Nguyễn Huy Thiệp
Huy Thiệp Nguyễn (born April 29, 1950 in the Thanh Tri district in Hanoi ) is a Vietnamese writer .
Life
He was brought up by his Buddhist mother, and his Confucian grandfather also influenced him.
His first literary works appeared in 1986 . Since 1990 he has been working as a freelance writer. It occupies an important place in the contemporary literature of Vietnam . With Nguyễn's tale The Retired General , the “literature of renewal” began. Huy Thiệps Nguyễn focuses on short stories. He also writes plays and poetry.
He has two children and lives in Hanoi, where he runs a restaurant .
Works
Works sorted by subject:
- About history and literature:
- Kiếm sắc - Sharp sword
- Vàng lửa - fire gold
- Influenced by fairy tales:
- Những ngọn gió Hua Tát
- Phẩm tiết
- About Current Society in Vietnam:
- Khong co vua - Without an emperor
- Tuong ve huu (The Retired General) - The General Retires and Other Stories , OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1993, ISBN 0-19-588580-5 .
- The retired general , Mitteldeutscher Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-89812-633-5 (German edition)
- About life in the country and farmers:
- Nhung nguoi tho xe - the wood saws
- Nguyen Huy Thiep et al. a .: Short Stories and Poems - A small collection of short stories, short stories and poems, 2000, ISSN 0946-0691 .
- Crossing the River - Voices from Vietnam , Curbstone Press, 2004, ISBN 1-880684-92-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Authors (= you (journal) . No. 7/8 ). TA-Media, Zurich 1997, p. 8 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nguyễn, Huy Thiệp |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nguyen, Huy Thiep |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanoi |