community since 1952 he had his articles published in
the Saigon-based magazines Doi Moi, Tham My, Van Nghe Tien Phong, Phung Su,
Chien Si Cong Hoa, Khoi Hanh, Sang Tao, and received the 1960 Tao Dan Poetry
and Prose Award. In 1993, he came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation
Program (H.O). In the overseas, he is co-founder of Coi Nguon Foundation of
Poetry and Prose in San Jose (1995). His other pseudonyms are Dương Liễu
Dương and Hàm Dương. Pubs: Khái Luận
Về Thơ Mới (research,
1956), Xác Lá Rừng Thu (poetry
1956), Khái Luận Văn Nghệ Quân Đội (research, 1957), Chuyện Của
Nàng (poetry, 1962), Rừng Đỗ Quyên Và Kẽ Lạ ([poetry, 1971), Vùng Trời Mây Trắng (novel 1972), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (essays on poetry, co-authored with Song Nhị;
CA: Coi Nguon, 2003), Coi Tho Tim Gap (US: Coi Nguon). Biography and poems recorded in: Thi nhan hien dai (by Pham
Thanh), Thi ca Viet Nam hien dai (by Tran Tuan Kiet), Nhung nha tho hom nay
(by Nguyen D. Tuyen), Tu dien van hoc VN (by Thanh Tung), Tu dien thi ca My
Viet (by Nguyen D. Tuyen). Diệu Tần
pseudonym of Nguyễn Tinh Vệ (1944
Hai Duong, North Vietnam - USA) -- W -- came to South Vietnam in 1954, and
afterwards became an officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. He started writing in 1968, contributing to the magazines Phụng
Sự, Tiền Phong,Tiền Tuyến, Khởi Hành. He wrote
plays under the pseudonym Tinh Ve. In 1966, he received the National Literary
Awards for his play. After his coming to the US in 1981 and settling in San
Jose, he resumed his writing, and published his pieces in the literary
magazines published overseas: Văn in the US, Làng Văn in Canada,
and Độc Lập in Germany. *Pubs: Băo Loạn, (play,
1957) , Cơn Lốc (play,
1966), Cơn Mưa Đầu Mùa (story. CAN: Làng Văn,
1990), Kéo Da Non (story, 1994), Hoa Đào
Năm Ngoái (story, 1996) , Sơ Lược Về Ngôn
Ngữ. Doăn
Quốc Sỹ (1923 Hanoi -
USA) -- W&FW – came to South Vietnam in 1954, taught school in
Saigon. He started
in the literary community before 1954. In South Vietnam, he was the founder of
Sang Tao Publisher and the Saigon-based Sang Tao Magazine (co-founded with
Mai Thao, Thanh Tam Tuyen, and Nguyen Si Te). He contributed to most of the
literary magazines published in Saigon. *Pubs: Sợ Lửa (Saigon: Người Việt,1956),
U Hoài (Saigon: Người Việt,1957),Gánh Xiếc (Saigon:
Nguyễn Đ́nh Vượng, 1958), Ǵn Vàng
Giữ Ngọc (Saigon:
Nguyễn Đ́nh Vượng, 1960), Ḍng Sông Định Mệnh
(Saigon: Tự Do, 1959), Hồ Thuỳ Dương (Saigon:
Nguyễn Đ́nh Vượng,1960), Trái Cây Đau Khổ (Saigon:
Sáng Tạo,1963), Người Việt Đáng Yêu (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1965),Cánh
Tay Nối Dài (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1966), Đốt Biên
Giới (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1966), Sầu Mây (Saigon: 1970), Vào Thiền (Saigon: 1970), Khu Rừng Lau
(four-volume novel: Ba Sinh Hương Lửa,1962; Người
Đàn Bà Bên Kia Vỹ Tuyến,1964; T́nh Yêu Thánh Hoá, 1965; Những
Ngả Sông,1966), Người Vái Tứ Phương, (CA:
Van Nghe, 1995), Dấu Chân Cát Xóa (CA: Van Nghe, 1995), Ḿnh Lại
Soi Ḿnh (CA: Van Nghe, 1995). Dao Strom (1973
Saigon ¾
USA) -- W – born
in 1973 in Saigon to a well-known writer and journalist, escaped
Vietnam with her mother when she was a baby, grew up in Northern California,
and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her stories appeared in the
Chicago Tribune; Still Wild, an anthologiy edited by Larry McMurtry; and several literary magazines. She is the recipient of a
James Michener fellowship, the Chicago Tribune/Nelson Algren Award, and
several other grants. She is living in Austin, Texas. *Pubs: Grass Roof, Tin roof (a
novel. NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003) Du Li pseudonym
of Nguyễn Thị
Phương Dung. (Ha-Noi,
Vietnam 1938–1994 USA) – W – born 1938 in Ha Noi, North
Vietnam, educated at Buoi High School in Ha-Noi. The 1954 Geneva Accord
forced her to immigrate, with her family (?), to South Vietnam, where she
settled in Saigon and continued her education at Trung Vuong, Chu Van An High
School, and Saigon University’s Faculty of Law. Pursuing higher education in
the US, she obtained a MA in (?) and worked in following years, in the 60’s,
at the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, and subsequently at the United Nations
Office. In 1974, she quitted her job, resumed her education, and then worked
for a certain US-based international charity. In the period from 1960 to
1970, Du Li’s short stories appeared in the Saigon-based literary magazine Bach
Khoa. She died on May 29, 1994 in the US. Pubs:
Short stories published in Bach Khoa Magazine (Saigon: Bach Khoa, 1960-70),
in The-Ky 21 Magazine (US: The Ky 21, 1994). Du Tử Lê pseudonym
of Lê Cự Phách (1942
Ha-Nam, North Vietnam - USA) -- P&FW -- The Geneva Accord in 1954
forced him to immigrate, with his brother, to South Vietnam, where he settled
in Hoi An, Quang Nam, then later in Da Nang. Coming to Saigon in 1956, he
pursued education at the high schools Tran Luc, Chu Van An, and the Saigon University
Faculty of Letters. He joined the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARV),
graduated as an officer from Thu Duc Military Academy, Course 13, and worked
at the Psychological Warfare Department as a war correspondent and the
managing editor of the ARV’s Tien Phong Magazine. In 1969, he was sent to a
training seminar in basic journalism in Indianapolis City, Indiana. As a
result of the 1975 events, he came to the US, and resettled in California in
April 1975. Du Tu Le started composing and publishing poetry at an early age,
in 1953, under many different pseudonyms. The pseudonym Du Tu Le was
initially used for a poem published in Mai magazine in Saigon in 1958, and
has since been the only pseudonym under his 36 books. His poems has appeared
in a number of Vietnamese-language literary magazines at home and abroad
before and after 1975, and in the Los Angeles Times in 1983, the New York
Times in 1996, the anthology World Poetry / An anthology of Verse From
Antiquity To Our Time (New York: Norton) in 1998; also, his poems appeared in
some universities textbooks since 1990, or used in some universities for
education purpose. Jean-Claude-Pomonti, a leading writer for the Le Monde,
had chosen one of his poems to translate into French, and had it published in
La Rage D’Etre Vietnamien. Du Tử Lê was once mentioned by the late
writer Mai Thao as one of the distinguished poets in the Vietnamese
contemporary literature; the others are: Vu Hoang Chuong, Dinh Hung, Bui
Giang, Nguyen Sa, Thanh Tam Tuyen, and To Thuy Yen. *Pubs: Thơ Du Tử Lê (1964), Năm Sắc Diện
Năm Định Mệnh (1965),T́nh Khúc Tháng Mười Một
(1966),Tay Gơ Cửa Đời (1970), Chung Cuộc
(co-authored with Mai Thảo), Mắt Thù (1969), Ngửa Mặt
(1969), Vốn Liếng Một Đời (1969), Qua H́nh Bóng Khác (1970), Một Đời Riêng
(1972), Khóc Lẻ Loi Một Ḿnh (1972), Chỉ Như Mặt
Khác Tấm Gương Soi (poetry, 1997), Thơ T́nh (1996), Tiếng
Kêu Nào Bên Kia Thời Tiết (story), Em Và ,Mẹ Và Tôi Là Một
Nhé (memoir), Chỗ Một Đời Em Vẫn Để Dành, Nh́n
Nhau Chợt Thấy Ra Sông Núi, Chấm Dứt Luân Hồi
Em Bước Ra, Đi Và Về Cùng Một Nghĩa Như
Nhau, K.Khúc Của Lê (poetry set in music), Hoa Nào Tin Quả Đắng
Đến Không Ngờ / Flowers can’t believe fruits would grow that
bitter (translated by Như Hạnh,
Nhan Chung, 1999), Em Hiểu V́ Đâu Chim Gọi Nhau (poetry set in
music), Quê Hương Là Người Đó (poetry set in music),
Tôi-Ấu Thơ Và Mẹ (memoir), Truong Khuc Me ve Bien Dong/
Tributes to Mother on her way home via Pacific Ocean (translated by Thien
Nhat Phuong and Tran Le Khanh. CA: HT Productions, 1st edition
1989, 2nd edition 2002), Giu Doi Cho Nhau (CA: HT Productions,
2010), etc… Duy
Lam pseudonym of Nguyễn Kim Tuấn (1932
Hanoi - USA) --FW – joined Tu Luc Van Doan Association in
1958. He was the co-founder of But Viet Association which was later renamed Vietnamese
Pen International (with Nhat Linh, Do Duc Thu, Vu Hoang Chuong, Dai Duc Tuan,
Hieu Chan, Nguyen Thi Vinh...). As an officier in the South Vietnam Armed
Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Military Academy, Course 3, he was
imprisoned by the Communists for a period of 12 years, from 1975 to 1987,
then was later sent to the New Economic Zone in Xuan Loc. He came to the US
in 1990, and is now living in California. *Pubs: Chồng Con Tôi (story, 1960) Gia Đ́nh Tôi (memoir, 1962),
Cái Lưới (novel, 1964),
Ngày Nào C̣n Đàn Bà (story, 1968), Lộc Xác (novel, 1968), Nỗi Chết
Không Rời (story, co-authored with Thế Uyên, 1966), Truyện
Mới Chọn Lọc (11 stories. Văn Khoa, 1995), Em Phải
Sống (story, 1996). Duy Năng
pseudonym of Nguyễn Văn Trí (Nhatrang,
Vietnam Jan 25, 1935
– March 10,
2002 California, USA) -- P&FW – graduated from Vietnam
National Military Academy in Dalat, Course 14, 1957-1959. After 1975, he was
imprisoned by the Communists in the Re-education camps for 10 years, and then
was let out on 5-year probation. He came to the US under Political Prisoner
Status, settled in 1990 in California, where he died in 2002. He
started in the literary community since
1953, publishing his poems in the magazines Hồ Gươm, Quê Hương in Hà Nội,
and Thẩm Mỹ, Việt Bắc, Phụng Sự, Chiến
Sỹ Cộng Ḥa in Saigon. His biography and poems were recorded in many books
of research by different authors: Thi
Ca Miền Trung Việt Nam (Lương Trọng Minh, 1962),
Những Khuynh Hướng Trong Thi Ca Việt Nam (Minh Huy
1967) Những Nhà Thơ Hôm Nay (Minh Huy 1968), Nhà Văn Tác Phẩm
Và Cuộc Đời (Thế Phong 1970), Văn Nghệ Sĩ
Quân Đội (Tổng cục CTCT QLVNCH ), Lược Sử
Văn Nghệ Sĩ Miền Nam (Phú Quốc,1972), Văn HọcViệt
Nam (Thanh Tùng, 1973), TT.Truyện
Ngắn 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam
Hải Ngoại (Văn bút 1995) , Thi Ca Anh Mỹ Việt (Anh Huy NDT, Hoa Kỳ 1997),Thơ
T́nh Việt Nam Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng
Trương, Thanh Niên, 1998), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Song Nhị, Diên Nghị,1993). *Pubs: Giấc
Ngủ Chân Đèo (poetry, 1964),Vẫn Đời Đời Hoài Vọng
(poetry, 1971), Giữa Ḍng Nghịch Lũ (novel. US: 1991), Dặm
Ngh́n (poetry 1998). Duy Thanh pseudonym of Nguyễn
Duy Thanh (1931 Thai Nguyen, North Vietnam – San Francisco,
USA) – W – artist and
writer, who came to South Vietnam in 1954. Before 1975, he contributed to the
magazines Sáng Tạo and Hiện Đại
published in Saigon. *Pubs: Lớp
Gió (collection of stories. Saigon, 1964) Duyên Anh
pseudonym of Vũ Mộng Long (Thai-Binh
Vietnam 1935 - 1997 Paris France) – FW&W – came to South
Vietnam in 1954. He started writing in 1960, and was the publisher of the
weekly Bup Be (1966-), editor-in-chief of the weekly Con Ong, publisher and
editor-in-chief of the weekly Nguoi, publisher and editor-in-chief of the
weekly Tuoi Ngoc, and the founder of Tuoi Ngoc Publisher (1971). Duyên Anh is the author of more
than 35 books published in Vietnam before 1975, and a literary essayist and
critic for newspapers under pen name Thuong Sinh. His first short
story "Hoa Thien Ly" appeared in 1960. For a period of 5 years from
1976 to 1981 he was imprisoned in re-education camps. After his release from
the camps, he escaped Vietnam by boat, and came to French in 1983. Duyen Anh
died on February 06, 1997 in Paris. *Pubs: Among the most famous are: Hoa thien
ly, Dieu ru nuoc mat, Luat he pho, Thang Vu, Dau chan soi da, Dung Dakao, Vet
thu han tren lung ngua hoang, Bom lua, Ao vong tuoi tre, Gau rung, Co non,
Ngay xua con be, Nang no giang ho, Mua thu, Con suoi o mien Dong, Cau mo, Anh
lua dem tu, Anh mat trong theo, Thang Con, Truong cu, Tuoi 13, Nha toi, Mo
thanh nguoi Quang Trung, Chuong Com, Mat troi nho, Lua tuoi thich o mai, Giac
O-ke. Dương Kiền (1939 Hue -- Norway) – W – graduated in Law from the Saigon
University School of Law in 1962, and from Thu Duc Military Academy, Course 2,
in 1968. In 1979, he resettled in Norway, where he taught school. Dương Kiền
started writing in 1953 in the weekly Cai Tao and Nhan Loai, which were
published in Saigon and under the editorship of poet Đông Hồ. He is the
founder and editor-in-chief of Van hoc Magazine published in Saigon from 1962
to 1965, and the recipient of the 1966 National Literary Awards for Play. In
the overseas, his works were published in the magazines Van hoc, The Ky 21,
Nang Moi, among the others. *Pubs: Thú Đau Thương (poetry, 1961), Sân Khấu (play,
1964), Biển Trần Lặng (1965), Máu Của Mẹ
(1967), Kẻ Xa Lạ (translation. VN: Bốn Phương,
1965), Người Tù Sa Mạc (translation,1968), Luật Giá
Thú-Tử Hệ- Và Tài Sản Cộng Đồng (reseach. VN:
Khai Trí, 1965), Mùa Gặt Giữa Hư Vô (poetry, 1991). Dương Như
Nguyện, or Uyen Nicole Duong, (b19.
Hoi An, QuangNam -- USA) – FW & W -- Via the U.S. airlift, five days before the fall of Saigon in April 1975,
she came to the US as a teenager of 16. She was eduacated
at Southern Illinois University, the University of Houston Law Center (Texas)
and Harvard Law School (Cambridge MA),
from where she received
her B.S. in Journalism/ Communication (Southern Illinois University), J.D. (
University of Houston), and LLM
(Harvard Law School, Cambridge MA).
She is believed to be one of the first Vietnamese Municipal
Judges in the United States, serving in Texas as Associate
Municipal Judge and Magistrate for State of Texas. Winner
of the 1998 Stuart Miller Writing Award organised by District of Columbia Bar
Association. Currently a professor of law at the University of
Denver. Her
short stories and poems have appeared in periodicals and literary magazines,
including Song Van (1998), Van, Van hoc, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
(University of Washington, College of Law, March 2001), and Wordbridge (2002,
2003,2004). Pubs: Novel–Fiction: Mui
huong que (a collection of short stories. CA: Van Nghe, 1999); Daughters of
the River Huong (novel. Fairfax, VA: Ravens Yard Publishing, Ltd.,
2004), Con gai cua song Huong (translation version of Daughters of the River
Huong. Fairfax, VA: Ravens Yard Publishing, Ltd., 2005), Chin Chu Cua
Nang (CA: Van Moi, 2005). Essays–Law Reviews: Gender Equality and
Women’s Issues in Vietnam: The Vietnamese Woman--Warrior and Poet, 10 PAC. RIM
L. & POLY J. 191 (2001); Partnerships with Monarchs in the Search for
Oil: Unveiling and Re-examining the Patterns of “Third World” Economic
Development in the Petroleum Sector, 25 U. PA. J. INT’L ECON. L. (Winter
2004); Partnerships with Monarchs in the Development of Energy Resources:
Dissecting an Independent Power Project and Re-evaluating the Role of
Multilateral and Project Financing in the International Energy Sector, 26 U.
PA. J. INT’L ECON. L. XXX (Spring 2005). Practice
articles: The Magic of Digital
Signatures in the New Age of Global E-Commerce (TEX. TRANSNAT’L L.Q., April
2001); The Long Saga of the Spratlys Island (Dao Hoang Sa): An Overview of
the Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea Among Vietnam, China, and
other ASEAN Nations (TEX. TRANSNAT’L L.Q., November 1997, and CURRENTS:
INTERNAT’L TRADE L.J., Summer 1997); Vietnam’s Move to the Market--New
Business Bankruptcy Law (E. ASIAN EXEC. REP., April 15, 1994); Bankruptcy Law
Comes into Force in Vietnam (INT’L FIN. L.R., April 1994). Dương
Viết Điền (b19.
Quang Binh VN - USA) -- FW – Born in
Quang Binh, North Vietnam, he came to South Vietnam in 1954, where he was later
educated at Faculty of Law (Hue), and RVAF Political Warfare College (Dalat) from
where he graduated and subsequently became an officier in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces. After 1975, he was
imprisoned by the Communists in the Re-education camps for 10 years. In 1990,
he came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O), settled in
California. He started writing in the same year under the pseudonym
Ha-Ai-Khanh, contributing to the magazines
Vien-xu, Saigon Times, Saigon Nho, Chien-si quoc- gia, Viet-nam Press,
Suc-Song , Van-hoc Nghe-thuat, Quan Gio, Đai-Chung, Thoi-Luan, and Thang
Mo. His poems have appeared in the anthologies The symphony of verse, The
Cascade of Memory, The Outstanding Poets of 1998, A Celebration of Poets, and
America at the Millennium Pubs: Trai Ai-tu va Binh-Đien (memoir, 1993), Ngam-Ngui (poetry,1996),
Speechless (poetry, English language, 2000), Nhung anh-hung vi-quoc vong-than
(2003). Đào Đăng Vỹ (Hue, Central
Vietnam 1908 – 1987 California, USA) – W— educated at Quoc Hoc in Hue, School of Medicine and School of Law in
Hanoi. He is the founder of four high schools in Vietnam before 1975 (Việt Anh and Hồng Đức
in Huế, Minh Hưng and Quốc Anh in Saigon), Vice President of
Vietnamese PEN (before 1975), and professor at Van Hanh University in Saigon.
In the overseas, he is the President of “Văn Hóa Việt” Association
in San Jose. Resettling in the US in 1975, Đào Đăng Vỹ died in 1987 at Stanford Medical Center,
California. *Pubs
L'Annam Qui Nait (1938), Enquête Sur La Jeunesse Intellectuelle, Les
Écrivains Vietnamiens Comtemporains, Les Artistes Vietnamiens Comtemporaines,
Le Roman Vietnamien Comtemporain, Khúc Nhạc Đồng Quê (translated
from André Gide 54), Pháp Việt Tự Điển Phổ Thông (1954), Pháp Việt Đại Từ Điển (1956), Việt Pháp Tự Điển
(1956), Ông Già Goriot (translated from Balzac, 1959), Việt Nam Bách
Khoa Tự Điển 1, 2 và 3
(1959-1963), Pháp Việt Tiểu
Tự Điển (1961), Nguyễn Tri Phương-
Nhất Gia Tam Kiệt, (research), Thất Thủ Kinh Đô
(historical play). Đào
Trường Phúc (b19. VN ¾ USA) -- W – started writing before 1975 in Vietnam. In the overseas, he contributed
to Lang Van Magazine published in Canada. He is living in the US. *Pubs: Thơ
T́nh Mùa Hạ (poetry. Vietnam: Hồng Lĩnh 1970), Mặt Trời
Trên Cát (collection of stories. Vietnam: Từ Thức, 1971), Hiện
Tượng Quỳnh Dao (essay. Vietnam: Khai Hóa 1973), Quê
Hương Lưu Đày (CAN: Làng Văn, 1987) Đào Văn B́nh (1942 Ha Dong
¾ USA) -- W – came
to South Vietnam in 1954. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, he escaped
Vietnam by boat, came to Malaysia in 1984, and settled in the US in 1985. *Pubs: Những
Sự Thật Không Thể Chối Bỏ (1987), Tổ Ấm
Cuối Cùng (1987), 20 Năm Viết Văn (2004). Đằng
Phương pseudonym
of Nguyễn Ngọc Huy (Chợ
Lớn, South Vietnam 1924 ¾ July 28, 1990 France) – P & W – pursued
higher education in France, received his Ph.D in Politic, and Economic
Science. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Sociology at Can
Tho University. Đằng Phương died of cancer in France on July 28, 1990. *Pubs: Hồn Việt
(poetry. VN: Đuốc Việt 1950; 2nd edition published by
Thanh Phương Thư Quán in France, 1984; and 3rd
edition in San Jose, USA, 1985), Người Tù Ưu Tú Trong Tư
Tưởng Chánh Trị Trung Quốc Cổ Thời (1969),
Các Học Thuyết Chính Trị (2 volumes, 1970 và 1971), Hàn Phi
Tử (translation, 2 volumes. VN: Lửa Thiêng, 1974), Chính Trị
Trong Tiểu Thuyết Vơ Hiệp Kim Dung (Thanh Phương,
1986), Quốc Triều H́nh Luật (8 volumes. US: Việt
Publisher, 1990), Dân Tộc Hay Giai Cấp (Mekong Tỵ Nạn,
1990), Nhận Định T́nh H́nh Thế Giới (1990), Biện
Chứng Duy Vật (1990). Đặng Hiền (1958 Hoa
Vang, Quang Nam - USA) -- P – settled in California in 1979.
Managing editor of Hop-Luu Magazine (2002-). His poems have appeared in Văn Học, Hợp Lưu,
Thế Kỷ 21, Nghệ Thuật, Văn, and Khởi Hành.
A number of
his pieces have been anthologized. *Pubs: Tho Dang Hien (poetry- 1994), Bai hai
muoi (poetry- Van hoa 1997). -- Đặng Mai Lan (1954 Da Nang
-- France) -- FW – born in Da
Nang, grew up in Dalat and Saigon, came to France in 1978, where she settled and
has since lived. She started writing in 1991, contributing to the US-based
literary magazines and having several of her pieces published in Van, Van
Hoc, The Ky 21, and Chu De. She made her professional writing debut with the
publication of Phong 111, a collection of 13 short stories in which much of
her work deals with the theme of sorrow and unhappiness, published by Van
Magazine in the US. Pubs: Phong 111 (short stories. US: Van,
2000). Đặng Phùng Quân (1942 Nam
Dinh - USA) -- W – Professor at Faculty of Letters, University of
Saigon, before 1975. He escaped Vietnam by land (travelling West to
Kumpuchia?), and came to the US, where he settled in 1981. In the overseas,
he contributed to several literary magazines. *Pubs: Hien huu Tha Nhan (1969), Ca ngoi triet hoc
(co-translator with Huynh Phan Anh and Nguyen Nhat Duat -- 1970), Triet hoc
va khoa hoc (1972), Ve tieu thuyet cua Khai Hung (1972), Triet hoc Aristose
(1972), Chan dung triet gia (1973), Triet hoc va van chuong (1974), Mien
thuong uyen xua (co-author with Nguyen van Sam -- 1983), Van chuong luu day
(1985), Mot dam tuong than (co-author with Han Song Tuong -- 1987), Tu Truyen
(2001), Hanh Trang Tu Tuong Giua Hai The Ky (Chu De, 2002), Phe Phan He Tu
Tuong Mac-Xit (Chu De, 2002), Tau Khuc Van Chuong/Triet ly (TX: Gio Van,
2004). Đặng Thị Quế Phượng (1957 Saigon
- Belgium) -- P -- born in
Saigon, lived many years in the highland city Ban-Me-Thuot, and returned to
Saigon in 1975. She started writing after 1975, and published in overseas magazines,
including Lang Van, Doc Lap. Some of her pieces was anthologized in “Trang
Dat Khach”, in which works by woman writers were selected. (CAN: Lang Van,
1987). She settled in Belgium in 1983 Pubs: Tho Dang Thi Que Phuong (Germany: VIDIĐruckeret, 1991). Đặng Tiến (1940 Quang
Nam - France) -- W – educated at Lycée
Blaise Pascal in Đà Nẵng, Jean Jacques Rousseau in Saigon, and Saigon
University’s Faculty of Letters from where he received his B.A. in Literature.
He pursued higher education in 1966 in France, where he is now living and
working as an Instructor
of Classical Vietnamese Literature at University of Denis Diderot (Paris
Seven). Dang Tien started writing at the beginning of 60’s, and had works
published in the Saigon-based literary magazines
Tin Sách, Văn, and Bách Khoa. In the overseas, he contributed to the
magazines Diễn Đàn, Thông Luận, Đoàn Kết (Paris), Hợp
Lưu, Văn, and Văn Học (USA). *Pubs: Vu tru Tho (Vietnam: Giao Diem, 1972). Xuan Dieu
(co-authored, Hanoi: Tac Pham Moi Publishing House, 1987), The Lu
(co-authored, Hanoi: Hoi Nha Van Publishing House, 1991), Vu Ngoc Phan
(co-authored, Hanoi: Hoi Nha Van Publishing House, 1995). Đặng Thơ
Thơ (1962 Saigon
-- USA) -- FW – started writing short story in 1995, and
contributed to the magazines Van, Van Hoc, Hop Luu, The Ky 21, Chu De, and
Nguoi Viet. She is a member of the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters
Association (VAALA). Pubs: Phong trien lam mua dong (short story
collection, under pseudonym Tho Tho; CA: Van moi, 2002). Note: Dang Tho Tho is the real name of Thơ Thơ, author of ‘Phong trien lam mua dong’
(CA: Van Moi, 2002) and the short stories published before and after it in
Van, Van hoc, Hop Luu, Chu De, The Ky 21. To avoid being mistaken for poet Thơ Thơ, whose real name is Tran Thi Cam Tu,
editor of the e-magazine Suoi Nguon, Đặng Thơ Thơ starts using her real name for her
works beginning with ‘Noi buon tuyet doi’, an excerpt from her novel ‘Khi
phong linh vo’, published in Hop Luu Magazine (ISSN: 1065-9323), issue 78 of August
& September 2004. (following Hop Luu Magazine, issue 78 of August &
September 2004, page 193). Đặng Trần Huân (June 07,
1929 Bac Ninh, North VN -- March 21, 2003 USA) -- W – He came to
South Vietnam in 1954, and subsequently became an officier in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces, who was, after 1975, imprisoned by the Communists for
10 years in re-education camps. He started writing in 1952, contributed to
the weekly, bimonthly, monthly magazines published in Vietnam: Văn Nghệ Tiền Phong, Tiền
Tuyến, Chính Luận, Sống, Đời, Đại Dân Tộc,
Diều Hâu, Tia Sáng, Chiến Sĩ Cọng Ḥa, Văn Đàn,
Bách Khoa. In the overseas, he contributed to Diễn Đàn Phụ Nữ,
Khởi Hành, and Thế Kỷ 21. Settled in
the US in 1992, Đặng Trần Huân died on March 21,
2003. *Pubs: Ngay vui (short story - Saigon: Nguyen
Ba Tong, 1962; 2nd edition US: Song Moi & Le Van, after 1975),
Hai dao than tien (translation – Saigon: Nguyen Ba Tong, 1963; 2nd
edition Saigon: La Boi, 1970; 3rd edition US: Dai Nam, after
1975), Chuyen cam dan ba (humor – Saigon: Sang Tao, 1st edition
September 1969, 2nd edtion October 1969, 3rd edition
December 1969, 4th edition January 1970, 5th edition
US: Xuan Thu, after 1975), Chuyen cam dan ba 2 (humor – Vietnam: Sang Tao,
1970, 2nd edition US: Xuan Thu, after 1975), Thanh pho buon thiu
(memoir – Vietnam: Sang Tao, 1970), Hanh trinh Mot Hat O (memoir – US: Thoi
Luan 1995), Chuyen cam dan ba (selected) [Japan: Tan Van, 1995; 2nd
edition 1998), Nhung nguoi thich dau huyen (US: Van Moi, 1998), Chu nghia be
be (US: Van Moi, 2000). Điệp
Mỹ Linh pseudonym of Nguyễn Thị
Thanh Điệp (b19. Dalat
-- USA) -- W – educated at High School Vo Tanh (Nhatrang), and
Faculty of Law, Saigon University. She started her published works in Lướt
Sóng in 1961. Settling in the US in 1975, she contributed to the magazines:
Sóng, Làng Văn. Pubs: Một Đoạn
Đường (collection of short stories. US: published by the
author, 1986), Bước Chân Non (collection of short stories. US:
published by the author, 1987), Sau Cuộc
Chiến (a novel. US: Nguon Y Publisher, 1988), Hải Quân Viet Nam Cong Hoa Ra Khơi, 1975 (historical document. US: published by the
author, 1990), Đưa Tiễn
(collection of short stories. US: published by the author, 1992), Cuồng
Lưu (a novel. US: published by the author, 1993), Tưởng
Như Trở Về (collection of short stories. US: published by
the author, 1998), T́m Vết Chân Xưa (collection of short stories.
US, CA: Văn Mới, 2003), Trăng Lạnh (collection of short
stories. US, CA: Văn Mới, 2009). Đinh Cường (1939 Thu Dau
Mot - USA) -- P&Artist – equally famous as an artist and a writer, professor of Fine Art at Dong Khanh College Hue in (...); he
was born in Thu Dau Mot Vietnam in 1939, graduated from Hue Fine Art Shool
(1963), National Shool of Fine Art Saigon (1964). Like other prominent
artists, he joined the Young Vietnamese Artists Association, an active and
well-known artist group, in the early 60's, and was the Association's general
secretary in the period from 1969 to 1971. Dinh Cuong participated in many international
events: Singapore (1974), Sao Paulo (1967), Tokyo (1966), Tunis (1964), Paris
(1963), and International Exhibition in Saigon Vietnam (1962). His work is
presented in many private collections in Canada, France, Germany, USA, and
VietNam. In the field of literature, he composed poems, wrote essays on art,
and contributed to numerous established journals and magazines. His poems and
essays on art have appeared in many literary and art magazines, including Van
Hoc Nghe Thuat, Hop Luu, Van, Van Hoc, The Ky 21. *Pubs: Poetry and essays on art
published in literary magazines, including Van Hoc Nghe Thuat, Hop Luu, Van,
Van Hoc, The Ky 21. Đinh Linh (1963 Saigon
-- USA) – P&FW – came to the US in April 1975. Starting in
the literary community, he gained literary recognition with his chapbook of
poems Drunkard Boxing published in 1998. He is contributing editor to Xconnect, editor and co-translator of the
anthologies:
Night again:
Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam (Seven Stories Press 1996), Three
Vietnamese Poets (Tinfish 2001). His articles, stories, poems, and translations have appeared in
Manoa, Sulfur, Denver Quarterly, Transconnect, American Poetry Review, Kenyan
Review, Xconnect The Threepenny Review, Moorabbit Review, New Observations,
Northeast Corridor, Vietnam Forum, Viet Magnet, Seven Arts, Hop Luu, and Van
Hoc. *Pubs: Drunkard Boxing (poetry -Singing
Horse, 1998), Fake House (short-story collection
-Seven Stories Press, 2000). "A Small Triumph Over
Lassitude" (poetry -Leroy 2001), and "A Glass of Water"
(poetry -Skanky Possum Press 2001) Đinh Phụng Tiến (1940 Nam
Dinh - USA) -- FW – former officier in
the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, and reporter for Vietnam News Agency.
He settled in the US in 1992. *Pubs: Hon bi (1967), Con loc (1969), Tren
doi canh hac (1997). Đinh Trường Chinh (1970 Tan
Dinh Saigon -- USA) -- P – a contributor to the literary
magazines Van, Hop Luu, Tap Chi Tho, Tien Ve (an online center for arts), and
Van Hoc Nghe Thuat (an electronic magazine). *Pubs: Vuc va Gio (poetry, co-authored), 26 Nha tho duong dai
(poetry, co-authored) Định Nguyên pseudonym of Nguyễn Đ́nh Định (1942 Hai
Duong - USA) -- P&FW – former officer in Republic of Vietnam
Marines, who settled in California in 1985. He started writing in
Vietnam before 1975. In the overseas, his works have appeared in Văn Học Nghệ Thuật,
Văn Học, Văn. His other pseudonym is Lưu Đ́nh Vong. *Pubs: Đường Xương Trắng (novel), Thơ Giập Mật (poetry of humours), Quê Hương (poetry). Đoàn Thêm (1916 Ha
Dong, North Vietnam - USA) – P & W – educted at
Buoi High School, and Faculty of Law in Hanoi. He immigrated to South Vietnam
in 1954, and then in 1983 to Canada, where he settled.in Montreal. Before
1975, he contributed to Công Dân, Văn Hóa, Nghiên
Cứu Hành Chánh, Bách Khoa, Gió Nam. *Pubs Loạn
Ly (poetry), Taj-Mahai (poetry), Nhạc Dế (poetry,1960), Vườn
Mây (poetry 1961), T́m Hiểu Hội Họa (research, 1962), T́m Đẹp
(1964), Việc Từng Ngày (one volume per year, 1965-66-67-68-69)
Hai Mươi Năm Qua (1966) Những Ngày
Chưa Quên 1939-1954
(1967), Những Ngày Chưa Quên 1954-1963 (1968), Ḥa Âm (poetry), Từ
Thức Hay Kẻ T́m Đường (poetry). Lược Khảo
Về Chánh Đảng, Lược Khảo Về Hiến
Pháp Các Nước Á Châu, Quan Niệm Sáng Tác Thơ,
Nhà Quê Ra Tỉnh (published overseas,1999), T́m Hiểu Và Xét Lại
Con Người Và Nếp Sống Xưa Và Nay (US: Tổ Hợp Miền Đông Hoa-Kỳ,
1996). Đoàn Văn An real name of Ven. Dr. Thích
Thiên Ân. (Thua
Thien, Vietnam b19.– 1979 California, USA) -- W – born
the son of Ven. Thich Tieu Dieu who burned himself to death on August 16,
1963 in Hue (Central Vietnam) to protest the South Vietnam government’s
mistreatment of Buddhists (which was then under Ngo Dinh Diem’s presidency). Đoàn Văn An came to the US as a Zen Master from
Vietnam, whose Darma title is Thích Thiên Ân, and who is later Abbot of the
International Buddhist Meditation Center and President of the College of
Oriental Studies, Los Angeles, where over 10,000 volumes in Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan and English are available. *Pubs Triết Học Zen (research, 1963), Phật Giáo Việt
Nam Xưa Và Nay (research,1965), Lịch Sử Tư Tưởng
Nhật Bản (research, 1965), Giáo Dục Nhật Bản Hiện
Đại (research,1965), Giá Trị Triết Học, Tôn Giáo
Trong Truyện Kiều (research,1966), Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice
(English version, 1975; translated by Minh Quang and published with facing
text by Hoi Phat Giao Dong Bac Florida in 1996). Đỗ
Bằng Đoàn (Ninh Binh,
North Vietnam 1905 -- 1986 USA) -- W – immigrated
to South Vietnam in 1954. After 1975, he came to the US, settled in
Pennsylvania. His works appeared in Bách Khoa, Vạn Hạnh, Minh
Tâm. *Pubs: Đường
Thi Trích Dịch (co-authored with Bùi Khánh Đản, Sàig̣n 1960), Việt
Nam Ca Trù Biên Khảo (co-authored with Đỗ Trọng Huề,
1962), Những Đại Lễ
Và Vũ Khúc Của Vua Chúa Việt Nam (co-authored with Đỗ
Trọng Huề,1967), Hát Chèo (co-authored with Nguồn Việt
Group, 1975), Khoa Cử Việt Nam phần 2: Giai
Thoại Thi Cử (co-authored with Đỗ Trọng
Huề, Hoa Lư Canada,1998),
Khoa Cử Việt Nam, phần 3: Danh Nhân Khoa Bảng (2
volumes, co-authored with Đỗ Trọng Huề, Hoa Lư 1998). Đỗ
B́nh (b19. Ha Noi
-- FRANCE) -- P – came to South Vietnam in 1954,
studied Law at Faculty of Law, Saigon University, and subsequently served in the
Republic of Vietnam Armed Forced as an officer in Political Warfare Unit.
After 1975, he was imprisoned by the Communists and spent many years in
re-education camps. He later resettled in France, where he graduated from
Ecole de Commerce in Paris. He is the editor-in-chief of the monthly Vung
Day, editor of The Radio RGB, founder of Culture Association and Cergy
Library (France), and member of Vietnamese Cultural Club in Paris. *Pubs Buồn Viễn Xứ /
Sorrow in Nostalgia (poetry, 1992), Bóng Quê / Motherland’s Shadow (poetry,
1996), Đỗ Kh. pseudonym of Đỗ Khiêm (1954 Hai
Phong - USA) -- P&FW – went to France in 1968; joined the
Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces in 1973; came to the US in 1975 where he
settled in California. Đỗ
Kh started writing in 1987, and is a member of the eitorial staff of Tho
and Hop Luu magazines. Pubs: Cây Gậy
Làm Mưa (CA: Tân Thư, 1989), Thơ Đỗ Kh (CA: Tân
Thư, 1989) Có Những Bực Ḿnh
Tức Không Thể Nói (CA: Tân Thư, 1990), Kư Sự
Đi Tây (CA: Xuân Thu, 1991),
Gung Di Bo Phieu (US: Tap Chi Tho, 2007). Đỗ Quyên (b19. Vietnam
- Canada) -- W – a BS graduate in Atomic Physics from Hanoi
Polytechnic School (Vietnam, 1972-77), and instructor of Atomic Physics at
Hanoi Polytechnic School (1977-78). Before his resettlement in Canada, in
1990 he came as a refugee to Germany, where he lived for a period of 6 years
from 1990 to 1996. Đỗ
Quyên
is the founder of Canh En Journal (Germany, 1991-1993), La Thu Dong Au
(Germany, 1993-1996), Vietnam Tap Chi (Canada, 1998-1999), Doi (Canada,
1999-2000). His works have appeared in the literary journals Hop Luu, Van
Hoc, Van, Viet, Tram Con, Gio Dong, Khoi Hanh, Van Uyen, Pho Van. *Pubs: Nhin cay thay rung / From the Trees
See the Forest (interview, compilation of several writers' opinion and point
of view. CA: Van Nghe, 1997). Đỗ
Quỳnh Dao (b19. Vietnam
- France) -- W – pursued higher education in France before 1975. *Pubs: Con Nữ (collection of short stories. US: Văn
MớI, 2002). Đỗ Quư Toàn (1939 Bac
Ninh - USA) -- P&W -- came to South Vietnam in 1954
as the 1954 Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th
Parallel, taught at Chu Van An High School, and Nguyen Du High School in
Saigon. He resettled in Montreal in 1975, taught at the universities: McGill,
Concordia, UQUAM (Canada). He is the founder of Vietnamese PEN, Quebec
Center, and is one of the founders of “Lang Cay Phong” in Montreal. In
Vietnam, he started writing since 1955, and was published in Saigon-based
literary magazines. In the overseas, he contributed to the literary
magazines: Văn Học Nghệ Thuật, Văn, Văn Học,
Sóng, Làng Văn. Currently living in the US, he is the editor-in-chief of
the monthly Thế Kỷ 21*, and is on the executive board of the
California-based Nguoi Viet daily newspaper, which is the first Vietnamese-language daily
newspaper published overseas, with daily circulation: 18,000 copies, located
in Westminster, Orange County. *Pubs: Nàng
(poetry, 1965), Đêm Việt Nam (poetry, 1966), Yêu Con Dạy Con Nên
Người Việt (essay, 1988), Cỏ Và Tuyết (poetry,
1989), Đổi Mới Kinh Tế (research, VHB), T́m Thơ Trong
Tiếng Nói (research, 1992). Đỗ Phương Khanh (1936 Nam
Dinh - USA) -- P – immigrated to South Vietnam in 1954, lived in
Saigon, where she contributed to the magazines:
Văn Hóa Ngày Nay, and Tân Phong. Member of the Vietnamese PEN (before
1975). She is currently living with her husband writer Nhật Tiến
in Orange County, California. Pubs: Hương
Thu (story. Vietnam: Huyền Trân,
1967) Đỗ Tiến Đức (1939 Son Tay
- USA) -- FW – came to South Vietnam in 1954. He is the
publisher of the magazine
Chí Trai (1966), managing editor of the magazine Hoài Bảo (1967-1968).
In 1969, he won the
National Literary Awards with his novel Ma hong. In 1979, he came the US. He
is now living in Los Angeles, California, and is the publisher and
editor-in-chief of Thoi Luan daily newspapers. *Pubs: Hoa Niên
(story, 1954), Má Hồng (novel, 1968), Ngọc Lan (1972), Yêu
(1973), Giỡn Mặt Tử Thần, Lối Vào (1990), Vầng
Trăng Trong Mưa (1993), Tiếng Xưa (Thời Luận,
2000). Đỗ Thúc Vịnh (Ha Dong, North Vietnam 1920 – 1996
San Jose USA) -- P –
Born on 7-7-1920 in Ha Dong,
North Vietnam. The 1954 Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the
17th Parallel forced him to immigrate to South Vietnam. After the
fall of South Vietnam in 1975 he came, as a refuge, to the US, where he
resettled and died on June 17, 1996. Pubs: Bong Tre Xanh (Hanoi: 1944, Saigon: 1957, US:
1984, won the 1942-1943 Gia-Long Literary Award), Ho Xuan Huong (Saigon: Bon
Phuong,1956), Le Kim - Ha Ich (translated from Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by
R.L.Stevenson, Saigon: Nguoi Viet Tu Do, 1956), Di Mo (Saigon: Tu Do,1959,
US: Do Do, 1989), Mua Ao Anh (Saigon: Tu Do, 1962, US: Do Do, 1991), Nhung
Nguoi Dang Toi (Saigon: 1954, US: 1990), Hoang Hon Tuy But (US: Do Do, 1991),
Noi Am Anh Cua Que Huong (US: Do Do, 1996). Đỗ
Trọng Huề (1930 Ninh
Binh, North Vietnam - Canada) -- W – born the son of writer Đỗ
Bằng Đoàn, received his BA in Literature in 1952, and
taught at Nguyễn Gia Thiều
High School in Gia Lâm. He later served in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces (graduated from Nam Dinh Infantry School, course 1). In 1953, he took
a seminar course in France; graduated from Quartermaster School in Paris,
course 53-54. After his return to Vietnam, he worked in such positions: Chief
of the Military Supplies Department in Can Tho (1956-1958), Dean of the Armed
Forces Culture School in Saigon (1959-1963), Director of the Military
Supplies Administration Number 1 (1958-60), Assistant Director of the
Military Social Corp (1960-61), Assistant Director of the Quartermaster Corp,
the first Dean of the National Adoptive Children School in Saigon (1963-66),
Director of the National Literature and Art Awards
- Research Section, Chairman of the Culture and Education Council - Art
Section, Session 1 (1970-1974), Culture and Education Specialist (1970-75),
and Professor at the National Fine Art School (1970-75). After the fall of
South Vietnam in 1975, he was imprisoned by the Communists from 1975 to 1985
in re-education camps in North Vietnam. He resettled in Canada since 1988,
and is now living in Calgary, Alberta. *Pubs: Việt Nam Ca Trù Biên Khảo (co-authored with Đỗ
Bằng Đoàn, Sài G̣n, 1962), Le Chant à
Cliquettes, Bulletin De La Société
Des études Indochinoises (Paris 1962), Phật Giáo Khái Luật
(Văn Hoa 1964), Triết Học Tổng Quát (Văn Khoa
1965), Những Đại Lễ Và Vũ Khúc Của Vua Chúa Việt
Nam (co-authored with Đỗ Bằng Đoàn, Hoa Lư, 1967),
Hương Trà (Saigon: Hoa Lư, 1968), Khoa Cử Việt
Nam, part 2: Giai Thoại Thi Cử (Canada: Hoa Lu, 1998), Khoa Cử
Việt Nam part 3: Danh Nhân Khoa Bảng (2 volumes, co-authored with
Đỗ Bằng Đoàn. Hoa Lư, 1998). Đỗ Vinh pseudonym
of Joseph
Đỗ Vinh Tài (1968 Vietnam -- USA) – P -- immigrated with his family to the US in 1975, and studied
at the University of Washington, from where he graduated BS in Political
Science. He started in the literary community in 1980, and subsequently
became active in the literary circles of the Pacific Northwest from the mid
1980’s to the early 1990’s. His poetry and writings have appeared in Tien
Rong, The New Asian Journal, The Seattle Weekly, The Vietnam Forum of Yale
University, Nguoi Viet and Viet Bao daily newspapers, Vien Dong, Van hoa,
Viet Weekly, and Tap-chi Tho. His debut collection of poetry ‘Green Plums’
was published in 2005. In the same year, he worked in close collaboration
with poet Khế Iêm on the anthology-in-progress BLANK VERSE/ Thơ
Không Vần as a translator. He was responsible for the Blank Verse’s
English section, and translated into English 68 poems in the anthology, which
includes 162 poems by 64 contemporary Vietnamese poets. The anthology was
published by Tan Hinh Thuc Publishing Club in May 2006. Đỗ Vinh’s
first published translation appeared in Wordbridge and The Writers Post in
2005 (Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry: On the path of transformation - A
portrait of Vietnamese Literature’, Wordbridge 6 Spring 2005, The Writers
Post Volume 7 Number 1 Jan. 2005). He is currently living in Central Valley,
California. *Pubs: Green Plums (CA: 2005) Đức Phổ pseudonym of Nguyễn Đức Phổ (1948 Thua Thien - USA) -- W – officier in the Republic
of Vietnam Armed Forces, who resettled in the US in 1996. He started writing
before 1975 with different pseudonyms. Many of his
pieces were published in the literary magazines Van, Van Hoc, Hop Luu, Chu
De, Tap chi Tho, Van Tuyen, Pho Van, Quang Da. *Pubs: Một
Chỗ Về (poetry, CA:
Sông Thu, 2000), Mùa T́nh Xin Kịp Gặp (poetry, CA: Văn,
2002). LISTING BY AUTHOR: G Giang Hữu Tuyên (Bac
Lieu, South Vietnam 1949 – 11-14-2004 Virginia, USA) – P & W – born
on 03-20-1949 in Phong Thanh Village, Gia Rai District, Bac Lieu Provine, and
educated at An Xuyen High School (Ca Mau), he pursued higher education at
School of Journalism, Van Hanh University (Saigon). Having been mobilized he was
trained at Thu Duc Infantry School, and served after his graduation in the
Navy Forces. He came to the US in 1975, and since then was actively involved
politics and journalism. He was in the editorial board of the Viet Chien
(with Ngo Vuong toai, Nguyen Dinh Hung) published in Washington D.C., and was
later, in 1982, the founder of Hoa Thinh Don Viet Bao. Giang Huu Tuyen died
on 11-14-2004. *Pubs:
Troi Mua di Phat Bao (poetry, 1999). Giáng Vân pseudonym of Nguyễn Như Hoàng (1943
Ha Noi, North Vietnam – Canada) – W – Escaping Vietnam in
1979, and settling in Canada. *Pubs: Bàng Hoàng (poetry,
1993), Thách Đố Số Mệnh (novel, 1994). LISTING BY AUTHOR: H Hà Huyền Chi pseudonym of
Đặng Trí
Hoàn. (1935
Hanoi - USA) -- P – came to South Vietnam in 1954, and lived
in Saigon. Joining the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, he graduated from
Vietnam National Military Academy in Dalat, Course 14, and chose to be a parachutist. He went on to be a
major in the Psychological Warfare Department. His first published poem
"Boot Steps Imprinted In Space" made his name. In 1971, he received the National
Literary Awards for Poetry. Besides writing poetry, he involved deeply in
other fields: journalism,
radio broadcasting, movie making, and appeared in eight filmstrips as a
director or producer. Ha Huyen Chi poems were set in music for more than 300
songs by musicians and composers. The most famous are Lệ Đá by Trần Trịnh and Goá Phụ Ngây Thơ by Trần
Thiện Thanh. Hà
Huyền Chi resettled in the US in 1975. His other pseudonyms are: Mậu Binh,
Hoài Hương, Mă Tử, and Hồ An. *Pubs:
Poetry: "Saut"
Đêm (1963), C̣n Ǵ Cho Anh (1971), Cho
Mặt Trời (1975), Tên Nô Lệ Mới (1979), Như
Đá Ngàn Năm (1981), Cơi Buồn Trên Ta (1984), Đời Bỗng
Dưng Thừa (1987), Không Gian Vương Dấu Giầy
(1988), Thơ Đen (1991, under pseudonym Mậu
Binh), Thơ Kẽm Gai (1994, under pseudonym Mậu
Binh), Tha'ng Một Buồn
(1994), Thơ Trong Da Ngựa
(1995), Một Túi B́nh Sinh, Một
Túi Thơ (1996), Đồng Thiếp (1966), Băo Đầy
(1998), Bên Trời Mài Kiếm (1999), Sóng Ngầm (2003). Novel:
Rừng
Ái Ân (1970), Vũng Tối Đầy (1970), Khu Vườn
Chim Sẻ (1970), Những Nụ Gai Ṃn (1970), Bước
Đam Mê (1971), Mưa Đêm Trong Chiến Hào (1971), Trên Cánh
Đồng Mây (1974), Thằng Thái B́nh (1974). Hà Kỳ Lam pseudonym of Nguyễn Đ́nh Hà (1940 Quang
Nam - USA) -- FW – former teacher, and officer in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces, serving in Special Forces. He came to the US in 1981,
settling in New Jersey. He started writing in 1991, contributing to the
magazines Văn,Thế Kỷ 21, Phố Văn, Chủ Đề,
and Văn Học. *Pubs: Vung da ngam (story- The Ky 1994), Nui
van xanh (story- The Ky 1994). Hà Nguyên Du pseudonym of Nguyễn Đ́nh Hà (1950
Tay-Ninh - USA) -- FW – reporter, former officier in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces. After spending years in re-education camps, he came to
the US in 1990, under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O). He started writing
in 1968 under the pseudonym Nguyễn-CTNCT. In the US, his poems were
published in the magazines Khởi Hành ,Văn ,Văn Học, Hợp Lưu, Thế Kỷ 21,
Tạp chí Thơ, Chủ Đề, Tinh Hoa, Hương
Văn, Văn Phong, Phố Văn, Nguyệt San Nghệ Thuật (Canada), and in E-Magazines published on
the world-wide-web. Pubs
Trong Mùa Lá Xanh (poetry, published with other authors, 1970), Lối
Khác (poetry, 1998), Anh Biết - Em Yêu Dấu (poetry, Tự Lực,
2001). Hà Thúc Sinh pseudonym of Phạm Vĩnh Xuân (1943 Thanh
Hoa, North Vietnam - USA) -- P&FW – a immigrant
into South Vietnam in 1954 living in Saigon, former officier in the Republic
of Vietnam Armed Forces, who escaped Vietnam by boat in 1980, and settled in
the US in 1981. He started writing before 1975, and had works published in Tiểu
Thuyết Thứ Năm, Văn, Nghiên Cứu Văn Học,
Khai Phá. After 1975, in the overseas, he founded Tân Văn magazine, and
also published his pieces in Việt Chiến, Nhân Văn, Đường
Sống, San Diego Tin Tức,
Việt Nam Nhật Báo, Thời Luận, Thế Kỷ 21,
Văn, Văn Học (HoaKỳ), Làng Văn, Nắng Mới,
Đi Tới, Lửa Việt (Canada), Chiêu Dương (Úc), Độc
Lập (Đức), Quê Mẹ (Pháp). *Pubs: Tri nho dau thuong (poetry- 1967), Da
vang (poetry- 1969), Tuyen tap truyen Chau Au (translation, 1970), Dieu buon
cua chung ta (poetry- 1972), Dao nui minh ta (poetry, 1972), Tinh em vo canh
(translation- 1973), Nang no le (translation- 1973), Tran chien trong thanh
pho (translation- 1973), Cat bui tran gian (translation- 1974), Kiep nguoi co
quanh (translation- 1974), Dai hoc mau (memoir- 1985), Vang thai que nha
(translation- 1988), Tho viet giua duong (poetry- 1988), Chi em (novel,
1988), Ong H.O. (story -1993), Co huong (story- 1994), Dua ca mam muoi
(story- 1996), Ve (story- 1996), Dem he (story- 1997). Hà Thượng Nhân / or Nam Phương
Sóc, pseudonym of Phạm Xuân Ninh. (b19.
Ha Thuong, North Vietnam -- USA) – P –
joined the resistance against the
French, but returned to Hanoi in 1950, where he joined the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces, immigrated afterwards into South Vietnam and worked in the
Psychological Warfare Corp. In 1957, he served as Assistant Chief of the
Headquarters’ 5th Bureau. After South Vietnam fell for the
Communist in 1975, he was imprisoned in several re-education camps. Hà Thượng Nhân
started writing in 1950, in charge of Dan Ngang Cung column in the daily
newspaper Tu Do and Nhung Dieu Trong Thay column in the Ngon Luan. Both
newspapers were published in Saigon. *Pubs: Bên Trời Lận đận (poetry, 1998) Hải Bằng pseudonym of Bành Như
Nghiệp (1940
Kien Giang – California, USA) – W – an
officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces who worked as a war
correspondent for many years. He
started in the literary activity in 1957, while still at high school, by
writing the play Tự Tử Linh Hồn to be performed on stage by
his classmates. He went into journalism in 1959, contributing to the daily
newspapers Tiếng Chuông, Sài G̣n Mới, Tiền Tuyến, Cấp
Tiến, Chuông Mai, Tin Mới, Dân Chúng, Thời Báo, and Thủ
Đô. His other pseudonyms are: Trần Tuấn Hải, Mai Trúc Ly.
He is living in California. *Pubs: Ngủ Đường
(reportage), Sài G̣n Ăn CHơi (reportage), Gia Đ́nh Bác Tám (story.
US: Chuông Việt, 1987), Gịng Sông Nước Mắt
(collection of stories). Hải Phương pseudonym of Lê Hữu Phước (b19.
Nhatrang - USA) – P – educated
at Seminary Francisco Xavier in Saigon, Saigon
University’s Faculty of Letters, Dalat
University’s Politics and Business Administration Graduate School, received a
BS in Philosophy in Education, BA in Sino Vietnamese Literature in Education,
and MA in International Relation. He taught school, and later joined the
Armed Forces from where he was seconded to the Department of National
Education. After the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, he was imprisoned by
the new Communists regime. He came to the US in 1990, and settled in
California, and is now living in San Jose. *Pubs: Tuổi
T́nh Yêu (poetry, 1962), Con Đường T́nh Nhân (poetry, 1964) Hàn Song Tường pseudonym of Nguyễn Thị
Minh Tâm (1950
Hai Duong - USA) – W – born on August 2, 1950 in Hai Duong, North
Vietnam; immigrated into South Vietnam in 1954. She is one of the editors of
Gio Van Magazine. Her works have appeared in literary magazines, and in the
anthologies Truyện Hay Hải
Ngoại -2 (NVB-Phù Sa 1991), Văn Thơ Văn Bút Nam Hoa Kỳ
(1993), Truyện Ngắn 20
Năm Văn Học Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại
(Văn Bút-1995), Thơ Văn Văn Bút Nam Hoa Kỳ (1999). Pubs: Viên Sỏi Quê Hương (poetry, 1986), Một Dặm
Tương Thân (story; co-authored with Đặng Phùng Quân, 1988),
Phía Bên Kia Mặt Trời (story, 1995), Ở Một Nơi
Khác (story, CA: Van Moi, 2003). Hoa
Nguyên pseudonym of Hà Bỉnh Trung (1922 Cao
Bang, North Vietnam -- USA) -- W – pursued higher education in France,
and graduated in Journalism. In 1953, he graduated from Vietnam National
Military Academy in Dalat, where he later worked in several Drill Master
positions, including Head of Psychological Warfare Study.
In 1954, he was the assistant chief of the Head of State Palace’s Press
Bureau (Head of State was then the position of the 1945 abdicating French
indolent puppet Emperor Bảo Đại, who fled to Hong Kong; went
to exile and returned with the French support as chief of state 1949-1955).
In the field of literature, he was the editor of the weekly Que Huong in
Hanoi in 1952, editor of the monthly Đà Lạt Tiến in 1954. After
1975, he came to the US, and settled in Washington D.C., where he has since
lived. *Pubs: Hoa
Thơm (translated from French verse, 1952), Răng Đen Ai Nhuộm
Cho Ḿnh (novel, self-published in 1953), Anh Hoa (translated from English
verse, 1965), Khói Lửa (poetry, 1987), Yêu Măi Ngàn Năm (poetry,
1990), Theo Nhịp Ḍng Đời (story, 1993), Rừng Thiêng
(story, 1994), Kịch thơ (verse play, 1994). Hoa Văn pseudonym of Ngô Văn Ḥa (b19.
Phu Tho, North Vietnam -- USA) -- P – officer in the Republic
of Vietnam Armed Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 4.
After several years of being imprisoned in re-education camps by the
Communists, he came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O.
Program), settled in Boston in 1993, and has been living there ever since.
His poems were anthologized in Dien Nghi, Song Nhi’s Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (CA: Coi Nguon, 2003). *Pubs: Đường Em Hoa Nở
(poetry, 1964), Thơ Anh Hoa (poetry, 1965), Thơ Lục Bát
(poetry, 1966) Thơ Và Thời Gian (poetry, 2000). Hoài Điệp Tử pseudonym of Phạm văn Tập (BacLieu
VN 1943—August 9, 1987 USA) -- FW – graduated in Law from
Saigon University’s Faculty of Law. He started writing in the early 1960s,
and worked as the managing editor of the Saigon-based daily newspapers: Chuông Mai, Tiếng
Chuông, Tiếng Dân, Thanh Việt, Dân Tiến, Tia Sáng, Ngày Mới,
and Độc Lập in a period of 18 years from 1957 to 1975. He escaped
Vietnam by sea, came to the US and settled at the end of 1981 in California,
where he contributed to the magazines Hồn Việt and Tuổi Ngọc.
He is also the publisher of the weekly Mai. On Sunday 09 August 1987, at 2:15
AM, he was savagely murdered. *Pubs: Vũng
Lầy (story, 1964) Trái Cấm (story, 1965), Tuổi T́nh Yêu
(story, 1965), Phiên Buồn (story, 1966), Lửa Đạn Về Thành
(story, 1968), T́nh Biển (story, 1968), Đỉnh Núi Mù (story,
1969), C̣n Xanh Kỷ Niệm (story, 1969), Bến Đục
(story, 1970), Giọt Máu Cho Cánh
Đồng Mùa Hạ (story, 1970), Tặng Phẩm Của Đêm
(story, 1971), Bụi Thành Phố (story, 1971), Mặt Trời
Mọc Cho Ai (story, 1972), Hành Lang Đen (story, 1972), Cao Ốc Số
8 (story, 1973), Sông Hoang (story, 1974), Trên Đầu Sóng (story, US:
1982). Hoàng Anh Tuấn (1932 Hanoi
-- USA) -- P -- went
to France to study in 1956, enrolled in Filmmaking Program. He returned to Vietnam
in 1958 and became the director of Dalat Radio Broadcasting. Hoàng Anh Tuấn
was in two fields of activity: Literature and Filmmaking. In the field of
Filmmaking, he was the director who directed the films: Hai chuyen xe hoa,
Ngan Nam May Bay, Xa Lo Khong Den. In the field of literature, he started
writing in 1950, and later contributed, from 1959 to 1975, to the magazines
Sáng Tạo, Hiện Đại, the daily newspapers Đồng Nai, Tiếng
Dân, Sống, and the daily newspaper Tiền Tuyến of which he
was the managing editor. He settled in the US in 1980. His works appeared in
the other’s author books /or anthologies, including Thi Ca Việt Nam Hiện
Đại (Trần Tuấn Kiệt, 1962), Văn Học Hiện
Đại (Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng, 1969), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến
Và Hiện Đại (Bảo Vân 1978), Thơ Văn 90 Tác Giả VN Hải
Ngoại 1975-1981 (Văn Hữu 1982), Văn Học Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp, 1985), Tuyển Tập
Thơ Văn VN Hải Ngoại
Năm 2000 (Việt Thường,Văn Mới, 2000),
Thơ T́nh VN Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng Trương
, nxb Thanh Niên, 1998). *Pubs: Yêu Em Hà Nội Và Những Bài Thơ Khác (poetry,
2004) Hoàng Bảo Việt pseudonym of Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo
Việt (1934 Kien
Giang – Geneve, ) -- P – former
officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, who graduated from Thu Duc
Infantry School Course 26. After 1975, he was arrested and put in detention.
In April 1978, he escaped Vietnam by sea to DjaKarta, the capital of Indonesia, in
April 1979, and settled afterwards in Genève, Sweden in 1979. He started
writing at the beginning of 50’s, and was published in Đời Mới,
Duy Tân, Sáng Tạo, Văn, Văn Nghệ. In 1966, he received
the National Literary Awards for his book of poetry Hy Vong. He had part in
many anthologies of international verse and prose. A Human Rights activist. A
member of Suisse Romande Center of International PEN and Vietnamese Writers
in Exile Centre (CEVEX). *Pubs Hy Vọng
(poetry. VN: Ban Mai, 1961), Những Ḍng Nước Trong (poetry.
VN: Văn Nghệ, 1962), Quê Hương Như Một Thánh
Tích (poetry. VN: Văn Uyển, 1969). Hoàng Chính (1954 Hai Phong, Vietnam - Canada) -- W
– a
graduate from Saigon University’s School of Medicine in 1979, who settled in
Canada in 1983, contributing to the magazines published in Canada and the US:
Làng Văn, Văn, Văn Học, Thế
Kỷ 21. His works appeared in the other author’s books / or anthologies
20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Đại
Nam, 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (CA:
Văn Mới), Gửi Vầng Trăng Lưu Lạc (HNV,
1994), Truyện Ngắn 14 Tác Gỉa (Văn Tuyển, 2000).
He is a member of Vietnamese PEN Abroad, Ontario Center. Pubs: Nửa
Đêm Nghe Mẹ Thở Dài (poetry, 91), Mùa Thu Cuối Cùng (story,
1994), Lời Tỏ T́nh Đă Cũ
(story, 2000) T́nh Khúc (novel, 2002), Mấy Sông Cũng Lội
(novel. CA: Văn Mới, 2002), Viết Cho Mẹ Ở Quê
Nhà (story. US: Văn Moi, 2003), Mot
doan Trong Thanh Kinh (collection of short stories. CAN: Nhan Anh), Tinh O
Dai Bac (short story collection. CAN: Nhan Anh, 2007). Hoàng Du Thụy (1953 Gia
Dinh - Canada) -- FW – worked as a
librarian in Edmonton, Canada, where she had settled in 1985. Her writings
appeared in literary magazines, and in other author’s books and anthologies
published in Canada and the US, including Truyện
Hay Hải Ngoại tập 1 (Nguyễn Văn Ba, Phù Sa-1991), 20 Người Viết Tại
Canada (Nắng Mới 1995),
Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn MớI,
2000). Pubs: Trầm
Hương Hạnh Phúc (novel. US: Đại Nam 1991), Bạn Trầm
(story. US: Miệt Vườn, 1992), A break In The Cloud
(co-authored. Poetry, 1993), Dance On The Horizon (co-authored. Poetry,
1994), Bức Tượng Thanh Nữ (1995), Một Dây Trầm
(short story. US, California: Văn Mới, 1997 – Note : Publisher Van
Moi mistakenly printed Song Thao’s short story “Cung Danh” in this
collection. An apology from the publisher for making error printed on a small
loose piece of paper that was attached to the book may be now gone). Hoàng Dược Thảo (b19. VN --
USA) -- FW – founder of Saigon Nhỏ published in the US, who
is living in California. Pubs:
Tiểu
Thư Con Gái Nhà Ai (story, 1995). Hoàng Hải Thủy pseudonym of Trần Trọng Hải (1939 Ha
Dong, North Vietnam -- USA) -- FW – former reporter for the daily
newspaper Anh Sang (Saigon) and Saigon Moi (Saigon), who come to South
Vietnam in 1951. He resettled in the US in 1994, and is living in Virginia. *Pubs: Vũ Nữ
Sài G̣n, Tây Đực Tây Cái, Chiếc Hôn Tử Biệt, Đêm Vĩnh Biệt (2nd
edition of Chiếc Hôn Tử Biệt), Nổ Như Tạc
Đạn ,Yêu Lắm Cắn Đau, Bạn Và Vợ, Môi Thắm
Nửa Đời, Người Vợ Mất Trí, Định Mệnh
Đă An Bài, Kiều Giang (adaptation), Đỉnh
Gío Hú (adaptation), Những Chuyện
Thần Tiên (adaptation), Điệp
Viên 007 (adaptation),Thầy Nô (adaptation),Máu Đen Vàng Đỏ (adaptation), Đất Hồ Ngàn Năm ( Tuổi
Xanh 2001). Hoàng Khởi Phong pseudonym of Nguyễn Vinh Hiển (1943 Hai
Duong -- USA) -- P&FW – former officer in the Republic of Vietnam
Armed Forces, who came to the US in 1975. He started writing in Saigon before
1975. In the US, he is the publisher / editor-in-chief of Van Hoc journal (1989-1991),
editor of the Literature and Arts Section in Nguoi Viet Newspaper, and on the
Editorial Board of the magazines Van Hoc (1985), The Ky 21 (1989), Hop Luu
(1991). His works appeared in the other author’s books and anthologies Trăm
Hoa Vẫn Nở Trên Quê Hương (US, 1990), 20 Năm
Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại
(US: Đại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại
Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới - 2000), Long Ẩn Gĩa Từ
Cơi Tạm (US: Hồn Việt 2003), Luân Hoán-Một Đời
Thơ (US: Sông Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Mặt Trời
Lên (poetry, Đại Nam Văn Hiến
1967), Phục Hồi Quyền Chức Làm Người
(poetry, 1970) Trong Hoàn Cảnh Khác (story, 72), Ngẩng Mặt
Nh́n Trăng Sáng (story, co-authored with Hoàng Chính Nghĩa. US: Bố
Cái, 1978), Ngày N + (memoir. US: Văn Nghệ, 1988), Thư Không
Người Nhận (story. US: Tân Thư & Thời
Văn, 1991), Người Trăm Năm Cũ (novel, volume
1. US: Đại Nam, 1994), Những Con Chuột Thời Thơ ấu
(story. US: Người Việt, 1995), Viết Lên Trời
Xanh (novel. US: Văn Khoa). Hoàng Liên pseudonym of Nguyễn Văn Đăi (Quang Tri, b19.
– 1997 USA) -- W – former
government employee who was imprisoned by the Communist from 1968 to 1980 in
North Vietnam. He came to the US in 1984, and settled in San Francisco, where
he died in 1997. *Pubs: Ánh Sáng Và
Bóng Tối (memoir. US: Văn Nghệ, 1990), Tĩnh Tọa (poetry. US: Hội truyền thống
VN, 1991) Hoàng Lộc (1943 Quang
Nam - USA) -- P – former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces, who came to the US in 1993, and settled in Memphis
Tennessee. He started writing in the middle of 60’s, was published in the
magazines Văn, Văn Học, Khởi Hành, and received the 1970 Vietnamese Pen Awards for
Poetry. In the US, he contributed to the literary magazines Văn,
Khởi Hành, Phố Văn, Văn Học, Sóng Văn, Chủ
Đề, Hợp Lưu. His pieces appeared in the other author’s books
/ or anthologies 20 Năm Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (US:
Đại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000
(US: Văn Mới 2000), Nhà Thơ Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại
(Nguyễn Đ́nh Tuyến), Luân Hoán Một Đời Thơ (US:
Song Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Thơ Học Tṛ (1966), Trái Tim
C̣n Lại (1971), Qua Mấy Trời Sương
Mưa (1999). Hoàng Mai Đạt (1960 Nha Trang - USA) -- FW -- a Filmmaking graduate of Pennsylvania
State University,
who came to the US in 1975. He is currently a staff writer at the Little
Saigon Radio. His stories appeared in the
anthologies T.T Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm Văn Học Việt
Nam Hải Ngọai (US: Văn Bút, 1995), 20 Năm Văn Học
VN Hải Ngoại (US: Đại
Nam 1995). *Pubs: Canh dong cho em (Thu Huong, 1992),
Giua hai mien mua nang (Van Nghe, 2000), Viết
Tà Tà 1 (2005), Viết Tà Tà 2 (2005). Hoàng Nga (1959 Quang
Nam - Germany) -- FW – came to
Australia in 1988, and resettled in Germany in 1993. She contributed to the
magazines published in Canada and the US: Làng Văn, Văn, Văn Học. Pubs: Thang
gieng thang bay buon nhu nhau (CAN: Lang Van, 1997), Nhu mot vet chim bay
(CAN: Lang Van, 1999), Bay di canh chim bien (US: Van Moi, 2000), Tinh yeu
(CAN: Lang Van, 2001), U thoi kiep sau em nho (CAN: Lang Van, 2004), and Dem
Trang (US: Van Moi, 2005). Hoàng Ngọc Ẩn (1940 Hue --
USA) -- P – founder of The
Vietnam Time, the weekly Thương Mại Việt Nam, and
Văn Hữu Publishing & Distributing Co. Several of his poems
were set in music. *Pubs: Saigon vinh biet (poetry) Hoàng Ngọc Liên (1930 Ninh
Binh - USA) -- FW – a immigrant into South Vietnam in 1954,
former Airborne officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces graduated
from Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 3, who served a sentence of thirteen
years’ imprisonment by the Communists after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.
He came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O. Program) in
1992, settling in North Carolina. Hoàng Ngọc Liên started writing in
1952, wrote feuilleton for the Saigon-based daily newspaper Cong Luan in
1968. In the US, he is a contributor, from 1992 to 1994, to the weekly
Văn Nghệ Tiền Phong and several literary magazines published
in the US and Canada. His works also appeared in the other author’s books /
or anthologies Thi Ca Việt Nam Hiện Đại (Trần Tuấn
Kiệt, 1962) ,Văn Học Hiện Đại (Cao Thế
Dung, Quần Chúng, 1969), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại ( Song Nhị
và Diên Nghị, 2003). *Pubs: Hinh anh nhung mua trang (collection of short stories –
Saigon: Nam Son Publisher, 1959), Nho thuong (poetry –Saigon: Le Thanh Thu
Xa, 1962), Van con thuong (poetry –Saigon: Giao Diem, 1964), Khung troi tuong
nho (poetry – Saigon: Tri Dung, 1966), Doan quan mu do (novel – Saigon: Chan
My Publisher edition published 1969; US: Xuan Thu edition published 1983; US:
Van Tuyen edition published 2000), Theo buoc anh di (novel – Saigon: Khai
Tri, 1972), Tuyen lua (fictionary reportage – Saigon: Khai Tri, 1974), Vien
dan cuoi cung (literary essays – US: Van Tuyen, 1998; 2nd
printing: 2000), Canh chim ben troi (novel – US: Thang Mo, 2003). Hoàng Ngọc Tuấn / or Hoàng Từ Dương,
Hoàng Nha Trang, Bỉ Ngạn, Văn Phục, and Hoặc Ngữ
(pseudonyms). (1956
Nhatrang -- Australia) – W – a 1974 graduate of Saigon
University’s Faculty of Letters. He came to Manila,
Philippine in 1983, and settled afterwards in Australia, where he studied Western
Philosophy and Folk Music at the Unversity of New England (1987-1991),
Western Music and Education at NSW University (1991-1994). He is the
editor-in-chief of the magazine Tập Họp published in Australia,
and has part in Men of Achievement (IBC, Cambridge 1988-1994), The
International Who's Who in Music (IBC, Cambridge 1988-1994), Hai
Mươi Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
1975-1995 (US: Dai Nam, 1995). Pubs: Songs,
poems, shot stories, and essays were published in Thế Kỷ 21,
Văn Học, Nhân Văn; several of his researches on music,
education, and philosophy orriginally written English were published in
English-language magazines. Hoàng
Phong Linh pseudonym of Vơ Đại Tôn (b19. Quang
Nam -- Australia) -- P – officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces, who escaped Vietnam by sea to Australia, but returned to his country
to join Khang Chien Organization, a movement for the overthrow of the
Communist regime. He was arrested in October 1981. Owning to the
international campain to focus attention on writers imprisoned in Vietnam, he
was released and came back to Australia in 1991. Hoàng
Phong Linh
started writing before 1975. His pieces were published in several
publications. Pubs: Hoa
Tím (poetry), Đêm Trắng (poetry), Cánh Chim Bằng (poetry),
Đăng Tŕnh (poetry), Hồn Ca (poetry),Lời Viết Cho Quê
Hương (translation), Đoản Khúc Người Ra Đi
(poetry), Tắm Máu Đen (memoir), Tiếng Chim Bên Ḍng Thác Chamby
(poetry). Hoàng Thị Bích Ti (1959 Saigon
-- Virginia USA) -- FW – co-founder of Tap-chi Song-Van and a member
of the magazine’s writer-staff (1996-1997), co-founder of Viet Publishing in
Virginia (with Tran Nghi Hoang), managing editor of the weekly publication
with classified advertising Le Phai published locally in Fall Church,
Virginia, for which she has also written. Her short stories also appeared in
literary magazines, including Van in California, and Pho Van in Texas. She
came to the US in 1975. Pubs: Nguoi dan ba sau tam quang cao (story-
Van Moi -1996), Yellow Mama (co-author with Tran Nghi Hoang, Viet-2000), Khi
loai sau biet khoc ((Viet Pub., 2005). Hoàng Thị Đáo Tiệp (1952 Dong
Thap Muoi, South Vietnam - USA) -- W – an immigrant
into the US settling in Rancho Cordova California. Pubs: Dặm
Khuya (novel, 1991, 2nd edition published 1995), Vầng
Trăng Lẻ Bạn (story, 1992), Đa Tạ (story, 1993), Trái
Tim Hóa Kiếp (novel, 1995). Hoàng Văn Chí / or Mac Dinh
(pseudonym) (Thanh Hoa VN
1913-1988 Maryland USA) -- W – born on 10-01-1913 in Thanh Hoa,
educated at Albert Sarraut Lycee and Université
de L'Indochine, received his BS in Mathematics, Physics, and Biology in 1940.
He served with the Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh organization, soon to be the
Viet Minh for short, in the war against the French until 1954. The Geneva Accord in 1954 dividing North
and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel resulted in his immigrating
into South Vietnam in 1954, and became in 1959 the Deputy Consul of Vietnam
Embassy in India (1959-60). In the overseas, he worked at VOA in Washington
D.C. Prior to this he had been a University professor of Oriental Literature
and Philosophy since 1969. After 1975, he retired, and since then focused on
writing. He died on July 06, 1988, at 5:30 PM in Maryland. *Pubs: Tam trang cua gioi van nghe mien Bac
(1956), Phật Rơi Lệ
(research, 1958),Trăm Hoa Đua
Nở Trên Đất Bắc (Saigon, 1959), From Colonialism To
Communism, Duy Văn Sử Quan (published posthumously, edited by
Hoang Viet Dung. US: Canh Nam, 1990). Hoàng Văn Đức (1926 Hanoi -
USA) -- W – graduated from the Army Medical School in Hanoi,
Course 1, in 1952. He was the Commanding officer of the Army Medical School
in Saigon (1959-63), professor at Minh Duc University (Saigon) and USC
(University of Southern California) in the U S. His works have appeared in Cụm
Hoa T́nh Yêu published in the US. He is living in California. *Pubs: Bông
Hồng Đỏ, Người Cân Linh Hồn (translation.
Saigon: Van Hoc, 19?)), Dịch Hạch (translation, 1965), Y Khoa
Nhân Bản, Cánh Tay Người Thương Binh, Khơi
Ḍng Sứ Mệnh. Hoàng Xuân Hăn (HaTinh North
Vietnam March 08, 1908 – March 10, 1996 Paris, France) -- W – a researcher who carried out many researches on
science, literature, education, and history that made a considerable
contribution to Vietnam culture, from which he achieved a reputation as a
scholar. He received Thanh Chung Diploma in
1926, attended Buoi High School briefly for 1 year then enrolled in
Mathematic at Albert Sarraut High School, from where he graduated and
received in 1928 his Baccalaureat II (equivalent to an AA or AS in the US
Education System). He pursued higher education in French and received his
Ph.D in Mathematical Science from Sorbonne University, as well as a BS in
Civil Engineering, and a BS in Science. Returning to Vietnam in 1936, he
refused to be designated by the French as the Director of the Department of
Publics Works, and worked as a teacher at Buoi High School, and at the same
time a professor at Cong Minh University, University of Agriculture and Hanoi
University. As a co-founder with professor Ta Quang Buu and Nguyen Xien, he
founded the magazine Bach Khoa, and started to focus on writing his books of
research. In 1943, he was awarded by the South Vietnam’s Khuyen Hoc
Association, and became later the main member and the Chief of Editorial
Staff of the Truyen Ba Quoc Ngu Association, and publicised a new method for
learning Vietnamese language. He took part in
the Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Organization (Viet Minh for short), in the war
against the French. In April 1946, he was the Chairman of the Political
Committee in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s delegation at the
Vietnam-France Conference that took place in Dalat. In 1951 he went to Paris
(France), where he has since lived, continuing his education. In 1956, he
received a BS of Science in nuclear engineering in
Saclay. He died in March 1996 at Orsay Hospital in Paris.
*Pubs: Danh tu khoa hoc, Ly Thuong Kiet, Mot
vai ky vang ve hoi nghi Dalat, Thien tinh su Ho Xuan Huong, Thi van Vietnam,
La Son Phu Tu, Chinh phu ngam bi khao. Hoàng Xuân Sơn / or Su Mac,
Hoang Ha Tinh, Vo Dinh. (1942 Hue -
CANADA) -- P&W – He began writing poetry in 1963. His first poem
'Ngay be lon len' appeared in Van magazine in 1964 was followed by many
others published in the magazines Van, Chinh Van, Nghien Cuu Van Hoc, Khoi
Hanh, Thoi Tap, and Nha Van.
In the overseas, his poems appeared in many literary magazines and
anthologies. *Pubs: Vien pho (poetry- Viet Chien 1988),
Hue buon chi (poetry, 1993), and Luc Bat Hoang Xuan Son (poetry. NJ: Thu An
Quan, 2004). Poems appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies. Hồ Công Tâm (1938 Hanoi -
USA) -- P&FW – a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of
Pedagogy. His works appeared in Hội
Tuyển Thi Ca (France, 1986), Quê Hương Ngàn Dặm
(Người Việt Lưu Vong, 1990), Chân Dung Thơ Luân
Hoán (Kinh đô, 1991). Pubs: Song trong noi chet (poetry, 1987), Que
huong ngam dam (1990), Ngay Hồ Đ́nh Nghiêm (1957 Hue -
CANADA) -- FW – a graduate of Fine Art University in Hue in 1978,
who escaped Vietnam by sea, came to Hong Kong in 1981, and subsequently
settled in Montreal, Canada. He started writing after 1975, contributing to
the magazines Sóng, Làng Văn, Văn ,
Văn Học, Hợp Lưu, Thế Kỷ 21, Nắng Mới,
Sóng Văn, Gío Văn , Việt, Trăm Con. His works also
appeared in the other author’s books /or anthologies T.T 23 Người
Viết Sau 1975 (US: Văn Nghệ,
1988), Chân Dung Thơ Luân Hoán (US: Kinh Đô, 1991) T.T Truyện Ngắn
20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (US: Văn Bút 1995),Việt Nam Quê
Hương Tôi (Lê Quang Xuân, 1994), 20
Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(US: Đại Nam, 1995), 20 Người Viết
Canada (CAN: Nắng Mới, 1995), Thơ Văn Hải
Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn MớI, 2000), Tuyển Tập
Truyện Ngắn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại, Luân Hoán-Một
Đời Thơ (US: Song Thu, 2005). Pubs: Nguyệt Thực (US: Văn Nghệ, 1988),
Tờ Mộng Rách
Rồi (US: Tân Thư,
1991), Vầng Trăng Nội
Thành (US: Văn Mới, 1997),
Mui Huong Tren Doi (story, CA: Van Moi, 2005). Hồ Minh Dũng (1942 Hue -
USA) -- FW – former
officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces graduated from Thu Duc
Infantry School, Course 23. He started writing in 1964, contributing to
severals magazines published in Saigon. Immigrating into the US in 1993, he
settled Louisana. In the overseas, he contributed to Văn, Văn Học, Hợp
Lưu, Thế Kỷ 21. *Pubs: Câu Nam Ai Thất Lạc
(Văn Mới 1997), Hoa Vạn Hạt Cuối Mùa, Một
Ḿnh Em, Đến Giữa Đời (Văn Mới, 1998). Hồ Trường An pseudonym of Nguyễn Viết Quang (1938 Vinh
Long -- France) -- FW -- former
officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, who attended Thu Duc Infantry
School, Course 26, where Lê Vĩnh Thọ and Nguyễn
Hữu Nhật were also trained. He started writing in 1967, and
contributed to Bách Khoa, Tin Văn, Tiểu
Thuyết Thứ Năm, Tranh Thủ, Minh Tinh, Tin Sách, Bút
Hoa, and Tiền Tuyến. In the overseas, he was the managing editor
of Lang Van Magazine in Canada for 10 years since 1987, and managing editor
of Que Me in France. Works appeared in Việt Chiến, Văn,
Văn Học, Phụ Nữ Diễn Đàn, Phụ Nữ Ngày Nay, Hồn Nước, Hành Động,
Độc Lập, Viên Giác, Lạc Hồng, Đất Mới, Nắng
Mới, Lửa Việt, Thế Kỷ 21, Xây Dựng, and
in the other author’s books /or anthologies T.T.Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa
VN Hải Ngoại (Văn Hữu 1982),Thơ Văn Việt Nam
Hải Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp 1985), Hội Tuyển
Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên, 1986), Ngọn Cỏ
Khô Trên Thung Lũng Mùa Xuân (CAN: Làng Văn,1986),Truyện
Hay Hải Ngoại tập 1 (Nguyễn Văn Ba,
1991), Chân Dung Thơ
Luân Hoán (US: Kinh Đô, 1991), T.T Thơ Văn Phật
Giáo (US: Sông Thu, 1993) Việt
Nam Quê Hương Tôi (Lê Quang
Xuân 1994) Những Gương Mặt Thơ Mới (VN: Thanh Niên,1994), 20 Năm Văn
Học V.N Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam 1995) , T.T. Truyện Ngắn
20 Năm Văn Học
Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
75-95 (Văn Bút), Tuyển Tập
Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới,
2000). *Pubs:
Novels : Lớp Sóng
Phế Hưng, Hợp
Lưu, Nửa Chợ Nửa
Quê, Lúa Tiêu Ruộng Biền, Ngát Hương Mật Ong, Tạp
Chủng, Lối Bướm Đường Hương ,
T́nh Trong Nhung Lụa, Đêm Chong Đèn, C̣n Tuôn Mạch Đời, Nửa
Chợ Nửa Quê, Ngát Thơm Hoa Bưởi Bông Trà, Chân Trời
Mộng Đẹp, Thuở Sen Hồng Phượng Thắm,
Băi Gío Cồn Trăng, Bóng Đèn Tà Nguyệt, Trang Trại Thần
Tiên , T́nh Đẹp Đất Long Hồ, Vùng Thôn Trang Diễm Ảo
, Đồng Không Mông quạnh, Gả
Thiếp Về Vườn, Băi
Gío Cồn Trăng , Đêm Xanh Huyền Hoặc,
Thuở Sen Hồng Phượng Thắm , Chân Trời Mộng
Đẹp ,T́nh Sen Ư Huệ Short
stories : Chuyện Quê Nam,Chuyện
Miệt Vườn, Hội Rẫy Vườn Sông Rạch,Tạp
Chủng. Memoirs
: Giai Thoại Hồng, Cơi Kư Ức
Trăng Xanh, Thông Điệp Hồng Chân Trời Lam Ngọc,
Sàn Gỗ Màn Nhung, Theo Chân Những Tiếng
Hát, Cảo Thơm, Giai Thoại Hồn. Others: Bay sac
cau vong. Hồng Hoang (b19. VN -- C Pubs: Su mang hanh phuc (1991), Cho nuoc
theo giong (1994) Hồng Khắc Kim Mai (1945 Hue -- USA) – P & FW -- born a descendant of Hong Tu Toan, educated at College Francais
de Tourane (Da-Nang), Lycee Marie Curie (Saigon), and Saigon University
Faculty of Letters, and PSU (US).
After her education, she became a professor of Vietnamese literature, and a
teacher of piano-playing, at various French Colleges in South Vietnam. Hong
Khac Kim Mai escaped Vietnam with her children, and settled in 1977 in the
US, where she became a System Analyst (Oregon, Health Department) and a Data
Processing Consultant (DASD) until 1999 when she abandoned her job to live in
seclusion. At the age of 15 Hong Khac Kim Mai started composing poetry, in
French and Vietnamese, under her real name Hong Khac Kim Mai. Her poems first
appeared in the literary magazine Pho Thong which was then under the
editorship of the late poet Nguyen Vy. Her poetry collection Mat Mau Nau
published in 1965 interested many intellectual readers in Saigon, and brought
her into public notice, before came under attacks for being a work of
decadent culture, and was banned by the after-1975 government. In the US, her
poems and short stories appeared in the literary magazines The Ky 21, Van
Hoc, Van, Song Van, Wordbridge, The Writers Post, Tap Chi Tho, and
Nguon. *Pubs Mắt
Màu Nâu (poetry, 1965), Như Phù
Vân (poetry), Vỡ Tháp (novel),
T́m Nơi Suối
Thương (story), CD Mat
Mau Nau (poetry set in music, 2005). Hồng Liên / or Hong Lien
Le Xuan Giao (Nghe An VN
1909 - 1986 California USA) -- W -- escaped
North Vietnam by land, travelling west to Lao, from where he came to South
Vietnam in 1958. He graduated from Quoc Tu Giam School in 1928, and was
subsequently a specialist on Chinese at the Department of National Education
in Saigon. He received 3 National Literary Awards for poetry and researches,
and was awarded by the Department of National Education for his translation
Chu Hy’s Trung Du Tap chu. He came to the US in 1975, where he died on
February 26, 1986 in Long Beach, California. *Pubs: Đi T́m Tự
Do (poetry), Trên Đường Gió
Bụi (poetry), Lời Quê Góp
Nhặt (poetry), Lữ
Hoài (poetry in Chinese), T́nh Non Nước
(poetry), Một Gia Đ́nh Cách Mạng
(research), Giai Thoại Nguyễn Công Trứ (research), Điều Lệ Về
Quan, Hôn, Tang, Tế (research), Việt Sử Tổng Vịnh
(translation), Việt Sử Yếu (translation, 3 volumes), Phủ
Biên Tạp Lục (translation, 6 volumes), Quốc Sử Di
Biên (translation, 3 volumes) Lê
Qúi Kỷ Sự
(translation), Trung Dung Tạp
Chú (translation). Works
appeared in the anthology Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(Thái Tú Hạp; US: 1985). Huệ Thu (b19. Dalat -
USA) -- P – educated at Bui Thi Xuan High School For Girls in
Dalat. She settled in the US, and is living in San Jose, California. *Pubs:
Sương Chiều Thu Đọng (1994),
Mở Ngơ Phù Vân (1995) Lục Bát Huệ Thu (1997), Đầu Non
Mây Trắng (1998), Tứ Tuyệt Huệ Thu (1998). Huy Lực pseudonym of Bùi Tiến Khôi (1937 Binh
Dinh - USA) -- P – First Prize winner of the
Central Vietnam Poetry Contest at the age of 15. He started writing in the
midle of 1950s. In 1966, he received the National Literary Awards. He is a
honorary member of the Galaxy
of Verse and American Poetry Society, and is awarded
several prizes by American poetry associations. His work appeared in the
anthology “Thơ T́nh Việt Nam Và Thế Giới” (Nguyễn Hùng Trương, Thanh
Niên- 1998). *Pubs: Dạ Hội
Mùa Xuân (1962), Trời
Thơ Bao La (1965), Năm Tháng Mù Sương (1971), Hạnh Phúc
Có Thật (1972), T́nh Thơ (1987). Huy Phương pseudonym of Lê Nguyên Kính (b19. VN --
USA) -- P – former teacher, former officer in the
Republic of Vietnam Armed Formes serving seven years’
imprisonment in re-education camps. He started
writing poetry in the 1950s, published in the Saigon-based literary magazines
Nhân Loại, Bông Lúa, and Phổ Thông. He is living in South
California. *Pubs: Mắt Đêm Dài (VN: 1958). Huy Trâm pseudonym of Nguyễn Hồng Nhuận
Tâm (1937 Thai
Binh - USA) -- P – educated at Quoc Hoc High School in Hue, and
Saigon University’s Faculty of Law in Saigon. He started writing in 1954, and
contributed to Đời Mới in Saigon.
In 1969, he won the
National Literary Awards for his "Nhung hang chau ngoc trong thi ca hien
dai". He was the founder and conductor of a music programme on
television (1971-73). Released after serving ten years in several prisons in
Vietnam, he came to the US, where he settled in 1991. His writings appeared
in the anthologies T.T Thơ Văn Phật Giáo (US: Sông Thu, 1993) and
Thơ T́nh Việt Nam Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng
Trương. VN: Thanh Niên, 1998). *Pubs: Chiều Quê
Hương (story, 1963),
Ḷng Chưa Dâu Biển (1967), Những Hàng Châu Ngọc Trong Thi
Ca Hiện Đại (1969), Ngơ Hẹp
Quanh Co (Thời điểm,1994). Huỳnh Hữu Ủy (1946 Hue -
USA) -- W – former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces, who resettled in the US in 1991. Pubs: Nghe Thuat Tao Hinh Viet Nam Hien Dai (US: VAALA, (?),
Nghe thuat tao hinh dan gian Viet Nam (US: Hong Linh, 1993), Nghe thuat tao
hinh Viet Nam (US: Thanh Van, 1995), May neo duong cua nghe thuat va chu
nghia (US: Van Nghe, 1999), Chien su Binh Long (co-authored. VN: Military
history Unit, 1973-74), Mat tran vung gioi tuyen (co-authored. VN: Military
history Unit, 1973-74). Huỳnh Liễu Ngạn pseudonym of Huỳnh Văn Hiệp (1956 Thua
Thien - Canada) -- P – His poems were published in the literary
magazines Văn,
Văn Học, Thế Kỷ 21, Làng Văn, Hợp Lưu. Huỳnh
Phan Anh pseudonym of Huỳnh Thanh Tâm (1940 Thu Dau
Mot, South VN -- USA) -- W – former teacher who was graduated from
Saigon University’s Faculty of Pedagogy. He started writing in 1960. At the
end of 1999, on the scholarship awarded by French Embassy in Vietnam
he went to French to attend a training seminar on research and translation.
He is living in the US. *Pubs: Đi
T́m Tác Phẩm Văn Chương (essay), Văn Chương Và Kinh Nghiệm
Hư Vô (essay ,1968) Người
Đồng Hành (story, 69), Phía Ngoài (story, co-authored with Nguyễn
Đ́nh Toàn), Những Ngày Mưa (story, 1970), Ngọn Lửa Đ́u
Hiu (story), Ca Ngợi Triết
Học (essay), Chuông Gọi Hồn (translation),Không Gian Và Khoảnh
Khắc Văn Chương (essay). Huỳnh Sanh Thông (South Vietnam 1926 – 2008 New Haven, Connecticut, USA) -- W – Professor, editor and translator. Born in 1926 in South Vietnam, Huynh Sanh Thong was one of the Vietnamese students who travelled to the US in search of a higher education in very early first decade after the end of World War II. He started teaching Vietnamese, at the end of 50’s, at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he continued his teaching for fifteen years. During this time, he published some books teaching Vietnamese for English-speaking readers, which he co-authored with Robert B. Jones, Jr., including ‘Introduction to Spoken Vietnamese (Washington DC: American Council of Learned Societies, 1st ed. 1957. 2nd ed. 1960. Also, he co-authored, with Robert B. Jones, Jr., ‘Spoken Vietnamese published in 1979 [?] (Ithaca, New York: Spoken Language Services, 1979[?]). He began to translate Vietnamese prose and verse into English in 1970, while founder and editor of the Yale-based Lạc Việt Book Series in which the early volumes (#1-14) were under his editorship; the later volumes (#15-17) were under Duffy’s editorship. Also, in 1983, he founded the Viet Nam Forum focusing on Vietnamese literature and culture (ISSN: 0735-3855) [16 issues, 1983-1997. Volumes 1983-1990 (issues 1-13) were under his editorship. Volumes 1994-1997 (issues 14-16) were under Duffy’s editorship]. In 1999, he published ‘The Golden Serpent’, ‘How humans learned to speak and invent culture’. With Hoàng Ngọc Hiến and Trương Vũ, he co-edited The Vietnam Review (ISSN: 1090-9419), which was published twice a year; the premier issue was published in 1996 (New Haven, Conn., 1996). Several of his translations appeared in the literary magazines published in the overseas. His "Mother's tongue and Slang: Why and how thought, language, and culture began" was published in Tuyển tập Ngôn ngữ và Văn học Việt Nam, Issue 2, Volume 1, which was under the editorship of Hà Mai Phương (CA: Ḍng Việt, 1994). Huynh Sanh Thong is best known for his The Tale of Kieu, a translation of the nineteenth century prominent poet Nguyen Du’s long narrative poem Kim Van Kieu, published in 1973 (first edition New York, USA: 1973; second edition New Haven, USA: 1983), and an anthology of Vietnamese Poems: From the Eleven through the Twentieth Centuries (Yale). He was awarded the Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast Asia Studies in 1981, and a McArthur Award in 1987. Huynh Sanh Thong died of heart failure at age 82 on November 18, 2008 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. *Pubs: An
anthology of Vietnamese poems : from the eleventh through the twentieth
centuries / edited and translated by Huynh Sanh Thong (New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 1996); The Heritage of Vietnamese poetry / edited and
translated by Huynh Sanh Thong (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979); The
quarrel of the six beasts = Lục súc tranh công: a bilingual edition /
introduced by Nguyen Ngoc Huy ; translated by Huynh Sanh Thong; drawings by
Manh Quynh. (New Haven, CT : Yale Southeast Asia Studies, 1987); Reflections
from captivity / translated by Christopher Jenkins, Tran Khanh Tuyet, and
Huynh Sanh-Thong ; edited by David G. Marr. (Athens : Ohio University Press,
c1978); To be made over : tales of socialist reeducation in Vietnam / edited
and translated by Huynh Sanh Thong (New Haven, CT : Council on Southeast Asia
Studies, Yale Center for International and Area Studies ; co-published with the
William Joiner Center, UMass/Boston, c1988); The song of a soldier's wife =
Chinh phu ngam; a bilingual edition translated and annotated by Huynh Sanh
Thong (New Haven, CT, USA : Council on Southeast Asia Studies, Yale Center
for International and Area Studies, 1986); The golden serpent : how humans
learned to speak & invent culture / Huynh Sanh Thong (Hamden, Conn. :
[s.n.], c1999.); Materials for a Vietnamese-English dictionary / compiled by
Huynh Sanh Thong (Washington : Center for Applied Linguistics, 1968, c1969);
Introduction to spoken Vietnamese, by Robert B. Jones, Jr., and Huynh sanh
Thong (Washington, D.C., American Council of Learned Societies, 1960);
Introduction to spoken Vietnamese [by] Robert B. Jones, Jr., and Huynh Sanh
Thong (Washington : American Council of Learned Societies, 1957); Spoken
Vietnamese / Robert B. Jones, Jr., Huyn[h] Sanh Thong.( Ithaca, N.Y. : Spoken
Language Services, c1979); Flowers from Hell = Hoa dia-nguc / Nguyen Chi
Thien ; bilingual edition of poems, selected and translated from the
Vietnamese by Huynh Sanh Thong (New Haven, CT : Southeast Asia Studies, Yale
University, 1984); The tale of Kieu. Translated and annotated by Huynh Sanh
Thong. With a pref. by Gloria Emerson and the historical background by
Alexander Woodside (1st ed. New York, Random House 1973; 2nd
ed. New Haven, USA: 1983). Hứa Hoành (1939 Vinh
Long - USA) -- W – professor of Humanity at the Republic of Vietnam
Military Academy in Dalat. He is living in San Antonia, Texas, USA, and
contributing to the literary magazines Làng
Văn, Văn Học, Nắng Mới.. *Pubs: Nam Kỳ
Lục Tỉnh (4 volumes,1990-1995) Các Nhà Giàu Xưa ở Nam Kỳ (CA: 1997), Sau Bức Cấm
Thành Nhà Nguyễn, Du Lịch Trung Hoa, Các Giai Thoại Nam Kỳ
Lục Tỉnh (US: Đại Nam) ,Vĩnh Long : Đất nước,
Con Người (US: Minh Văn) , Bảy Viễn: Xếp
Ṣng Chợ Lớn (US: Văn Hoá). Hữu Phương pseudonym of Nguyễn Hữu Chí (Kien Hoa
Nov. 27, 1931 – Jul 02, 1988 USA) -- P – former
Commodore in the Navy, who came to the US in 1975, where he died in 1988. He started
writing in the middle of 50’s and had his poems published in several
magazines in Saigon, mainly in the magzines published by the South Vietnam
Armed Forces. *Pubs Luống
Biển (1962), Tâm Sự Người Đi Biển (1963), Neo Tuổi
Vàng (1967), Kiếp Lưu đăy (19??) Hương Thủy pseudonym of Hoàng Trọng Thược (1909 Thua
Thien -- USA) -- W – settled in the US in 1975. *Pubs: Hương
B́nh Thi Phẩm (1962), Hồ
Sơ Vua Duy Tân - Thân thế và Sự nghiệp (US:
1984; 2nd edition, 1993), Nghệ Thuật Trào Phúng
Và Nụ Cười Trong Thi
Văn (research, 1988). LISTING
BY AUTHOR: E Elizabeth
Gordon (b19. Vietnam
-- USA) -- FW – born the daughter of a Vietnamese mother and an
American father. *Pubs: Short story “On the other side of the
war” appeared in the anthology Home to Stay: Asian American Women’s Fiction
(NY: Greenfield Review Press, 1990). LISTING BY AUTHOR: K Khang Lang
pseudonym of Bảo
Thái (1937 Hue -- USA) -- P – former officer in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces, who was imprisoned in re-education camps for several
years. He settled in the US, and is living in Abilene,
Texas. His works have appeared in the anthologies Cụm Hoa T́nh Yêu and
Lưu Dân Thi Thoại. *Pubs: Thơ Về
Mẹ (1959), Vàng Dại (1961), Hư Mất (1967), Tâm Thức
Mây Bay (1972), Tâm Thức Bừng Vỡ Tim Tôi (1995), Đại
Lăng (1996), Một Thời Hoàng Tộc (1997), Một Thời
Hoàng Tộc 2 (1999), Chắp Cánh Cho Thơ (2000), Bước
Chân Huyền Thoại (2001), Dấu Ấn Chân Tù (2002). Khánh
Hà pseudonym of Nguyễn
thị Khánh Hà (1943 My Tho
-- Norway) -- P – settled with her husband writer Tâm
Thanh in Norway in 1981. She started writing after 1975, and has had works
published in Làng Văn (Canada) Thế Kỷ 21,Văn Học
(US). Pubs: Cơi Thơ
(CAN: Làng Văn, 1997), Ở Đây (..) Khánh Trường pseudonym of Nguyễn Khánh Trường (1948 Quang Nam
-- USA) -- Artist/P&FW – joined the South Vietnam Armed
Forces in 1968, wounded in 1970, and was discharged in 1978. He escaped
Vietnam by sea, travelling west to Thailand in 1987. He settled in the US in
1988. Khánh Trường started in the literary community after
1975, and began to publish his works in the magazines
Sóng (CAN), Trăm Con (CAN), and Văn (US). He published his poetry
debut ‘Doan Thi Khanh Truong’ with which he made his name in literary circles
in 1988, then became a professional writer when, with Cao Xuân Huy, Trịnh
Y Thư, and Hoàng Khởi Phong, editing Văn Học Magazine
which was published in California. In 1990, having released from Van Hoc, he
founded Hop Luu* magazine which was under his
editorship, and was well known as an editor who
supported the confluence of two Vietnamese literary streams in and outside
Vietnam. Despite several demonstrators protested against his contention, and
while the 1982 Communists government’s ratification of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights made only a superficial scratch on its
blockade of freedom of expression in Vietnam, he lead the magazine into
action, and a number of writings by Vietnamese writers and poets at home were
published in his prolific Hop Luu (The Confluence) for a long period of about
15 years. Khánh Trường is equally
famous as an artist and a writer. In the field of Art, he is one of three
famous artists Đinh Cường, Khánh Trường,
and Nguyên Khai who designed book and magazine front covers, and
who had a number of paintings printed on the front cover of literary
magazines in the overseas. In his recent years he has
lived mostly with his sickness. *Pubs: Đoản
Thi Khánh Trường (poetry, US: Sống MớI, 1988), Tác Phẩm
- Tác Gỉa (co-authored, TGLVHN 1989), Chỗ Tiếp Giáp Với
Cánh Đồng (story, US: Tân
Thư 1991), 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
1975-1995 (co-authored with Cao Xuân Huy,Trương Đ́nh Luân; US: Đại
Nam ,1995), Có Yêu Em Không? (story, US: Tân Thư, 1990; 2nd
edition 1997), Est ce que tu m'aimes? (the translation version of Có Yêu Em Không? by Phan Huy Đường,
1997), Chung Cuộc (story, US: Tân Thư, 1997). Khê
Kinh Kha (1946
Hà -Tỉnh - USA) – P -- Pursuing higher
education, he came to the US in 1967, attended the University of
Massachusetts where he obtained his Master degree in Chemical Engineering. He
started writing in 1963, his poems appeared now and then in some literary
magazines published in Vietnam dating from 1966. In the oversea, he did not
resumed his writing until 2005, when his poems appeared in Van, Van Hoc, Hop
Luu, The Ky 21, Thu Quan Ban Thao. *Pubs: To Tinh (poems and songs
collection. NJ: Thu Quan Ban Thao, 2006). Khế Iêm (1946 Nam Dinh North Vietnam -- USA)
-- P&W – playwright,
storywriter, poet, editor; went into immigration in South Vietnam after the
1954 Genève agreement divided Vietnam into two separate parts and set each
part under a different political regime: Communist North and Capitalist South
Vietnam. “Hot Huyet”, his debut literary work, a play, appeared in South
Vietnam in 1972. Thirteen years after South Vietnam fell to the Communists in
1975, he escaped Vietnam by boat in 1988, spending a year in a refugee camp
in Malaysia before coming to the United States in 1989, where he settled in
California. In 1994, he founded Tap Chi Tho*, a very successful poetry
magazine which is under his editorship until 2004 (Poetry Magazine, US:
Premier Issue launched in Fall 1994). In 2004, he gave his presentation
“Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry: On the Path of Transformation” at the
four-day annual meeting which is held by the Association for Asian Studies
(AAS) in San Diego, California. In 2005, he established Tho
Tan Hinh Thuc Website, of which he is the publisher and editor. In the following year, 2006, his anthology Blank Verse/ Thơ
Không Vần was published by Tân H́nh Thức Publishing Club. The
anthology includes two hundreds and thirteen poems by sixty-four poets, and
of which sixty-eight of the poems are English translations. His
works have appeared in literary magazines including Wordbridge, and in the
anthologies Thơ Việt Nam Hiện
Đại (VN: Hội Nhà Văn, 1994), 20 Năm Văn Học
VN Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam, 1995), Thơ Văn Hải
Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới, 2000). *Pubs: Hot Huyet (plays- Saigon, 1972), Thanh
xuan (poetry- US: Van Magazine, 1992), Loi cua qua khu (story – California:
Van moi, 1996), Dau que (US: Van Moi, 1996), Tan hinh thuc Tu khuc va nhung
tieu luan khac (US: Van Moi, Feb. 2003). Blank Verse / Tho Khong Van (CA: Tân
H́nh Thức Publishing, 2006) Kiêm Thêm pseudonym of Trần Kiêm Thêm (1940 Hue --
USA) -- P – came to the US in May 1975. He started writing in
1955 in the weekly Doi Moi, and contributed to several magazines in Saigon.
In the US, he was briefly the managing editor of Hon Viet. His works appeared
in the anthologies Thơ Văn 90 Tác Giả
Việt Nam Hải Ngoại 1975-1981 (US: Văn Hữu 1982), Thơ
Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
(Thái Tú Hạp, CA: 1985), Thơ Văn Phật Giáo (CA:
Sông Thu, 1993) *Pubs: Poetry published in the 60's: Cong rom va gia biet, Bo
lai dang sau, Dung truoc truong Dong Khanh, Bien dong trong thanh pho chung
ta. Kiệt Tấn pseudonym of
Le Tan Kiet. (1940 Bac
Lieu -- FRANCE) -- P&FW – pursued
higher education in Québec Canada from 1959 to 1963 on the Colombo Scholarship.
In March 1975, he was assigned a mission in Paris. One month later South
Vietnam fell to the Communists while he was on assignment. He is now living
in Bagnolet, France with his wife and his children who were finally reunited
with him. He started writing in 1963 in the magazine Sang Tao. His debut was
a publication of poetry in 1966. He resumed his writing in 1985, contributing
to the magazines Làng Văn, Văn, Văn Học, Thế Kỷ
21, Thời Tập , and Nắng Mới. His works also appeared
in the anthologies Ngọn Cỏ Khô Trên Thung Lũng Mùa Xuân
(CAN: Làng Văn, 1986), Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên,
1986), Truyện Hay Hải Ngoại-1 (Nguyễn văn Ba,
Phù Sa, 1991) T.T . Thơ Văn Phật Giáo (US: Sông Thu, 1993),
Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm Việt Nam Hải Ngoại 75-95 (Văn Bút), 20 Năm Văn Học V.N Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam,
1995), Thơ Văn Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại
Năm 2000 ( US: Văn Mới, 2000) *Pubs: Diep khuc tinh yeu va trai pha
(poetry- Vietnam: Sang Tao 1966), Nu cuoi tre truc (story- US: Van Nghe
1987), Thuong nang bay nhieu (story- US: Nguoi Viet 1988), Lop lop phu sa
(story- US: Van Nghe 1988), Nghe mua (story- Xuan Thu 1989), Em oi, biet dau
tim (story- An Tiem 1994), Vietnam thuong khuc (poetry- An Tiem 1999), Tuyen
Tap Kiet Tan (US: Van moi, 2002). Kim Định
pseudonym of Luong Kim Dinh (Nam Dinh,
VIETNAM 06-15-1915 - 1997 USA) -- W – a Catholic priest ordained in 1943,
Philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand,
professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943-46). He afterwards went to
French to study French civilization, sociology, philosophy, and Confucianism
at the “Institute des hantes études chinoises”. Returning to Viet Nam in
1957, he taught philosophy at Le Bao Tinh Academy and the Saigon University
Faculty of Letters since 1960, Van Hanh University since 1967, and Dalat
University. *Pubs: More than 25 books published since 1963, including Nhung
di biet giua hai nen triet ly Dong Tay, Nguyen Nho, Nhan ban, Can ban triet
ly trong van hoa Viet Nam, Vu tru nhan linh, Dinh huong van hoc, Hien chuong
giao duc, Tam tu, Viet ly to nguyen, Dich kinh linh the, Lac thu minh triet,
Van de quoc hoc, Loa thanh do thuyet, Co cau Viet nho, Tinh hoa ngu dien,
Nguon goc van hoa Viet Nam, Kinh Hung Khai Triet, Van lang vu bo. The
well-known are: Chu Thoi, Cua Khong, Triet ly cai dinh, Triet ly giao duc. Kim Đỗ / pseudonym
of Đỗ Khánh
Hoan (1934 Hanoi
-- USA) -- W – researcher who migrated to South Vietnam in 1954
and lived in Saigon. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, he came to Canada, and
settled in Scarboro,
Ontario. He is a specialist on British Literature. He published about 30
titles on research. Kim Lefèvre (1935 Vietnam – France) – W – writer and translator,
born the only daughter of a Vietnmaese mother and a French father whom she
never knew. In 1960 she came to France, where she settled in Paris and
afterwards taught at many high schools in Paris. She started writing in 1982,
and has been famed for her debut ‘Métisse Blanche’ published by Bernard
Barrault in 1989. ‘Métisse Blanche’ reflects her first twenty five years in
Vietnam, while ‘Retourn à la saison des pluies’ published in 1990, also by
Bernard Barrault, evokes memories of her return to her homeland after thirty
years of exile. As a translator, she translated into French a number of romances
by Vietnamese authors living in Vietnam like Nguyen Huy Thiep, Duong Thu
Huong and Phan Thi Vang Anh. Pubs: Métisse Blanche (Paris: Bernard Barrault, 1989;
Paris: Editions J’ai Lu, 1990 / Biography), Retourn à la saison des pluies
(Paris: Bernard Barrault, 1990; La Tour d’Aigues: Editions De L’Aube, 1995 /
memoir), Moi, Marina la Malinche (1994), Histoire d’amour racontée avant
l’aube (translated from Duong Thu Huong, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche /
romance), Conte d’amour un soir de pluie (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep,
L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / legend), L’or et le feu (translated from Nguyen
Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Regards Croises / romance), La vengeance du loup
(translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Le
cour du tigre (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche /
romance), Un general à la retrait (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube
Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Quand on est jeune (translated from Phan Thi
Vang Anh, P. PicquierArles [Bouches-du-Rhône]). Kinh Dương Vương / or Rung, Co Dong, Dung Nham,
pseudonyms of Nguyễn
Tuấn Khanh (USA) --
Artist/P&FW -- member of the editorial staff of Song Van
magazine. Equally famous as an artist and a writer. *Pubs: Những
Chiếc Mặt Nạ Cười (story, US: Văn Mới,
1997), Văn Xuôi Toàn Tập Kinh Dương Vưong / The
complete Proses of Kinh Duong Vuong (Saigon, 2004), Dung Nham Thơ Toàn Tập
/ The complete verses of Dung Nham (Saigon, 2004). LISTING BY AUTHOR: L Lâm Chương (1942 Tay
Ninh -- USA) – P & FW -- officier in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces, who graduated from the Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 24 and served in
the Ranger Corps. After South Vietnam fell for the Communist in 1975, he was
arrested and imprisoned in re-education camps for 10 years. Released from the
camps, he escaped Vietnam in 1987 to the US, resettled in Boston,
Massachusetts. Before 1975, he contributed to Van, Van hoc, Bach Khoa, Khoi
Hanh, Nghe Thuat magazines. Resuming his writing when living abroad he
contributed to the magazines Lua Viet, Van Hoc, Hop Luu, Song Van, Di Toi,
Khoi Hanh, and many more. His works were also appeared in the anthologies /
or other author’s books Thơ Thái Tú Hạp (US:
Sông Thu, 1999), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn MớI, 2000), Luân Hoán -
Một Đời Thơ (US: Sông Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Loài Cây Nhớ Gío (poetry- Khai Pha 1971), Đoạn Đường Hốt Tất Liệt (collection of short stories Van Moi
1998), (collection of short stories – CA: Van Hoc, 2000), Đi Giữa Bầy Thú Dữ (story – California: Van Moi, 2002), Lâm Chương truyen va nhung doan van (Van moi,
2004). Lâm Hăo Dũng (1945 Soc
Trang -- Canada) -- P -- an officier in the Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces graduated from the Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 27,
and a member of the Van Nghe Si Quan Doi Association (Military Writers
Association). Before 1975, he contributed to the magazines Văn,
Khởi Hành, Quân Đội, Khai Phá, Tiền Phong, and after 1975
the magazines Làng Văn, Văn, Nắng Mới. He settled in
Canada in 1980. He has part in the anthologies /or author author’s books
Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
1975-1981(US: Văn Hữu 1982), Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải
Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp, US: 1985). Ngọn Cỏ Khô Trên Thung
Lũng Mùa Xuân, (CAN: Làng Văn, 1986), Hội Tuyển Thi Ca
(CAN: Thanh Niên, 1986), Việt Nam Quê Hương Tôi (collection of photographs, Lê Quang Xuân,
1994), 20 Người Viết Tại Canada (CAN: Nắng MớI,
1995), Thơ T́nh VN Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng
Trương, VN: Thanh Niên, 1998), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại
Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới, 2000). *Pubs: Ngày Đi Thương Sợi Khói Bên Nhà (1985), Đi Giữa
Thời Tan Nát (1989), Tóc Em Dài
Em Cài Bông Hoa Lư. Lâm Tường Dũ pseudonym of Khưu Ban Lấm (b19. Vietnam
– USA) -- P – having been
active in journalism. He was the managing editor of the weekly Kỷ Nguyên Mới (Saigon:
1960-1962), publisher and editor in chief of the magazines Huyền and Bừng
Sống (1964-1966), correspondent for the Military Radio Broadcasting
(1968-1972), research specialist for the Voice of Freedom Radio (1972-1975).
Coming to the US in 1985, he continued to be an activist in journalism, and
worked as the managing editor of the weekly Nguy (1985-86), sub editor of
Viet Press (1986-1988), editor in chief of the weekly Đời Mới in
California, USA (1988-1991). *Pubs T́nh
Sử Nhạc Khúc
(1991), Share Pḥng –Share T́nh 1, and 2 (..) Lan Cao (1961 VN --
US) -- W – immigrated to the US at the age of thirteen in 1975,
settled in Virginia. Educated at Mount Holyoke College, from where she earned
her B.A. in Politics, and Yale University, her J.D. Clerked for a US District
Jude before becoming a law professor for six years at Brooklyn Law School. In
2001, Lan Cao joined the faculty of William & Mary School of Law, taught
International Business Transactions and International trade Law. Her debut
novel Monkey Bridge was published in 1997. An excerpt of the novel appears in
Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose in 1998. *Pubs: Everything You Need To Know About
Asian American History (paperback, 1996, co-authored with Himilce Novas),
Monkey Bridge (hardback edition, 1997, Viking/Viking Penguin/Putnam;
paperback edition, Penguin: 1997) Lăng Nhân pseudonym of Phùng Tất Đắc (1907 Hanoi
-- US) -- W – immigrated to South Vietnam in 1954, settled in
Saigon where he
founded Nam Chi Publisher. He started writing before 1954, and was then well
known. He has been living in England since 1975. *Pubs Chơi Chữ (1961), Chuyện
Vô Lư (1962), Hán Văn Tinh Túy (1965), Giai Thoại Làng Nho (1966),
Chuyện Cà Kê (1968) Lê Bi (1949 Thai
Binh -- USA) -- P&FW – founder of Tram Hoa publisher. Member
of the editorial staff of Hop Luu magazine. *Pubs: Ngang mat nhin trang sang (co-author
with Hoang Khoi Phong), Tho Vietnam (anthology), Tho Trich (poetry- USA:
Nguoi Dan, 1990). Lê Đại Lăng pseudonym of Hồ Đắc Túc (1959 Hue --
Melbourne Australia) -- FW – teacher, graduated BS in Sociology.
He escaped Vietnam by sea to Malaysia in 1983, settled in
Melbourne, Australia in 1984. He started writing after 1975 in the magazines
Nhân Văn, Làng Văn, Văn Học, Quê Mẹ, Sóng, and Thề
Kỷ 21. His works appeared in the anthologies Quê Hương Ngàn Dặm
(US: Người Việt Lưu Vong, 1990), 20 Năm Văn Học
VN Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam, 1995). *Pubs
Nước Mắt Trong Tim (memoir, Hồng Kông: 1990), Đường
Phía Bắc (novel, Australia: Đồng Dao, 1994), Sân Trường
(story). Lê
Đ́nh Điểu (Hanoi/North
Vietnam 1939-1999 California USA) -- W -- a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of
Pedagogy, a graduate in journalism in Malaysia and founder of Saigon Thanh Niên Học Đường
(CPS) sentenced
to 6 years' imprisonment in re-education camps. He came to France in 1983,
resettled in the US in 1985. He is the
editor-in-chief
of Nguoi Viet daily newspaper (1985), publisher of The Ky 21 magazine
(1991-1996), co-founder & president of the VAALA, and director of the
VNCR. *Pubs: Hướng Dẫn Sinh Hoạt Thanh Niên (Saigon:
Department of Education), Kỷ Thuật Ṭa Soạn (translation,
Saigon: 1969), Kư Gỉa Chuyên Nghiệp (Saigon: Hiện đạI,
1974; 2nd edition 1977). Lê Giang Trần pseudonym of Vương Kim Vân (1952 Bac
Lieu -- USA) -- P – a contributor to Van, Van hoc and Hop Luu
magazines, who has lived in California sine 1980. His works appeared in the
anthologies Gửi Vầng Trăng
Lưu Lạc (Ha noi: Hội Nhà Văn, 1994) , 20 Năm
Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam 1995). *Pubs: Sài G̣n Ở
Phố Lưu Vong (US: Tân Thư 1990) Lê Hân (1947 Quang
Nam -- Canada) -- P – grew up in Tien Chau Tien Phuoc, and came to Da
Nang in 1953. He was educated at the high schools Phan Chu Trinh in Da Nang
and Chu van An in Saigon. In 1966 he went to the US on a scholarship. After
graduation he came to Canada. He published since a high school student with
poems contributed to Tuoi Xanh in Saigon, started in the literary community
abroad in 1997, when his pieces were published in the websites based inside
and outside Vietnam. *Pubs: T́nh
Thơm Mấy Nhánh (poetry 2003), Luân Hoán, Một Đời
Thơ (a compilation of writings by several authors, US: Sông Thu, 2005) Lê Huy Oanh (b19. Hanoi
-- US) -- FW – a teacher of English and French in Saigon,
correspondent for Saigon National Radio Broadcasting. He escaped Vietnam by sea
in 1980 to Malaysia, came afterward in the US and settled in Santa Ana,
California. He started in the literary community in 1960, contributing to Sáng
Tạo, Văn Nghệ, Thế Kỷ 20, Nghệ Thuật,
Văn Học, Khởi Hành, and Thời Tập magazines. In
the overseas, he contributed to Nhân Chứng, Hồn Việt, and
Văn magazines. He has part in the anthology Thơ Văn Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp, CA: Sông Thu, 1985). *Pubs: Màu Hoa Dă
Thú (story, Vietnam: 1961), Hồi Chuông Báo Tử (story,
Saigon: Văn, 1970). Lê Hữu Mục (1925 Ninh
Binh -- Canada) -- W -- a researcher
who came, in 1954, to South Vietnam, where he later became a professor at
Hue, Saigon and Dalat Universities. He received the 1970 Translation Award
for his translation of ‘Khóa Hư
Lục’ written in Chinese by Emperor Trần
Thái Tôn (1218-1277). He started in the literary and art community
with music, but made his name with his researches. He is a co-author (with Huỳnh
Sanh Thông, Phạm Thị Nhung, Đặng Quốc Cơ, Xuân
Phúc) of several bilingual books published in France,
and the publisher of Vietnamologica (ISSN: 1201-8864, 1996) published in
Canada by ‘Centre de Vietnamologie’, of which he was the president. *Pubs: Chiều
Ơi Bơi Đi (music, 1941), Thân Thế Và Sự Nghiệp Nhất
Linh (education, 1955), Luận Đề Về Khái Hưng (education,1956),
Luận Đề Về Hoàng Đạo (education, 1956), Chủ Nghĩa
Duy Linh (research,1957), Văn Hóa Và Nhận Vị (research,
1958. Co-authored with Bùi Xuân Bào, Vơ Long Tê),Thảm Trạng Của
Một Nền Dân Chủ Vô Thần (1958), Lĩnh Nam
Chích Quái (1959), Việt Điện
U Linh Tập (1960), Quân Trung Từ Mệnh Tập (1960), Ức
Trai Thi Tập (research, 61), Nhị
Khê Thi Tập (1962), Băng Hồ Ngọc Báo Tập
(1963), Chúa Trao Cổ Truyện
(1965) ,Lịch Sử Văn Học VN tập 1 (research,
1968), Khóa Hư Lục (1973), Hồ Chí Minh Không Phải Là Tác
Gỉa 'Ngục Trung Nhật Kư’ (1988), Truyện Kiều Và
Tuổi Trẻ (1998). Lê Kim Ngân (1936 Hanoi
-- Canada) -- W -- a researcher who came, in 1954, to South Vietnam,
where he later became a professor at Saigon University. He lived in Canada
since 1975. *Pubs: Văn Học
Việt Nam Tiền Bán Thế Kỷ XX (research, 1960), Văn Học Việt
Nam Thế Kỷ XIX (research,1962. Co-authored with Vơ Thu Tịnh
and Nguyễn Tường Minh), Tổ Chức Chính Quyền
Dưới Triều Lê Thánh Tông (research,1963). Le Ly Hayslip (1949 Ky La
Da Nang – USA) -- W – born the
seventh child of a poor farm family, she received only a third grade
education for schooling was impossible in her home village, where she was
imprisoned and tortured by South Vietnamese army for sympathizing with the
Vietcong guerrillas’ side, raped by two Vietcong guards whose
responsibilities were to execute her as a South government spy suspect. She
fled to Danang and then Saigon where she worked as a maid, waitress, and
blackmarketeer. She later married to
an American who worked in Vietnam, and whom in 1970 she came to the US. to
join. In 1988, she founded the “East Meets West Foundation”, a
humanitarian relief organization. Le Ly
Hayslip’s memoir When Heaven and Earth Change Places was
set in Oliver Stone’s film, which had the same title. *Pubs: When Heaven and Earth Change Places
(memoir, with Jay Wurts; US: Plume, 1989. 2nd edition US: Plume,
2003), Child of War, Woman of Peace (1993, in collaboration with her son
James). Lê Minh Hà (1962 Hanoi –
Limburg, Germany) --
FW – graduated in Philology from Hanoi
Teachers’ College in 1983, taught school in Hanoi for a period of 10 years
from 1984 to 1994. Her works appeared in Văn, Văn Học, Thế
Kỷ 21, Hợp Lưu, and Người Việt Hải
Ngoại magzines. She is the vice-president of Vietnamese PEN Abroad,
Eastern Europe, from 1996 to 1998. (Since 03-5-1998, this Centre has operated
independently of the others). Pubs: Trăng
Góa (US: Thanh Văn, 1998), Gío Biếc (US: Van Moi, 1999),
Thương Thế, Ngày Xưa (US: Văn Mới, 2000). Lê Nguyễn pseudonym of Nguyễn Thảo (1942 Hue --
USA) -- P— former officier in the Army of South Vietnam. He
had poems and articles published in the literary magazines published in
Vietnam, before 1975.
In the US, his poems have appeared in Van, Van hoc, Lang Van, The Ky 21, Khoi
Hanh, Cao Thom, Ly Tuong, Van Tuyen magazine etc… and in the anthologies: Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Diên Nghị,
Song Nhị 2003), Một Phần Tư Thế Kỷ Thi Ca
Hải Ngoại 1 (Vơ Đức Trung, 2002). *Pubs: Mưa Qua Miền Kư Ức (poetry), Giữa Ḍng
(poetry, Cội Nguồn 2004). Lê Nhật Thăng pseudonym of Nguyễn Ngọc Châu (1934 Phuc
Yen -- USA) -- P – immigrated to South Vietnam, where he later
became an officer in the Armed Forces. He is living in the US. His works
appeared in Chân
Dung Thơ Luân Hoán (Kinh Đô 1991) and Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Nguồn,
2003) anthologies. *Pubs:
Những Khối Vuông Tâm T́nh, Hồi
Tưởng, Niềm Xanh, Hương Xa, Âm Vang (1994). Lê Quỳnh Mai (b19. VN --
CAN) -- W – writer, interviewer, in charge of
Literature and Art Program, The Voice of Vietnam Radio Station, Montreal,
Canada. Her book of interview "Tac gia, voi chung ta" was published
by Khoi Nguyen in 2004. *Pubs:
Tac Gia, voi chung ta (Canada: Khoi Nguyen Production, 2004), Ga dau bo thanh
Malaga (Audio book. CAN: Khoi Nguyen Production, 2005) Lê Tất Điều / or Cao Tần and Kiều Phong (pseudonyms)
(1942 Ha Dong -- USA) -- P&FW – former
officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, who immigrated to South
Vietnam in 1954 and to the US in May 1975, where he has since lived. He was a
professor at Saigon University Faculty of Letters. In the overseas, he is the
member of several associations including The
American Philosophical Association and Fribourg Association, the publisher of
Bep Lua publication, and the editor in chief of Văn Học NghệThuật
magazine (new volume, since May, 1985). Lê Tất Điều had made his
name in the literary community before 1975, in Vietnam. His works appeared in
the anthologies: Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa
VNHN 1975-1981 (CA: Văn Hữu, 1982), Chân Dung 15 Nhà Thơ Nhà
Văn VN (CA: 1985), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại (CA: Sông
Thu, 1985), Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (France: 1986), 20 Năm Văn
Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Đại Nam, 1995),
Truyện Miền Nam (US: Văn Nghệ), Kư-Bút-Kịch Miền
Nam (US: Văn Nghệ). *Pubs:
Khởi Hành (Saigon: ?, 1961), Kẻ T́nh
Nguyện (?), Quay Trong Gío Lốc
(Saigon:1965), Đêm Dài Một Đời (Saigon: ?,1966),Phá Núi (Saigon: ?,1968),
Những Giọt Mực (?), Người Đá (Saigon: ?,1968),
Anh Em (Saigon: ?,1970), Ly Hương
(Saigon: ?,1982), Ngừng Bắn Ngày Thứ 492 (US: ?), Đóng Cửa Trần
Gian, Thơ Cao Tần, Một Quả Cười Đểu
Mùa Xuân, Chân Dung Bác Hồ. Lê Thao
Chuyên pseudonym of Lê
Thị Kim Chi (Nam Dinh, North Vietnam 1953 – 1994
Colorado, USA) -- FW-- immigrated with her family to South Vietnam
in 1954, and to the US in 1975. She was murdered in 1994 in Colorado. Her
works appeared in several magazines published in the overseas. Pubs: Nỗi Niềm Mang Theo
(story), Mưa Phố Núi (story), T́nh Như Mắt Biếc
(story), Giọt Nước Mắt Thủy Tinh (novel), Nửa
Cánh Thiên Đường (story), Đuổi Theo Vệt Nắng
(story). Lê Thị Diễm Thúy (1972 Phan Thiet -- USA)
-- FW-- left her home village of Phan
Thiet at 6, with her father, in a small fishing boat in 1978 and was picked
up by an American naval ship and transported to a refugee camp in Singapore.
She later settled in the US, and grew up in Linda Vista, San Diego, Southern
California. In 1990, she came to Massachusetts and enrolled in Hampshire
College. After her trip to Paris in 1993, and after her coming back at
Hampshire she started to write poems and prose pieces before her graduation
in 1994. In 1996, she published a prose piece in Massachusetts Review; and
republished it in Harper's magazine in the same year. The piece was later
expanded into a novel, ''The Gangster We Are All Looking For''. In 1999,
Alfred A. Knopf bought the book. Pubs: The Gangster We Are All Looking For
(novel, US: Knopf, 2003) Lê Thị Huệ (1953 Cam
Xuyen Ha Tinh -- USA) -- P&FW&W -- founder of
Luy Tre Xanh Publisher. Publisher and Editor-in-chief of the e-magazine
GIO-O. Pubs: Bui hong (collection of short stories-
Luy Tre Xanh Publisher 1984), Ky niem voi My Anh (short-story collection- Luy
Tre Xanh 1987), Rong Ran (novel- Luy Tre Xanh 1989), Khoi di tu tho ngay den
su that (Luy Tre Xanh- 1995), Canh thuc cung tho mong (poetry, co-author with
Vu Quynh Huong and Tran Sa -- Luy Tre Xanh 1996), Van hoa tri tre, nhin tu
Hanoi dau the ky 21 (CA: Van Moi Publisher, 2001), Tieng doi hon cua than xac
(novel. CA: Van Moi Publisher, 2007) Lê Thị Thấm Vân pseudonym of Lê Thị Hoàng Mai (1961 Viet-Nam -- USA) – P&FW – immigrated to
the US in 1975, where she has since lived. Her works appeared in the
anthologies 20 Năm Văn Học
VN Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải
Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn MớI, 2000). The date of her
birth has been much unclear; her sister, writer Le Thi Hue, put it in 1957. Pubs:
Đôi Bờ (story, 1993), Mùa Trăng (novel,
1995),Việt Nam Ngày Tôi Về (essay, 1996), Yellow Light (poetry,
1998), Xứ Nắng (novel, 2000), Âm Vọng (novel, 2003), Bóng Gẫy
Của Thần Tích (novel. Anh Thư, 2005). Lê Tôn Nghiêm (b19. VN -- ?) -- W – a Catholic
priest, proffessor at Saigon University. *Pubs: Heidegger
Trước Sự Phá Sản Của Tư Tưởng
Tây Phương (1969), Đâu Là Căn Nguyên Tư Tưởng
(1970) Lê Văn Hảo (b19. Quang
Nam -- France) -- W – researcher, former professor at Hue University,
who is living in France. *Pubs: Hành
Tŕnh Vào Dân Tộc Học (research, VN: 1966). Lê Văn
Lân (1931 Nam Dinh -- USA) -- W – a graduate of Saigon University
Faculty of Medicine and officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces’
Medical Corps. serving four years’ imprisonment in re-education camps. He
escaped Vietnam by sea, came settling in the US in 1980, and has since worked
for the Public Heath Department in New Jersey. He started writing in 1987,
contributing to Lang Van and The Ky 21 magazines. *Pubs: Bút
Khảo Về Ăn (1993),
Chiếc Bảo Ấn Cuối Cùng Của Hoàng Đế Việt
Nam (1998), Bút Khảo Về Xuân 1, 2 (CA: Văn Nghệ,
1999). Lê Văn Phúc (1934 Hai
Duong -- USA) -- immigrated to South Vietnam in 1954, former offier
in the Armed Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Infantry School. He escaped
Vietnam, and resettled in the US in 1975. His writings appeared in the
magazines Sóng
, Lửa Việt, Làng Văn, Đất Mới, Chuông Việt,
Người Việt and the anthology Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa
VN Hải Ngoại 75-81 (CA: Văn Hữu, 1982) *Pubs: Tôi Làm Tôi
Mất Nước (story), Bóng Thời Gian (story). Lê Văn Tài (1943
Quang Tri -- Australia) -- Artist&P -- *Pubs: Empty arms surrounded by warm breath: Selected poems
1981-1987 (?: 1987). Lê Văn Lư (b19. VN --
?) -- W – a Catholic priest *Pubs: Sơ Thảo
Ngữ Pháp Việt Nam (1968) Lệ Hằng pseudonym of Bùi Thị Lệ Hằng (1948 Hai
Duong -- Australia) -- FW – immigrated in 1954 to South Vietnam,
where she was educated at Da Nang’s Phan Chau Trinh High School and Saigon
University Faculty of Letters. She has been living in Sydney, Australia since
1989. Pubs: Novel:
Thung Lũng T́nh Yêu, Tóc Mây, Bản Tango Cuối Cùng, Ngựa
Hồng, Mắt Tím, T́nh Yêu Như Băng Sơn, Chết
Cho T́nh Yêu, Kinh T́nh Yêu, Sóc Nâu, Chiều Gío, Màu Xanh Đang Lên,
Như Sương Long Lanh, Sa tăng Dịu Dàng (1992), Nghề
Làm Vua (1992), Hạnh Phúc Quanh Đây (film-script, Sài G̣n 1981),B́nh
Nguyên Xanh (truyện phim, Sàig̣n 1982) Phong Trang (1998), Bên Kia Là
Nuí, Short
story and chronicle: Nói Thầm Với Đá
(1998), Năm 2100 (chronicle). Lê Uyên Phương pseudonym of Lê Minh Lập (Dalat
1941-1999 USA) -- Musician&FW – famous as a songwriter. He settled in
the US in 1975. *Pubs: Khong co mua tren thanh pho Los
Angeles (story- Tan Thu, 1990). Lee Minh
McGuire (b19. Vung
Tau VN -- US) -- FW – graduated from Washington State University. He
presently writes, teaches, and studies in Urbana, Illinois. *Pubs: Short stories were published in
Absinthe Literary Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Wordbridge. Linh Bảo pseudonym of
Vơ Thị Diệu
Viên (1926 Hue -
USA) -- FW – a winner of the National Awards for literature
winner (1962). She
lived, worked, and travelled in several countries, including China, England,
France and the US. She once worked as a consul at the Vietnam Consultate in
Hongkong, professor of Vietnamese at the Montery’s Armed Forces Language
School in California. She is living in the US. Pubs: Chiec ao nhung lam (1953), Gio bac
(1953), Tau ngua cu (1961), Nhung dem mua (1961), Con chon tinh quai (1967),
Nhung canh dieu (1971), May Tan (1981). Linda Lê (1963 Dalat - France) -- FW -- born
to a French mother and a Vietnamese father in 1963 in Dalat, grew up in
Saigon, studied at French lycées. After
the fall of Saigon in 1975, Linda Lê, her mother and three sisters
left Saigon for France. She transferred to a lycée in Le Havre, and was
accepted afterwards in 1981 by lycée Henri IV in Paris, from where she later
went on to study at the Sorbonne. In the 80’s Linda Lê published her earliest works: Un si tendre vampire
(1987), Fuir (1988) and Solo (1989). To support herself she worked as a
preface editor for Hachette. Her preface writing has been published in the
anthology “Tu ecriras sur le bonheur” (1999). Author of 8 novels, 2
collections of short stories, and 1 book of essays, Linda Le is widely
regarded as one of the outstanding young contemporary writers in France. Her
most recent publication is the translation version of Voix, translated by
Nguyen Dang Thuong, published by Van Publisher in the US (2005). Pubs: Un si tendre
vampire ( Paris: Table Ronde, 1987), Fuir (Paris: Table Ronde, 1988), Solo (Paris:
Table Ronde, 1989),
Les Évangiles du crime (Paris: Julliard, 1992), Calomnies
(Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1993), Les Dits d’un idiot (Paris:
Christian Bourgois, 1995),
Les Trois Parques (Paris: Christian Bourgois,
1997), Voix
(Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1998), Lettre morte (Paris: Christian
Bourgois, 1999), Tu
écriras sur le bonheur (Paris: Puf, 1999), Les Aubes (Paris: Christian
Bourgois, 2000), Marina
Tsvetaïeva (Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 2002), Autres jeux
avec le feu (Paris: Christian Bourgois 2002), Personne
(Paris: Christian Bourgois, 2003). English translation: Slander
(Calomnies), trans. Esther Allen (Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press,
1996). Vietnamese translation: Tieng Noi (Voix), trans. Nguyen Dang Thuong (California,
US: Van, 2005). Long Ân
pseudonym of Lê Nguyên Long (1941 Hai
Phong - USA) -- P – former student of Saigon’s Nguyen Trai and Chu
Van An High Schools, former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces,
who came with his family to the US in 1975, and died in a car accident in
2003. Before 1975, he involved in several fields of literature and arts. In
the overseas, he contributed to the
bimonthly Ngày Nay, daily newspaper Việt Nam Mới (Houton), daily
newspaper Người Việt (CA), weekly Thời Luận,
monthly Phụ Nữ Mới. He was the managing editor of Hon Viet
magazine, contrutor to the Free Asian Radio and SBN Television. *Pubs:
Những Điều Trông Thấy (1989), Thiên Hạ Phong Trần
(2001). Long Ẩn Gĩa Từ Cơi Tạm (tuyện tập
một số bài viết, hí họa của tác gỉa cùng
một số bài của nhiều tác gỉa viết về
Long ân, Hồn Việt xuất bản tháng 4, 2003. Lôi Tam pseudonym of Lê Đ́nh Lăm (1938 Thua
Thien - USA) -- FW – a contributor for Mùa
Lúa Mới, Sáng Tạo, Gío Mới, Văn Học, Thế Kỷ
Hai Mươi, Hoài Bảo, Mới, and Ḥa B́nh magazines
published in Hue and Saigon before 1975. In the overseas, he contributed to
Việt Báo, Văn Học Nghệ Thuật magazines. His
works appeared in the anthology Thơ
Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Sông Thu, 1986). *Pubs: Tên Đời
(CA: Văn Học, 1980), Chuyện Về Người (CA:
Nhân Văn 1990) Luân Hoán / pseudonym of Lê Ngọc Châu. (1941 Quang
Nam - Canada) -- P&FW – the son of Mr. Lê
Hoán and Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Luân, former officer graduated from Thu
Duc Reserved Infantry School, Course 24, who served the Infantry Battalion 1,
Regiment 4, and lost his left leg in the battlefield Mo Duc, Quang Ngai at
the end of 1969. He came to Canada in 1985, settled in Montreal where he has
since lived. Luân Hoán started
in the literary community in the 1960s, contributing to Tuổi Xanh, Gió
Mới, Thời Nay, Mai, Bách Khoa, Văn Học, Ngàn
Khơi, Kỷ Nguyên Mới, Đối Diện, Bộ Binh,
Tŕnh Bày, Văn. In the overseas he contributed to Văn,
Văn Học, Nắng Mới, Hợp Lưu, Thế Kỷ 21, Nhân Văn, Thời Tập, Khởi
Hành, Phố Văn, Chủ Đề, Việt Báo, Hồn Quê, Canh Tân, Quê Mẹ,
Gío Văn, Nguồn. He is co-founder (with Đynh
Hoàng Sa, Hà Nguyên Thạch, Thành Tôn, Lê Vĩnh Thọ) of Nguong
Cua and Tho publishers (Vietnam), member of the writer-staff of the
magazines: Văn Học Sài G̣n (Saigon:
1964-1975), Nhận Thức, Huế, Trước Mặt, Quảng
Ngải, Làng Văn (CAN: 1986-1990), Sóng (CAN: 1986-1991), Quê Mẹ
(Framce: 1986-present), Sóng Văn (US: 1996-1999), Wordbridge (US:
2002-present). His poems have been anthologized in the anthologies: Van nghe xam
(Thai Do, 1969), Hoi tuyen thi ca (Paris), Gui vang trang luu lac (Hoi nha
van, Ha Noi 1994), Tuyen tap tho tinh bon phuong (Tre, Saigon 1994), Tho
Vietnam hien dai (Hoi nha van, Hanoi 1994), Tuyen tap luc bat Vietnam (Van
Hoa, Hanoi, 1994), 20 nguoi viet tai Canada (Viet Thuong, Canada 1995), 20
nam van hoc Vietnam hai ngoai (DaiNam, Hoa Ky 1995), An anthology of
Vietnamese Poems (professor Huynh Sanh Thong 1996). His other pseudonyms are:
Châu Hải Châu, Cự Hải, Lê Bảo
Hoàng, Lư Phước Ninh, Trần Gia Nam. Luân Hoán’s short stories were published under the
pseudonym Tran Gia Nam; his most recent compilation Tac Gia Viet Nam
(Vietnamese Authors) was published under the pseudonym Le Bao Hoang. Pubs: Poetry: Ve troi (Van-Hoc Saigon,
1964), Troi song (Van-Hoc Saigon, 1966), Chet trong long nguoi (Nguong-Cua 1967),
Vien dan cho nguoi yeu dau (Tho, 1969 - reprinted 1995), Hoa binh oi, hay den
(Tho, 1970 -with Le Vinh Tho, Pham The My), Nen huong cho ban chan trai (Tho,
1970), Tho tinh (Tho, 1970), Ca dao tinh yeu (Tho, 1970 -with Khac Minh), Luc
bat ca (Tho, 1970 -with Le Vinh Tho, Vinh Dien), Ruou nong da rot (Tho 1974,
reprinted 1995), Hoi tho Vietnam (CA: SongThu, 1986), Ngo ngac coi nguoi (US:
Nhan-Van, 1989), Duan nhau ve den dau (CA: Song-Thu, 1989), Cam on dat da tro
tho (US: Kinh-Do, 1991), Moi em len ngua (CA: Song-Thu, 1994), Nuoi thom chum
ky niem xanh (CAN: Tho, 1995), Co hoa goi dau (US: Songvan magazine, 1997), Sông Núi Cùng Người Thơm
Ngát Thơ (CAN: Tho, 2002 ), Tac
gia Viet Nam (under the pseudonym Le Bao Hoang, US: Songvan magazine: 2005), Qua
Khu Truoc Mat (CAN: Nhan Anh, 2006), Theo Got Tho (under pseudonym Ha Khanh
Quan. Nhan Anh, (?). Lữ Quỳnh (1942 Thua Thien, Hue, VN -- USA) – P&FW – writer
and poet. His works appeared, before 1975, in the literary magazines
published in South Vietnam, including Bach Khoa, Mai, Pho Thong, Khoi Hanh,
and Y Thuc. His publications include Cat Vang, a collection of short stories,
published by Y Thuc in Saigon in 1971, the second edition was published by
Van Moi in California (US) in 2006; Nhung Con Mua Mua Dong, a collection of
short stories, published by Y Thuc in 1973; Vuon Trai Dang, a novella,
published by Nam Giao in 1974; and a novel published periodically in Y Thuc magazine from 1971 to 1972.
He settled in the US, and resumed his writing after 2001, contributing to Van
Hoc, Khoi Hanh. His most recent collection of poems, “Sinh nhat cua mot nguoi
khong con tre”, is published by Van Moi in 2009 (California: Van Moi, 2009). Lương Thư Trung (1942 Sa Dec
-- USA) -- W – former teacher, settled in the US in 1992, and is
currently living in Boston. His works have appeared in several magazines
published in the overseas. *Pubs Bến Bờ C̣n LạI (?),
T́nh Thầy Tṛ (NJ: Thư Ấn Quán, 2005) Lưu Nguyễn pseudonym of Nguyễn Thế Nghiệp (1947 Quang
Nam -- Canada) -- P – grew up in Que Son, then Hoi An, Da Nang. He was
a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of Pedagogy in 1971, teacher in
Phước Tuy Province, officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Reserved Infantry School, Course 2/72.
After 1975, he was imprisoned in the Long Khanh’s K4 re-education camp. He
escaped Vietnam in 1980, came to Singapore, then settled in Canada. He
started writing after 1975, co-founded with Vu Ngoc Hien the Vuot Bien
magazine published in Montreal, Canada (1982-1989); the magazine later became
Nang Moi (discontinued in 1995). He was the President of the Vietnamese PEN
Abroad, Quebec Center (1991-93), member of Viet Thuong Association in
Montreal. He has appeared in Văn, Văn Học, Làng Văn,
Vượt Biển, Sóng, Thời Tập, HợpLưu, Nắng
Mới, Thời Báo, Thế Kỷ 21, Sóng-Văn magazines,
and had part in anthologies or other author’s books: Chân Dung Thơ Luân
Hoán (1991),Tuyển tập Thơ
Văn Phật Giáo (1993),Việt Nam
Quê Hương Tôi (1993),
20 Người Viết Tại Canada (1995), Những Cây Bút Quảng Nam
Đà Nẵng (1999), Nhà Thơ Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại
1975-2000 (1999), 20 Năm Văn Học V.N Hải Ngoại
1975-1995 (1995) , Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại
Năm 2000 (2000), Luân Hoán-Một Đời Thơ (2005). Pubs: Tri Âm (US:
Sông Thu, 1990), Ngày Qua Rất Vội
(CAN: Nắng Mới, 1993), Trai Tim Nguoi Biet Yeu (poetry
& poetry set in music by Vinh Dien, Canada: Nang Moi). Lưu Trần Nguyễn pseudonym of Nguyễn Gia Khánh (b19. Hai
Phong- USA) -- W – former officer in the South Vietnam Armed Forces graduated
from the Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 15. After 1975, he served a sentence of seven years in
re-education camps. He is living in Sacramento. *Pubs: Mái
Tóc Trầm Hương (1997). LISTING BY AUTHOR: M Mạc Phương
Đ́nh pseudonym of Lê Tuấn Ngô (1940
Quang Nam -- USA) -- P – a poet had his pieces published in
severals publications in Saigon before 1975 including Bach Khoa, but
disappeared in the literary community for more than 20 years. In his later
life he returned to writing poems, publishing two books of poetry in June
2002. He is living in San Jose, California. Pubs: Lời Ru Của Mẹ
(2002), Những Gịng Kỷ Niệm (2002). Mai Kim Ngọc pseudonym of Vũ Đ́nh
Minh (b19 -- USA) -- W – a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of
Medicine, a doctor working in California, who started in the overseas
literary community with two short stories 'Ngắm
Sao' and 'Vợ Chồng' published in Làng Văn and Văn Học
magazines. He was on the editorial staff of Van hoc Magazine once. Some of
his pieces were anthologized in the publications: Truyện Ngắn 20
Năm VHVN Hải Ngoại 75-95 (Văn Bút, 1995) and Thơ
Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (Văn Mới 2000). Pubs: Một
Chút Riêng Tư (story), Muôn Kiếp Cô Liêu (novel), Bạn
Văn (novel),Thuyền Nhân (novel), Nụ Tầm Xuân (story),
Bản Đàn Thôn Dă (translated from La Symphonie Pastorale by André Guide,
CAN: Làng Văn, 1989). Mai Ninh pseudonym of Trần Thị Mai Ninh (1950 Saigon
-- Normandie) --FW– an overseas student in French in 1968, a
contributor to several magazines: Kien Thuc Ngay Nay (Saigon), Dien Dan
(France), Hop Luu, Van, Van Hoc, Tap Chi Tho (US), and Viet (Australia). Pubs: Đời
Tôi (translation version of ‘Ma Vie’
by Marc Chagall, VN: Đà Nẵng Publisher, 1997), Hợp Âm Trong Vùng
Sân Khuất (story, CAN: Thời Mới, 2000), Ảo Đăng
(story, VN: Hội Nhà Văn, 2003). Mai Thảo pseudonym of
Nguyễn
Đăng Quư (NamDinh
VN 6-8-1927 -- 1-10-1998 USA) --
P&FW – an immigrant into South Vietnam in 1954, and to
the US in 1978. He started in the literary community in Ha Noi, North
Vietnam in 1946. In the period from 1956 to 1975, he was the founder of the
influential monthly magazine Sang Tao (1956) and the weekly Nghe Thuat, the
managing editor of Van Magazine (1973, after Tran Phong Giao and Nguyen Xuan
Hoang). Mai Thao worked for Van Magazine only one year or so before the
collapse of the South Vietnam in 1975, but more importantly for his
contribution to the Van, Mai Thao revived the magazine in the US in 1982
which, besides its new literary reputation established, was also a vehicle
for a number of new writers who later became established in the overseas. The
magazine was under his editorship until 1996, when in his ailing health he
left it to Nguyen Xuan Hoang who is the former managing editor of the
magazine (Vietnam: 1972-1973). Mai Thao is the author of more than 30 books
of short story collection, novel, and literary essays. His first book is Dem
Gia Tu Ha Noi, a collection of short stories; his last, Ta Thay Hinh Ta Giua
Mieu Den, a collection of poetry. He died on Jan. 10, 1998, entered to Rest
on Jan. 17, 1998 at Westminster Memorial Park – California US. As a writer
Mai Thao is remembered for his many bestsellers, especially Dem Gia Tu Ha
Noi, which shows him at his best. As an editor he is remembered for Sang Tao
Magazine (the magazine and its contributors such as Quach Thoai, Thanh Tam
Tuyen, Vu Khac Khoan, Sao Tren Rung, Vien Linh, To Thuy Yen, Tran Le Nguyen,
Nguyen Huy Oanh, Nguyen Van Trung, Thach Chuong had brought the audience the
creativity and ingenuity in literature), and for Van Magazine through which
new writers had been introduced into the Vietnamese literary community. *Pubs: More than 30 books, including: Dem gia
tu Ha-noi (short story collection – first book), Thang gieng co non, Ban chuc
thu tren ngon dinh troi, Manh toc di vang, Khi mua mua toi, Bay tho ngay sinh
nhat, Vien dan dong chu noi, Dem lac duong, Cung di mot duong, Loi di duoi la,
Toi mot tuoi nao, Song chi mot lan, De tuong nho mui huong, Ta thay hinh ta
giua mieu den (Poetry – Mai Thao's last book). Mai Trung Tĩnh pseudonym of
Nguyễn
Thiệu Hùng (Hanoi
VN 1937 --- 02-20-2002 Baltimore, USA)
-- P – a BA graduate of Saigon University Faculty of
Letters, former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces graduated
from Thu Duc Infantry School Course 16, high school teacher, program section
chief at the Voice of the Army Radio serving a twelve years’ imprisonment in
re-education camps. He came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation
Program (H.O.) in 1995, settled in Baltimore, Maryland, and died on Feb. 20,
2002. He started in the literary community before 1975, received the 1961
National literary Awards. *Pubs: 40 Bài
Thơ (co-authored with Vương Đức Lệ, VN: (?),
1961), Ngoài Vườn Địa Đàng (1962), Những Bài Thơ
Xuôi (VN: Đại Ngă, 1969), Thơ Mai
Trung Tĩnh (US: (?),
2001). Mặc Bích pseudonym of
Trần Thị
Thanh Thủy (1954 Dalat
-- US) –FW— a graduate of Dalat
University Faculty of Letters. She came to the US in 1975, settled in Texas
where she has since lived. *Pubs: Lạc Lối
Thiên Đường (story, co-authored with Nguyễn Đ́nh Phùng,
1990), Trong Hạnh Phúc Riêng (story, co-authored with Nguyễn Đ́nh
Phùng, 1995), Khung Trời Của Lài (Novel, Texas: Nguon Y, 1997),
Cánh Chim Ảo Mộng (collection of short stories, California:
Văn 2002) Mặc Đỗ pseudonym of
Đỗ Quang
Tŕnh (1920 Hanoi
-- USA) –FW—
an
immigrant into South Vietnam in 1954, and the US in May 1975 where he has
since lived. He started published in Ngo Bao in
1932, went into journalism in 1952 in Hanoi, and 1954 in Saigon. In the
overseas, he has part in the other author’s books or anthologies: Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa VN Hải
Ngoại 1975-1981(Văn Hữu, 1982), Chân Dung 15 Nhà Thơ Nhà
Văn Việt Nam (Mai Thảo, 1985), Thơ Văn Việt
Nam Hải Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp, 1985), Hội Tuyển
Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên, 1986). *Pubs: Bốn
Mươi (novel,1956), Siu Cô Nương (novel,1958), Tân Truyện (story). Mặc Thu pseudonym of
Lưu Đức
Sinh (Phuc Yen Jan
01,1920 -- March 01, 2002 USA) – W – He took part in the Nationalist Front
Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh (later was Viet Minh for short), serving in the
military interzone Bac Viet to fight the French until 1951 when he returned
to his home town. He then later moved his family to Hanoi, and contemporarily
resided at his brother-in-law Quach Cu Nghieu’s on Ngo Gach Street. A short
time after his coming to Hai Noi, he landed
on a good job (which Governor Cabinet Director Trân
Văn Phúc helped to get), and worked at the Bureau of Information, where
he met several people in the literary and political circles, including
Như Phong Lê Văn Tiến, Nguyễn Trọng Trạc,
Thực Đức Trần Văn Mai, Hoàng Nguyên, Ngọc Giao,
Nguyễn Hoạt (later known as Hiếu Chân), Đỗ Tùng, Nguyễn
Lương Tài, Tạ Tỵ and Hoàng Lập Ngôn, with whom he
started in journalism and founded the magazine Thong Tin of the Bureau of
Information. In South Vietnam, where he later immigrated into as a result of
the 1954 Geneve Accord, he co-founded, with Như Phong Lê Văn Tiến,
Vũ Khắc Khoan, Tam Lang, Đinh Hùng, Mặc Đỗ, Đỗ
Quang B́nh, the daily newspaper Tu Do, the Nguoi Viet Tu Do Publishing, and
the Truc Lam Tea House which was used as a place for his close literary
circle of friends. He was once imprisoned by the South Vietnam government.
After the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, he immigrated to the US, where
he settled, and died on March 01, 2002. *Pubs: Đêm Trừ Tịch (1954),
Người Chép Sử (1956). Miêng pseudonym of
Vo Thi Xuan Suong (1948 QuangNgai
-- Paris, France) –FW—
graduated
from Saigon University Faculty of Law in 1971, she perused higher education
in French where she settled in 1982 and has since lived. She received her BA in Chinese language in
1987, and has been working as a librarian in the Bibliotheque Nationale de
France. She was the winner of the Hoa Tinh Thuong magazine's first prize award
for short story in 1972 (Saigon, Vietnam). In the overseas, she contributed
to Văn, Văn Học, Thế Kỷ
21, Hợp Lưu, Gió Văn magazines in the US;
Dien Dan, Huong Sen magazines in French. Her pieces
were collected in the anthologies: 20
Năm Văn Học Việt Nam
Hải Ngoại (US: Đại Nam, 1995), Thơ Văn
Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới, 2000) ,Nhà Thơ Và Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại
1975-2000 tập1(Đông Nam University, 2000). Pubs: Đôi mắt
(collection of short stories, 1973), Miêng (collection of short stories-
CA: Van Moi, 1999), Tuyển tập truyện dịch (collection of translations – CA: Van Moi, 2001). Minh Đức Hoài Trinh
/ or Hoang Truc, Nguyen Vinh, Bang Cu,
pseudonym of Vơ thị Hoài Trinh (1930 Hue -- USA) - the daughter of a mandarin, involving in the war
against the French from 1946 to 1951, then going to France in 1953 to study
journalism, politics and Chinese language. After returning to Vietnam in
1964, she taught at the Buddhist University Van Hanh in Saigon, contributed
to several magazines, and published her works. After 1975, she immigrated
into France where she became a human rights activist, launching the campaign
to focus on the writers who were in prison in Vietnam. Parallel, she
travelled to Australia in 1977, Sweden in 1978, and Bresil in 1979 to
campaign for the reality of the Vietnamese Writers Abroad PEN Center of which
she later became the first president when her hopes of the P.E.N.
International’s acknowledgment of the Vietnamese Writers Abroad Center
materialized. She came to the US in 1982, where she has since lived. Her
pieces were anthologized in ‘Thi Ca Tiền
Chiến Và Hiện Đại’ (Bảo Vân, 1978), ‘Thơ
Văn Hải Ngoại’ (Thái Tú Hạp, 1985), and ‘An Anthology
of Vietnamese Poems’ (Huỳnh Sanh Thông, 1995). Pubs: Lang thang (1960), Thu sinh
(1962), Bo vo (1964), Han (1964), Mo (1964), Thien nga (1965), Hai goc cay
(1966), Sam hoi (1967), Tu dia (1973), Tra that (1974). This side, The Other
Side (a novel in English. CA: Occidental Press, 1985). Minh Huy pseudonym of Nguyễn Đ́nh Tuyến (b19. Quang
Nam -- USA) — W — a PhD
in Literature and Journalism, who taught at Southeastem, Tulane, Georgetown, Vạn Hạnh, and Dalat Universities. He is
living in the US. *Pubs: Luật
Thơ Mới, Những Khuynh Hướng Trong Thi Ca Việt
Nam 1932-1962, (1962), Những Nhà Thơ Hôm Nay 1954-1969 (1969), Nhà
Văn Hôm 1954-1969 (1969),Tự Điển Thi Ca Việt Mỹ,
Đời Sống Trong Văn Học Thế Giới, Những
Người Lính Cộng Ḥa, Báo Chí Hoa Kỳ Và Báo Chí Nga Sô,
Truyền Thông Đại Chúng, Nhà Thơ Và Nhà Văn Hải
Ngoại 1-1975-2000. Monique Trương (1968 Saigon
VN -- USA) — W –
second-generation Vietnamese-American, a graduate of Yale University and the
Columbia University School of Law who immigrated into the US at age six in
1975. She started writing while still a student at Yale University. In 1998,
Monique Truong co-edited (with Barbara Tran and Luu Truong Khoi) the
anthology Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose (Hardcover edition,
Asian American Writers’ Workshop: 1998; Paperback, Temple University Press:
1998). Watermark is a collection of fiction, poetry, and writings from a new
generation of Vietnamese writers in the US, collecting works by Quang Bao,
Lan Cao, Chu Bao Long, Dinh Linh, Maura Donohue, Lan Duong, Lai Thanh Ha,
Andrew Lam, Christian Langworthy, Le Thi Diem Thuy, Mong Lan, Bich Minh
Nguyen, Nguyen Qui Duc, Minh Duc Nguyen, Nguyen Ba Trac, Dao Strom, Barbara
Tran, Diep Khac Tran, Truong Tran, Trinh T. Minh Ha, Monique T.D. Truong,
Trac Vu, Thuong Vuong-Riddick). She is the winner of the 2004 PEN AMERICAN/Robert
Bingham Fellowship. Pubs: The Book of Salt (Houghton Miffin:
2003). Mộng Lan (1970 VN --
USA) — W & P — an artist,
poet and writer, second-generation Vietnamese-American who immigrated
with her family to the US at the age of five in 1975. Mộng Lan received
from the University of Arizona in Tucson her Master of Fine Arts in poetry,
the Graduate School Fellowship, and the Dean’s Master of Fine Arts
Fellowship. She is the winner of the 2002 Great Lakes Colleges Association’s
New Writers’ Awards for Poetry. Prior to that, she had won the 26th
Juniper Prize for her first book of poetry Song of the Cicadas; the book was
published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2001. Her poems were
anthologized in The Best American Poetry of 2002, The Pushcart Prize
Anthology XXIV; Making more Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women
(Beacon Press); Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose (Asian
American Writer’s Workshop); and Asian American Anthology—The Next Generation
(U of Illinois Press); and have appeared in the magazines: Kenyon Review, The North American Review,
New American Writing, Hợp Lưu, The Lowa Review. In the field of Art, her painting and
photographs were on exhibition in Washington DC, San Francisco and Houston;
among them were The Forbiden Room, Out of The Womb-Into The Myth, Tongue of
Night, Deracination, The Prisoners etc.. Pubs: Song of the Cicadas (MA, University of Massachusetts Press: May
1, 2001). Mộng Trung (Can Tho, VN
b19. – d19. France) — W – She lived,
and died in France. Pubs: Giọt Thời gian (1966), Hôn nhân dị chủng
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