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ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE OF WRITING OF VIETNAMESE POETS AND WRITERS IN
THE OVERSEAS [Vietnamese Poets And Writers Abroad
LISTINGS]
Most of Vietnamese
writers living abroad are first-generation immigrants, who left Vietnam for
the free world as a result of the 1975 events, when South Vietnam collapsed
and the Communist North took over the entire country. They are the ones who
paved the way for a new literary community abroad, and subsequently, with
writers who started writing after 1975 and second-generation writers who left
Vietnam as teenagers, or who were born after 1975 around the globe, brought
Vietnamese literature into existence in the overseas. The list is compiled
and listed in Vietnamese by poet Luan-Hoan. Listings are edited, rewritten in
English and given added information to where need be by The Writers Post’s
editor N. Saomai. Some listings, as well as unqualified data in a listing
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A Ái Cầm pseudonym of Trần Ái Cầm (1949 Quang Nam-- USA) –W-- born in 1949 in Hoi An, educated at the high
schools Tho Nhon, Phan Thanh Gian (Da Nang), and Khai Tri (Saigon). Returning
to Da Nang, she became Dean of Chanh Dao High School. After the fall of South
Vietnam in 1975, she came to the US, and resettled in California (US) at the
end of 1979. Ái
Cầm is the Publisher of the weekly Saigon Times,
assistant-editor of Quang Da, an annually publication publishing works about
Quang Nam. 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 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) 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 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), 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). 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). 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
(story), Bước Chân Non (story),
Sau Cuộc Chiến (story), Hải Quân Ra
Khơi (research 1975),
Cuồng Lưu (story), Đưa Tiễn (story), Tưởng Như Trở Về (story,
1999), T́m Vết Chân Xưa (story. CA: Văn Mới, 2002). Đinh Cường (1939 Thu Dau Mot - USA) --
P&Artist – is equally famous as an artist and a writer. *Pubs: Poetry and essays on art published in literary magazines,
including 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). 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
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. CAN: Làng Văn, 2003). 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). 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 -- CANADA) -- FW – escaped
Vietnam by sea, and settled in Canada. 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 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. 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 |
