Nguyễn Huy Thiệp

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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

  1. ↑ Authors (=  you (journal) . No. 7/8 ). TA-Media, Zurich 1997, p. 8 .
personal data
SURNAME Nguyễn, Huy Thiệp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nguyen, Huy Thiep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vietnamese writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanoi