Do Xuan Oanh, born in Quang Yen, Quang Ninh Province, North Vietnam on
January 4, 1923, into a poor worker family of the coal mine area; self-educated
and became a jack-of-all-trades – journalist, painter, writer,
social worker, song writer, translator, peace activist etc. Xuan Oanh
translated into Vietnamese many American novels, including Mark Twain’s
Huckleberry Finn. Also, he translated into English the play Truong Ba’s Soul
in the Butcher’s Skin to be performed in the US. He retired in 1990 to
continue with music and translation works.
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