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Tran
Hoai Thu was
born in 1942 in Dalat, evacuated from this city in the highlands following the
war, and grew up in Nhatrang and Hue in central Vietnam. He was educated at
Quoc Hoc Hue, Hue University, and Saigon University. Having been mobilized he
served in the army in Binh Dinh for four and a half years as a platoon
leader, later as a war journalist. After the fall of Saigon in 1975 he was
arrested, and sent to a hard labour camp. Released after four years of
imprisonment he worked as an ice-cream peddler, and afterwards fled the
country by boat, resettling in the US in 1980. Most of Tran Hoai Thu' s
writings have particularly been concerned with the sufferings caused by the
Vietnam war. He is celebrated for 8 collections of short stories, and 1
collection of poems. His most recent book Mac Niem Chien Tranh, a collection
of short stories, was published in 1999, after Tho Tran Hoai Thu ( a
collection of poems in 1998), Ve Huong Mat Troi Lan (1998), Ban Me Thuot Ngay
Dau Ngay Cuoi (1997), Ra Bien Goi Tham (1995), Mot Noi Nao De Nho ( Con Duong
Publisher, 1974), Ngon Co Ngam Ngui (Y Thuc Publisher, 1972), Nhung Vi Sao
Vinh Biet (Y Thuc Publisher, 1971), and Noi Bo Vo Cua Bay Ngua Hoang (Y Thuc
Publisher, 1970). Tran Hoai Thu' s short stories and poems have appeared in
many journals, and magazines.
Publications:
Mac Niem Chien
Tranh, 1999.
Tho Tran Hoai Thu, 1998.
Ve Huong Mat Troi Lan, 1998.
Ban Me Thuot Ngay Dau Ngay Cuoi, 1997.
Ra Bien Goi Tham, 1995.
Mot Noi Nao De Nho, 1974.
Ngon Co Ngam Ngui, 1972.
Nhung Vi Sao Vinh Biet, 1971.
Noi Bo Vo Cua Bay Ngua Hoang 1970.
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