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THANH NHUNG,
pseudonym of Cong Huyen Ton Nu Nha Trang, known principally for
her poetry published during the period from 1958 to 1965 in the magazine Pho Thong
which was under the editorship of poet Nguyen Vy, and for her two poetry
collections published in 1959. A descendant of Emperor Minh Mang of the Nguyen
dynasty and of his eleventh son the poet prince Tuy Ly Vuong, Thanh Nhung was born, in 1941 in NhaTrang, the
eldest daughter of the late writer poet B. D. Ai My and the poet Tam Tan, who
is also known by pen names Trinh Nu and Trinh Tien. Educated at Vo Tanh High
School (Nhatrang: 1954-60), Quoc Hoc High School (Hue: 60-61), Faculty of
Letters, University of Saigon where she studied English, Vietnamese
Literature (61-62), she pursued higher education in Japan and the US,
obtained a Ph. D. degree in Asian Studies from University of California at
Berkeley (1973). As a professor, poet, writer, and translator living and
travelling in twenty countries, she taught and delivered lectures at several
universities, published her poems and articles in a number of inland and
overseas journals, has been an Associate Editor for The Vietnam Forum and the Lac Viet
series of books on Viet Nam (both co-published by Yale University, Southeast
Asia Studies and the William Joiner Center, U/Mass, Boston), translated into
Vietnamese two book-length Guides and into English a novel. Thanh
Nhung received her first publication royalty at age twelve for a short story
entitled "A Bowl of Rice in Wartime", and began to compose poetry a couple of
years before having her first poem published in Pho Thong in 1958. Her two poetry collections, Tieng Tho Mien
Trung (poetry anthology, co-authored with Cao Hoanh Nhan and friends.
Vietnam: 1959) and Hoa Muoi Phuong (poetry anthology, co-authored with Dinh
Giang and friends. Vietnam: 1959), which were published under the pseudonym
Thanh Nhung in 1959, followed by Vietnamese Folklore: An Introductory and
Annotated Bibliography. [University of California, Berkeley: Center for South
and Southeast Asia Studies, 1970], Favourite Stories from Vietnam. [Hongkong:
Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd., 1978 & 1979], More Folk
Narratives from Vietnam. [Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd.,
1985], Folk Narratives from Vietnam. [Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books
(Asia) Ltd., 1985], The
Moon of Hòa Bình [two-volume novel, co-authored
with William L. Pensinger. Bangkok: Foundation Autopoy, 1994], and The Green Belt [Translation work, in
collaboration with William L. Pensinger, from the Vietnamese novel Vong Dai Xanh (1971) by Ngo The
Vinh. (Raleigh, North Carolina: Ivy House Publishing Group, 2004)]. Publications: 1- Tieng Tho Mien Trung (poetry anthology, co-authored with Cao Hoanh
Nhan and friends. Vietnam: 1959)
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