Thanh
Thanh, pseudonym of Le
Xuan Nhuan; poet, short-story writer, playwright,
literary critic, satirist, stage director, translator, editor, publisher,
teacher, war correspondent, and broadcasting manager; born in Hue City Vietnam, in 1930. His other pseudonyms are: Kieu-Ngoc for
prose, Nguyet-Cam for dramas, Nguoi Tho for essays, Tu Ngong for satires. He leads the "Xay Dung"
literary group and publishing house, which, owing to the numerous books it
had published, was recognized as a main branch of the Vietnamese
Cultural Tree at the unique pre-1975 National Cultural Festival in Saigon in
the late '50s. His first poems and short stories appeared in the Hanoi-based
magazines ‘Truyen Ba’ and ‘Tieu Thuyet Thu Bay’ as early as in 1943. Among this his published works before 1975 were: Anh Troi
Mai (poetry, 1949; 2nd edition, 1950; 3rd edition,
1951), Kiem Xuan Thu (poetry, 1951), Nhac Ngay Xanh (poetry, 1952) La Thu
Roi, Tuan Trang Mat (poetry, 1960), Voi Thuong De (poetry, 1964), Ho Quy Ly (verse play,
1950), Quan Ben Song (verse play, 1953), Thang Con Trai (play, 1950), Guom
Chinh Nghia (verse play, 1955), and Ray Rut (short story, 1965). In the United States, he has published
"Con Ac Mong” (The Nightmare, poems he composed while imprisoned by the communists
for more than 12 years. [Texas:
The-Gioi Moi, 1998]);
"Canh Sat Hoa, Quoc-Sach Yeu-Tu cua Viet-Nam Cong-Hoa" (The Police
Plan, an aborted national policy of the Republic of Vietnam. [California: Xay-Dung, 2002]), "Ve Vung Chien Tuyen” (Back to the
Front Line. [California: Van Nghe,
1996]). He began to
write poetry in English after his resettlement in the States in 1992 and has
had his pieces published in several nationwide anthologies, such as: “Best
Poems” and “Outstanding Poets” (of the ‘90s and every year since 1994) and
“Our 100 Most Famous Poets, the Brief Chronicles of Our Time” (2004) by the
International Society of Poets; “Who’s Who in New Poets“ (1996) by Who’s Who
Society; “New Millennium Poetry” (2002) by the Famous Poets Society. Thanh-Thanh
is a member of P.E.N. International (through PEN Center USA) and a lifetime
member of the International Society of Poets.
Publications:
After
1975 in the US:
1-
"Ve Vung Chien-Tuyen (memoirs, Van Nghe 1996)
2-
"Con Ac Mong” (The Nightmare.Texas: The-Gioi Moi, 1998)
2- "Canh-Sat-Hoa, Quoc-Sach Yeu-Tu cua Viet-Nam
Cong-Hoa (memoirs, Xay-Dung 2002).
E-mail: PoetFromVietNam@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.geocities.com/PoetFromVietNam/
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