THE WRITERS POST

TheWriters Post    A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE AND LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION Published biannually – ISSN: 1527-5469  A DIRECTORY OF VIETNAMESE POETS AND WRITERS IN THE OVERSEAS [Vietnamese Poets And Writers Abroad LISTINGS] THE ‘VIETNAMESE WRITERS ABROAD LISTINGS’ AIMS TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION ON POETS AND WRITERS LIVING ABROAD. 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 provided by Luan-Hoan may be deleted, and new qualified listings may be added. Considered unqualified are data on free daily newspapers, free weekly or monthly publications with classified advertising, publications from vanity press, and honorable awards or mentions. The length of an entry does not mean any important of an author. And, when data on teaching positions, military positions, and governmental positions should be left out of such brief listings in ‘Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad’, they still remain as matter of providing more, but not necessary special, information.  Copyright © The Writers Post 1999-2009. Nothing in this website may be downloaded, distributed, or reproduced without the permission of the author/ translator/ artist/ and The Writers Post. Creating links to place The Writers Post or any of its pages within other framesets or in other documents is copyright violation, and is not permitted. ISSN 1527-5469 – US-based, founded 1999. Founder & Editor: N. Saomai

PAGE 1:  A – M [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] LISTING BY AUTHOR: A JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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), Hòn Vọng Phu  (novel), Dấu Khắc Hoa Mai (novel), Ngọn Cỏ Ven Sông (novel), Cho Trọn Cuộc Tình (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 Ðể Nhớ (collection of stories, 1994), Hình Như Là Tình 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), Ðau Ðớn Phận Giàu (1967), Bông Lúa Sa Mo (1968), Gừng Cay Muối Mặn  (1969), Người Vợ Hai Lần Cưới (1970), Từ Khám Lớn Ðến Côn Ðảo  (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 Ðộ Ðỗ Cẩm Khê pseudonym of Do Trang Do (North Vietnam b19. – 1996 Maryland USA) – P –   Settled in the US in 1986. *Pubs: Hương Tình (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 Ðắng (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 Lý (poetry, 1993), Những Mối Tình (poetry, 1994), Lạc Thiên (poetry, 1996),  Gấm Ðẹp Mây Trời (poetry, 1996), Ngậm Miệng  (poetry, 1996), Lệnh Thầy (verse play, 2001). LISTING BY AUTHOR: B JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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 Ðất Nước (research), Giai Thoại Câu Ðối (research), Câu Ðối 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 Tình Xuân Diệu (research), Thơ Tình Vũ Hoàng Chương (research), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến Và Hiện Ðại (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 Ðông, Thế Kỷ 21. His works also appeared in the anthologies Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên Hành Ðộng Xã 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).  Bình 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 Ðề, 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 Ðò Dọc, Gieo Gío Gặt Bão 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 Ðàn, Văn, Ðộc Lập, Quê Mẹ. Bình 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), Ðò Dọc  (novel, 1959), Gieo Gió Gặt Bão (novel, 1959), Ký Thác (short story, 1960), Nhện Chờ Mối Ai. (1962), Xô Ngã Bức Tường Rêu  (1963), Ái Ân Thâu Ngắn Cho Dài Tiếc Thương (1963), Bóng Ai Qua Ngoài Cửa (novel, 1963), Mối Tình Cuối Cùng  (1963), Hoa Hậu Bồ Ðào (novel,1963), Nửa Ðêm Trảng Sụp (novel,1963), Tâm Trạng Hồng (short story,1963), Ðừng Hỏi Tại Sao (1965), Mưa Thu Nhớ Tằm (short story,1965), Tình Ðất (short story,1966), Những Bước Lang Thang Trên Phố Của Gã Bình 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), Ðèn Cần Giờ (1968), Diễm Phương (1968), Sau Ðêm Bố Ráp (1968), Cuống Rún Chưa Lìa (short story, 1969), Nhìn Xuân Người Khác (1969), Khi Từ Thức Về Trần (1969), Nguồn Gốc  Mã 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 Ðô, 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 đình Luân, Ðại Nam 1995), T.T.Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm VHVN Hải Ngoại (Văn Bút V.N.H.N 1995), Thơ Tình 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  Mình  (story. CA: Người Việt), Bạn Gái To Nhỏ (CA: Người Việt, 1991). Bùi Kim Ðĩnh (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 Ðệm (story), Ngược Sông (story. VN: 1969), Ðổi Xác (story. VN:1969) Bùi Ngọc Tuấn (1947 North Vietnam--USA) --FW–  born in 1947 in North Vietnam. He came to South Vietnam in 1954 as the 1954 Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel, with his family, and was later educated at Chu Van An High School in Saigon, and University of Saigon from where he graduated BA in Philosophy. From 1969 to 1975, he taught school in Don Duong, Gia Dinh. Starting his writing in 1961, he contributed to the Saigon-based magazines Ngan Khoi, Khoi Hanh, Nghe Thuat, Hoai Bao, and worked for magazines Lac Viet, Hien Tuong as a managing editor. In 1975, he came to the US, and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he since lives. Pubs: Tuong Ca (poetry, 2000), Rung Trang Suong Khoi (poetry, 2002), Say giua mua trang (poetry, 2004) 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: Ðại 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 Tãu Khúc Kỷ Niệm (1982), Ngôn Ngữ và Văn Hóa Việt Nam (1992), Các Bài Luận Và Tuần Ký Mẫu (1994), Ở Một Nơi Nào (1995), 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Ngoài Nước 1975-1995 (1995). LISTING BY AUTHOR: C JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] Cao Bình 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, Ðộc Lập, Măng Non, Tân Văn; and in the anthologies: Trăng Ðất Khách (CAN: Làng Văn, 1987), Truyện Hay Hải Ngoại 2 (Nguyễn Văn Ba. Phù Sa, 1991) Cao Ðông 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: Ðại Nam 1995). *Pubs: Lịch Sử Tình Yêu (poetry), Lửa Ðốt 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 Tình 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), Lãng Ðãng Vào Thu (poetry, 2001), Ðưa Người Tình Ði 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 Tìm 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 (Ðại Nam Văn Hiến, 1962), Khúc Ca Nhược Tiểu (poetry, Ðại Nam Văn Hiến, 1960), Văn Học Hiện Ðại Thi Ca Và Thi Nhân (Saigon, Vietnam: Quần Chúng, 1969), Làm Thế Nào Ðể Giết Một Tổng Thống (Saigon, Vietnam: Dinh Minh Ngoc, 1970), Lịch Sử Văn Minh Nông Dân Và Nông Thôn Việt Nam Từ Ðời Hồng Bàng Ðến Năm 1945 (Long Xuyên, Vietnam: 1974), Cong giao Viet Nam trong dòng 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 Ðao, 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 Ðại (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  (Ðời, 1998). *Pubs: Hoa Ðăng (poetry, 1970), Sứ Trình (Nam Chi Tùng Thư 1970), Quan Niệm Về Cái Chết Qua Thi Ca Và Triết Lý (1970). Ðăng Trình (1971), Thơ Nhạc (Bội Ngọc, 1974), Cao Tiêu Thi Tuyển (poetry, 2002) Cao Vị Khanh pseudonym of Võ 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: Ðại Nam 1995). *Pubs: Tháng Ba Gãy Súng (Calif, US: Van Khoa 1986). Cao Xuân Lý (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, Ðộc Lập. *Pubs: Tan Rã (novel, 1991), Vết Thương Ngày Cũ (novel. CAN: Làng Văn,1997), Nắng Muộn Thu Vàng (story. CAN: Làng Văn, 1998), Cuối Ðoạn Ðường Tình (novel. CAN: Làng Văn, 2000), Sau Mùa Bão 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 Ðàn (France). Having works in other author’s books or anthologies: 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Ðại 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 Ðen (1993), Bổ Túc Lý Lịch Cho Loài Di Dân (1994), Biển Là Một Tờ Kinh (1996). Chu Tử pseudonym of Chu Văn Bình (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, Ðộc 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 Ðại (Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng 1969) Tự Ðiển Văn Học (Thanh Tùng, Khai Trí, 1973) Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (Thanh Niên, Pháp-1986), Chân Dung Thơ Luân Hoán (Kinh Ðô 1991), Những Ðiều Trông Thấy (Cội Nguồn 2000), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Song Nhị, Diên Nghị 2003), các tuyển tập Cụm Hoa Tình Yêu. *Pubs: Ðêm Ðen Hai Mươi Tuổi (poetry, 1964), Tiếng Hát Việt Nam (poetry, 1965), Trường Ca Việt Nam  (poetry, 1967), Phía Mặt Trời Mọc (poetry, 1969), Ðất 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 Lý Học (Saigon: Khai Trí, 1952), Ðạo Ðức Học (Saigon: Khai Trí, 1953), Luận Lý Học (Saigon: Khai Trí, 1953), Danh Từ Triết Học (research, Saigon: (?), 1959), Bên Giòng Lịch Sử, Phương Pháp Luận (translation), Năng Lực Tinh Thần (translation), Ký Ức Và Vật Chất (translation), Ý 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 Ðề, 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 Ðại, 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 Ðuông. 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 Ðại (Trần Tuấn Kiệt, 1962), Văn Học Hiện Ðại (Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng, 1969), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến Và Hiện Ðại (BảoVân 1978), 20 Năm Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (Ðại Nam, 1995), Du Tử Lê, Tác Phẩm Tác Giả (1997), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (Văn Mới 2000), Thơ Tình Bốn Phương (Thái Doãn Hiểu, Hoàng Liên. VN: Trẻ, 1994), Thơ Tình 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 Ðuông), 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 Ðỉnh 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 Ngã, Mõ Làng Văn, Cả Cười, Bút Chì, 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), Ký (memoir, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), Hồ Xuân Hương (research, Dương Thương Ngã), Dọn  Ðường Về  Nước (political essay, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), Giai Ðọan Mới Trên Chiến Trường Cũ (political essay, Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa), and Truyện cười (11 volumes). LISTING BY AUTHOR: D JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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: Ðường Tình Em Ði (story, 68), Mái Ấm Gia Ðình (1989), Câu Chuyện Một Chiếc Tượng Vàng (1989), Ðời Ca Sĩ (novel, 1993; 2nd edition, 1998), Tình Người Nữ Tu  (novel 1995), 1001 Cách Quyến Rủ Và Ðề Phòng Ðàn 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 Ðội  (research, 1957), Chuyện Của Nàng (poetry, 1962), Rừng Ðỗ 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), Coi Tho Tim Gap (US: Coi Nguon). 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 Ðộc Lập in Germany. *Pubs: Bão Loạn,  (play, 1957) , Cơn  Lốc (play, 1966), Cơn  Mưa  Ðầu Mùa (story. CAN: Làng Văn, 1990),  Kéo Da Non   (story, 1994), Hoa  Ðào  Năm  Ngoái  (story, 1996) , Sơ Lược Về  Ngôn  Ngữ. Doãn 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 Ðình Vượng, 1958), Gìn  Vàng  Giữ  Ngọc (Saigon: Nguyễn Ðình Vượng, 1960), Dòng Sông Ðịnh Mệnh (Saigon: Tự Do, 1959), Hồ Thuỳ Dương (Saigon: Nguyễn Ðình Vượng,1960), Trái Cây Ðau Khổ (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1963), Người Việt Ðáng Yêu (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1965),Cánh Tay Nối Dài (Saigon: Sáng Tạo,1966), Ðốt  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 Ðàn Bà Bên Kia Vỹ Tuyến,1964; Tình Yêu Thánh Hoá, 1965; Những Ngả Sông,1966), Người Vái Tứ Phương, (CA: Van Nghe, 1995), Dấu Chân Cát Xóa (CA: Van Nghe, 1995), Mình Lại Soi Mình (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 Li pseudonym of Nguyễn Thị Phương Dung. (Ha-Noi, Vietnam 1938–1994 USA) – W – born 1938 in Ha Noi, North Vietnam, educated at Buoi High School in Ha-Noi. The 1954 Geneva Accord forced her to immigrate, with her family (?), to South Vietnam, where she settled in Saigon and continued her education at Trung Vuong, Chu Van An High School, and Saigon University’s Faculty of Law. Pursuing higher education in the US, she obtained a MA in (?) and worked in following years, in the 60’s, at the Vietnamese Embassy in the US, and subsequently at the United Nations Office. In 1974, she quitted her job, resumed her education, and then worked for a certain US-based international charity. In the period from 1960 to 1970, Du Li’s short stories appeared in the Saigon-based literary magazine Bach Khoa. She died on May 29, 1994 in the US. Pubs: Short stories published in Bach Khoa Magazine (Saigon: Bach Khoa, 1960-70), in The-Ky 21 Magazine (US: The Ky 21, 1994). 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 Ðịnh Mệnh (1965),Tình Khúc Tháng Mười Một (1966),Tay Gõ  Cửa  Ðời (1970), Chung Cuộc (co-authored with Mai Thảo), Mắt Thù (1969), Ngửa Mặt (1969), Vốn Liếng Một Ðời (1969), Qua Hình Bóng  Khác (1970), Một Ðời Riêng (1972), Khóc Lẻ Loi Một Mình (1972), Chỉ Như Mặt Khác Tấm Gương Soi (poetry, 1997), Thơ Tình (1996), Tiếng Kêu Nào Bên Kia Thời Tiết (story), Em Và ,Mẹ Và Tôi Là Một Nhé (memoir), Chỗ Một Ðời Em Vẫn Ðể Dành, Nhìn Nhau Chợt Thấy Ra Sông Núi, Chấm Dứt Luân Hồi Em Bước Ra, Ði Và Về Cùng Một Nghĩa Như Nhau, K.Khúc Của Lê (poetry set in music), Hoa Nào Tin Quả Ðắng Ðến Không Ngờ / Flowers can’t believe fruits would grow that bitter  (translated by Như Hạnh, Nhan Chung, 1999), Em Hiểu Vì Ðâu Chim Gọi Nhau (poetry set in music), Quê Hương Là Người Ðó (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), Giu Doi Cho Nhau (CA: HT Productions, 2010), etc… 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 Ðình Tôi (memoir, 1962), Cái Lưới  (novel, 1964), Ngày Nào Còn Ðàn 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 Hòa 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 Ðời (Thế Phong 1970), Văn Nghệ Sĩ Quân Ðội (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 Tình Việt Nam Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng Trương, Thanh Niên, 1998), Lưu Dân Thi Thoại  (Song Nhị, Diên Nghị,1993). *Pubs: Giấc Ngủ Chân Ðèo (poetry, 1964),Vẫn Ðời Ðời Hoài Vọng (poetry, 1971), Giữa Dòng Nghịch Lũ (novel. US: 1991), Dặm Nghìn  (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 Ðại 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 Ðông 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 Ðau 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 Ðồng (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). Dương Viết Điền (b19. Quang Binh VN - USA) -- FW – Born in Quang Binh, North Vietnam, he came to South Vietnam in 1954, where he was later educated at Faculty of Law (Hue), and RVAF Political Warfare College (Dalat) from where he graduated and subsequently became an officier in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. After 1975, he was imprisoned by the Communists in the Re-education camps for 10 years. In 1990, he came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O), settled in California. He started writing in the same year under the pseudonym Ha-Ai-Khanh, contributing to the magazines  Vien-xu, Saigon Times, Saigon Nho, Chien-si quoc- gia, Viet-nam Press, Suc-Song , Van-hoc Nghe-thuat, Quan Gio, Đai-Chung, Thoi-Luan, and Thang Mo. His poems have appeared in the anthologies The symphony of verse, The Cascade of Memory, The Outstanding Poets of 1998, A Celebration of Poets, and America at the Millennium Pubs: Trai Ai-tu va Binh-Đien (memoir, 1993), Ngam-Ngui (poetry,1996), Speechless (poetry, English language, 2000), Nhung anh-hung vi-quoc vong-than (2003). Ðào Ðăng 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 Ðức 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, Ðào Ðăng 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 Ðồng Quê (translated from André Gide 54), Pháp Việt Tự Ðiển Phổ Thông  (1954), Pháp Việt  Ðại Từ Ðiển  (1956), Việt Pháp Tự Ðiển (1956), Ông Già Goriot (translated from Balzac, 1959), Việt Nam Bách Khoa Tự  Ðiển 1, 2 và 3 (1959-1963), Pháp Việt  Tiểu Tự  Ðiển  (1961), Nguyễn Tri Phương- Nhất Gia Tam Kiệt, (research), Thất Thủ Kinh Ðô (historical play). Ðào 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 Tình 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 Ðày (CAN: Làng Văn, 1987) Ðào Văn Bình (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). Ðằng 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. Ðằng Phương died of cancer in France on July 28, 1990. *Pubs: Hồn Việt (poetry. VN: Ðuốc 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 Võ Hiệp Kim Dung (Thanh Phương, 1986), Quốc Triều Hình Luật (8 volumes. US: Việt Publisher, 1990), Dân Tộc Hay Giai Cấp (Mekong Tỵ Nạn, 1990), Nhận Ðịnh Tình Hình Thế Giới (1990), Biện Chứng Duy Vật (1990). Ðặng 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). -- Ðặng 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). Ðặng 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). Ðặng 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: VIDIÐruckeret, 1991). Ðặng Tiến (1940 Quang Nam - France) -- W – educated at Lycée Blaise Pascal in Ðà 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 Ðàn, Thông Luận, Ðoàn 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). Ðặng 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, Ðặng 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). Ðặng 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, Ðời, Ðại Dân Tộc, Diều Hâu, Tia Sáng, Chiến Sĩ Cọng Hòa, Văn Ðàn, Bách Khoa. In the overseas, he contributed to Diễn Ðàn Phụ Nữ, Khởi Hành, and Thế Kỷ 21. Settled in the US in 1992,  Ðặng 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). Ðiệp Mỹ Linh pseudonym of Nguyễn Thị Thanh Ðiệp (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  Ðoạn  Ðường (collection of short stories. US: published by the author, 1986), Bước Chân Non (collection of short stories. US: published by the author, 1987),  Sau Cuộc Chiến (a novel. US: Nguon Y Publisher, 1988), Hải Quân  Viet Nam Cong Hoa Ra  Khơi, 1975  (historical document. US: published by the author, 1990), Ðưa Tiễn  (collection of short stories. US: published by the author, 1992), Cuồng Lưu (a novel. US: published by the author, 1993), Tưởng Như Trở Về (collection of short stories. US: published by the author, 1998), Tìm Vết Chân Xưa (collection of short stories. US, CA: Văn Mới, 2003), Trăng Lạnh (collection of short stories. US, CA: Văn Mới, 2009). Ðinh Cường (1939 Thu Dau Mot - USA) -- P&Artist – equally famous as an artist and a writer, professor of Fine Art at Dong Khanh College Hue in (...); he was born in Thu Dau Mot Vietnam in 1939, graduated from Hue Fine Art Shool (1963), National Shool of Fine Art Saigon (1964). Like other prominent artists, he joined the Young Vietnamese Artists Association, an active and well-known artist group, in the early 60's, and was the Association's general secretary in the period from 1969 to 1971. Dinh Cuong participated in many international events: Singapore (1974), Sao Paulo (1967), Tokyo (1966), Tunis (1964), Paris (1963), and International Exhibition in Saigon Vietnam (1962). His work is presented in many private collections in Canada, France, Germany, USA, and VietNam. In the field of literature, he composed poems, wrote essays on art, and contributed to numerous established journals and magazines. His poems and essays on art have appeared in many literary and art magazines, including Van Hoc Nghe Thuat, Hop Luu, Van, Van Hoc, The Ky 21. *Pubs: Poetry and essays on art published in literary magazines, including Van Hoc Nghe Thuat, Hop Luu, Van, Van Hoc, The Ky 21. Ðinh 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) Ðinh 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). Ðinh 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) Ðịnh Nguyên pseudonym of Nguyễn  Ðình Ðịnh (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  Ðình Vong. *Pubs: Ðường Xương Trắng (novel), Thơ Giập Mật (poetry of humours), Quê Hương (poetry). Ðoàn 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), Tìm Hiểu Hội Họa (research, 1962), Tìm Ðẹp (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), Hòa Âm (poetry), Từ Thức Hay Kẻ Tìm Ðường (poetry). Lược Khảo Về Chánh Ðảng, Lược Khảo Về  Hiến  Pháp Các Nước Á Châu, Quan Niệm Sáng Tác Thơ, Nhà Quê Ra Tỉnh (published overseas,1999), Tìm Hiểu Và Xét Lại Con Người Và Nếp Sống Xưa Và Nay (US: Tổ  Hợp Miền Ðông Hoa-Kỳ, 1996). Ðoàn 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). Ðoàn 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). Ðỗ Bằng Ðoàn (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: Ðường Thi Trích Dịch (co-authored with Bùi Khánh Ðản, Sàigòn 1960), Việt Nam Ca Trù Biên Khảo (co-authored with Ðỗ Trọng Huề, 1962), Những  Ðại Lễ Và Vũ Khúc Của Vua Chúa Việt Nam (co-authored with Ðỗ 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 Ðỗ Trọng Huề,  Hoa Lư Canada,1998), Khoa Cử Việt Nam, phần 3: Danh Nhân Khoa Bảng (2 volumes, co-authored with Ðỗ Trọng Huề, Hoa Lư 1998). Ðỗ Bình (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), Ðỗ Kh. pseudonym of Ðỗ 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. Ðỗ 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 Ðỗ Kh (CA: Tân Thư, 1989) Có Những  Bực  Mình  Tức Không  Thể  Nói (CA: Tân Thư, 1990), Ký  Sự  Ði  Tây (CA: Xuân Thu, 1991), Gung Di Bo Phieu (US: Tap Chi Tho, 2007). Ðỗ 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. Ðỗ 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). Ðỗ Quỳnh Dao (b19. Vietnam - France) -- W – pursued higher education in France before 1975. *Pubs: Con Nữ   (collection of short stories. US: Văn MớI, 2002). Ðỗ Quý 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), Ðêm Việt Nam (poetry, 1966), Yêu Con Dạy Con Nên Người Việt (essay, 1988), Cỏ Và Tuyết (poetry, 1989), Ðổi Mới Kinh Tế (research, VHB), Tìm Thơ Trong Tiếng Nói (research, 1992). Ðỗ 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) Ðỗ Tiến Ðức (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). Ðỗ Thúc Vịnh (Ha Dong, North Vietnam 1920 – 1996 San Jose USA) -- P – Born on 7-7-1920 in Ha Dong, North Vietnam. The 1954 Geneva Accord dividing North and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel forced him to immigrate to South Vietnam. After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975 he came, as a refuge, to the US, where he resettled and died on June 17, 1996. Pubs: Bong Tre Xanh (Hanoi: 1944, Saigon: 1957, US: 1984, won the 1942-1943 Gia-Long Literary Award), Ho Xuan Huong (Saigon: Bon Phuong,1956), Le Kim - Ha Ich (translated from Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by R.L.Stevenson, Saigon: Nguoi Viet Tu Do, 1956), Di Mo (Saigon: Tu Do,1959, US: Do Do, 1989), Mua Ao Anh (Saigon: Tu Do, 1962, US: Do Do, 1991), Nhung Nguoi Dang Toi (Saigon: 1954, US: 1990), Hoang Hon Tuy But (US: Do Do, 1991), Noi Am Anh Cua Que Huong (US: Do Do, 1996). Ðỗ Trọng Huề (1930 Ninh Binh, North Vietnam - Canada) -- W – born the son of writer Ðỗ Bằng Ðoàn, 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 Ðỗ Bằng Ðoàn, Sài Gòn, 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 Ðại Lễ Và Vũ Khúc Của Vua Chúa Việt Nam (co-authored with Ðỗ Bằng Ðoàn, 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 Ðỗ Bằng Ðoàn. 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) Ðức Phổ pseudonym of Nguyễn Ðức 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 Tình Xin Kịp Gặp (poetry, CA: Văn, 2002). LISTING BY AUTHOR: G JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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 Ðố Số Mệnh (novel, 1994). LISTING BY AUTHOR: H JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] Hà Huyền Chi pseudonym of Ðặng 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, Mã Tử, and Hồ An. *Pubs: Poetry: "Saut" Đêm (1963),  Còn Gì Cho Anh (1971), Cho Mặt Trời (1975), Tên Nô Lệ Mới (1979), Như Đá Ngàn Năm (1981), Cõi 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 Bình Sinh, Một Túi Thơ (1996), Đồng Thiếp (1966), Bão 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 Mòn (1970),  Bước Đam Mê (1971), Mưa Đêm Trong Chiến Hào (1971), Trên Cánh Đồng Mây (1974), Thằng Thái Bình (1974). Hà Kỳ Lam pseudonym of Nguyễn Ðình 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 Ðề, and Văn Học. *Pubs: Vung da ngam (story- The Ky 1994), Nui van xanh (story- The Ky 1994). Hà Nguyên Du pseudonym of Nguyễn Ðình 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 Ðề, 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, Ðường Sống,  San Diego Tin Tức, Việt Nam Nhật Báo, Thời Luận, Thế Kỷ 21, Văn, Văn Học (HoaKỳ), Làng Văn, Nắng Mới, Ði Tới, Lửa Việt (Canada), Chiêu Dương (Úc), Ðộc Lập (Ðức), 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 Gòn Mới, Tiền Tuyến, Cấp Tiến, Chuông Mai, Tin Mới, Dân Chúng, Thời Báo, and Thủ Ðô. His other pseudonyms are: Trần Tuấn Hải, Mai Trúc Ly. He is living in California. *Pubs: Ngủ Ðường (reportage), Sài Gòn Ăn CHơi (reportage), Gia Ðình Bác Tám (story. US: Chuông Việt, 1987), Giòng 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 Tình Yêu (poetry, 1962), Con Ðường Tình 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 Ðặng 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 Ðại, 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 Ðà 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 Ðen Ai Nhuộm Cho Mình (novel, self-published in 1953), Anh Hoa (translated from English verse, 1965), Khói Lửa (poetry, 1987), Yêu Mãi Ngàn Năm (poetry, 1990), Theo Nhịp Dòng Ðời (story, 1993), Rừng Thiêng (story, 1994), Kịch thơ (verse play, 1994). Hoa Văn pseudonym of Ngô Văn Hòa (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: Ðường Em Hoa Nở (poetry, 1964), Thơ Anh Hoa (poetry, 1965), Thơ Lục Bát (poetry, 1966) Thơ Và Thời Gian (poetry, 2000). Hoài Ðiệp 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 Ðộc 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 Tình Yêu (story, 1965), Phiên Buồn (story, 1966), Lửa Ðạn Về Thành (story, 1968), Tình Biển (story, 1968), Ðỉnh Núi Mù (story, 1969), Còn Xanh Kỷ Niệm (story, 1969), Bến Ðục (story,  1970), Giọt Máu Cho Cánh Ðồng Mùa Hạ (story, 1970), Tặng Phẩm Của Ðêm (story, 1971), Bụi Thành Phố (story, 1971), Mặt Trời Mọc Cho Ai (story, 1972), Hành Lang Ðen (story, 1972), Cao Ốc Số 8 (story, 1973), Sông Hoang (story, 1974), Trên Ðầu 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 Ðại, the daily newspapers Ðồng 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 Ðại (Trần Tuấn Kiệt, 1962), Văn Học Hiện Ðại (Cao Thế Dung, Quần Chúng, 1969), Thi Ca Tiền Chiến Và Hiện Ðại (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 Tình 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 Ðời 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 Dòng 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: Ðại 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 Ðêm Nghe Mẹ Thở Dài (poetry, 91), Mùa Thu Cuối Cùng (story, 1994), Lời Tỏ Tình  Ðã  Cũ  (story, 2000) Tình Khúc (novel, 2002), Mấy Sông Cũng Lội (novel. CA: Văn Mới, 2002), Viết Cho Mẹ Ở Quê Nhà  (story. US: Văn Moi, 2003), Mot doan Trong Thanh Kinh (collection of short stories. CAN: Nhan Anh), Tinh O Dai Bac (short story collection. CAN: Nhan Anh, 2007). 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: Ðại 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 Gòn, Tây Ðực Tây Cái, Chiếc Hôn Tử Biệt,  Ðêm Vĩnh Biệt (2nd edition of Chiếc Hôn Tử Biệt), Nổ Như Tạc Ðạn ,Yêu Lắm Cắn Ðau, Bạn Và Vợ, Môi Thắm Nửa Ðời, Người Vợ Mất Trí, Ðịnh Mệnh Ðã An Bài, Kiều Giang (adaptation), Ðỉnh Gío Hú (adaptation), Những Chuyện Thần Tiên (adaptation), Ðiệp Viên 007 (adaptation),Thầy Nô (adaptation),Máu Ðen Vàng Ðỏ (adaptation), Ðất 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: Ðại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới - 2000), Long Ẩn Gĩa Từ Cõi Tạm (US: Hồn Việt 2003), Luân Hoán-Một Ðời Thơ (US: Sông Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Mặt Trời Lên  (poetry, Ðại Nam Văn Hiến 1967), Phục Hồi Quyền Chức Làm Người (poetry, 1970) Trong Hoàn Cảnh Khác (story, 72), Ngẩng Mặt Nhìn 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: Ðại 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  Ðãi (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 Ðề, Hợp Lưu. His pieces appeared in the other author’s books / or anthologies 20 Năm Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (US: Ðại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới 2000), Nhà Thơ Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại (Nguyễn Ðình Tuyến), Luân Hoán Một Ðời Thơ (US: Song Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Thơ  Học Trò (1966), Trái  Tim  Còn  Lại (1971), Qua  Mấy Trời Sương Mưa (1999). Hoàng Mai Ðạt (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: Ðại 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 Ðại (Trần Tuấn Kiệt, 1962) ,Văn Học Hiện Ðại (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 Võ Ðại 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), Ðêm Trắng (poetry), Cánh Chim Bằng (poetry), Ðăng Trình (poetry), Hồn Ca (poetry),Lời Viết Cho Quê Hương (translation), Ðoản Khúc Người Ra Ði (poetry), Tắm Máu Ðen (memoir), Tiếng Chim Bên Dòng 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 Ðáo 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), Ða 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  Ðua  Nở Trên Ðất Bắc (Saigon, 1959), From Colonialism To Communism, Duy Văn Sử Quan (published posthumously, edited by Hoang Viet Dung. US: Canh Nam, 1990). Hoàng Văn Ðức (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 Tình Yêu published in the US. He is living in California. *Pubs: Bông Hồng Ðỏ, Người Cân Linh Hồn (translation. Saigon: Van Hoc, 19?)), Dịch Hạch (translation, 1965), Y Khoa Nhân Bản, Cánh Tay Người Thương Binh, Khơi Dòng Sứ Mệnh. Hoàng Xuân Hãn (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), Ngay Thang Luu Vong (poetry. US: Hai Ngoai Nhan Van, (?), Mot Thoi Luu Vong (poetry – no price given. US: Hai Ngoai Nhan Van, (?). Hồ Ðình 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 Ðô, 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: Ðại 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 Ðời 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 Mình Em, Ðến Giữa Ðời (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 Ðàn, Phụ Nữ  Ngày Nay, Hồn Nước, Hành Ðộng, Ðộc Lập, Viên Giác, Lạc Hồng, Ðất 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 Ðô, 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: Ðại  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 Ðường Hương , Tình Trong Nhung Lụa, Ðêm Chong Ðèn, Còn Tuôn Mạch Ðời, Nửa Chợ Nửa Quê, Ngát Thơm Hoa Bưởi Bông Trà, Chân Trời Mộng Ðẹp, Thuở Sen Hồng Phượng Thắm, Bãi Gío Cồn Trăng, Bóng Ðèn Tà Nguyệt, Trang Trại Thần Tiên , Tình Ðẹp Ðất Long Hồ, Vùng Thôn Trang Diễm Ảo , Ðồng Không Mông quạnh,  Gả Thiếp Về Vườn, Bãi  Gío  Cồn  Trăng , Ðêm Xanh Huyền Hoặc, Thuở Sen Hồng Phượng Thắm , Chân Trời Mộng Ðẹp ,Tình Sen Ý Huệ Short stories : Chuyện Quê Nam,Chuyện Miệt Vườn, Hội Rẫy Vườn Sông Rạch,Tạp Chủng. Memoirs : Giai Thoại Hồng, Cõi Ký Ức Trăng Xanh, Thông Ðiệp 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), Tìm  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: Ði Tìm Tự Do  (poetry), Trên Ðường Gió Bụi  (poetry), Lời Quê Góp Nhặt  (poetry), Lữ Hoài  (poetry in Chinese), Tình Non Nước (poetry),  Một Gia Ðình Cách Mạng (research), Giai Thoại Nguyễn Công Trứ  (research), Ðiều 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 Ðọng (1994), Mở Ngõ Phù Vân (1995) Lục Bát Huệ Thu (1997), Ðầu 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 Tình 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), Tình 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 Ðêm 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 Ðời 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 Tình Việt Nam Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng Trương. VN: Thanh Niên, 1998).  *Pubs: Chiều  Quê  Hương  (story, 1963), Lòng  Chưa  Dâu Biển (1967),  Những Hàng Châu Ngọc Trong Thi Ca Hiện Ðại  (1969), Ngõ 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 Viet Nam Hien Dai (US: VAALA, (?), 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: Ði Tìm Tác Phẩm Văn Chương (essay), Văn  Chương Và Kinh Nghiệm Hư Vô (essay ,1968) Người  Ðồng Hành (story, 69), Phía Ngoài (story, co-authored with Nguyễn Ðình Toàn), Những Ngày Mưa (story, 1970), Ngọn Lửa Ðìu 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: Dòng 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: Ðại Nam) ,Vĩnh Long : Ðất nước, Con Người (US: Minh Văn) , Bảy Viễn: Xếp Sòng 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 Ði Biển (1963), Neo Tuổi Vàng (1967), Kiếp Lưu đãy (19??) Hương Thủy pseudonym of Hoàng Trọng Thược (1909 Thua Thien -- USA) -- W – settled in the US in 1975. *Pubs: Hương Bình 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 JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Y 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 JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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 Tình 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), Ðại Lãng (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: Cõi Thơ (CAN: Làng Văn, 1997), Ở Ðây (..) 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 Ðinh 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: Ðoản Thi Khánh Trường (poetry, US: Sống MớI, 1988), Tác Phẩm - Tác Gỉa (co-authored, TGLVHN 1989), Chỗ Tiếp Giáp Với Cánh  Ðồng (story, US: Tân Thư 1991), 20 Năm Văn Học Việt Nam Hải Ngoại 1975-1995 (co-authored with Cao Xuân Huy,Trương Ðình Luân; US: Ðại 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 Ðường, 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 Hình 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 Ðại (VN: Hội Nhà Văn, 1994), 20 Năm Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (US: Ðại 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 Hình 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: Ðại 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 Ðỗ / pseudonym of Ðỗ 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. Kim Lefèvre (1935 Vietnam – France) – W – writer and translator, born the only daughter of a Vietnmaese mother and a French father whom she never knew. In 1960 she came to France, where she settled in Paris and afterwards taught at many high schools in Paris. She started writing in 1982, and has been famed for her debut ‘Métisse Blanche’ published by Bernard Barrault in 1989. ‘Métisse Blanche’ reflects her first twenty five years in Vietnam, while ‘Retourn à la saison des pluies’ published in 1990, also by Bernard Barrault, evokes memories of her return to her homeland after thirty years of exile. As a translator, she translated into French a number of romances by Vietnamese authors living in Vietnam like Nguyen Huy Thiep, Duong Thu Huong and Phan Thi Vang Anh. Pubs: Métisse Blanche (Paris: Bernard Barrault, 1989; Paris: Editions J’ai Lu, 1990 / Biography), Retourn à la saison des pluies (Paris: Bernard Barrault, 1990; La Tour d’Aigues: Editions De L’Aube, 1995 / memoir), Moi, Marina la Malinche (1994), Histoire d’amour racontée avant l’aube (translated from Duong Thu Huong, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Conte d’amour un soir de pluie (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / legend), L’or et le feu (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Regards Croises / romance), La vengeance du loup (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Le cour du tigre (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Un general à la retrait (translated from Nguyen Huy Thiep, L’aube Eds De, Aube Poche / romance), Quand on est jeune (translated from Phan Thi Vang Anh, P. PicquierArles [Bouches-du-Rhône]). 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 JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] 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 Ðời Thơ (US: Sông Thu, 2005). *Pubs: Loài Cây Nhớ Gío (poetry- Khai Pha 1971), Ðoạn Ðường Hốt Tất Liệt (collection of short stories Van Moi 1998), (collection of short stories – CA: Van Hoc, 2000), Ði Giữa Bầy Thú Dữ (story – California: Van Moi, 2002), Lâm Chương truyen va nhung doan van (Van moi, 2004). Lâm Hão 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 Ðội, 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 Tình VN Và Thế Giới (Nguyễn Hùng Trương, VN: Thanh Niên, 1998), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn Mới, 2000). *Pubs: Ngày Ði Thương Sợi Khói Bên Nhà (1985), Ði Giữa Thời Tan Nát  (1989), Tóc Em Dài Em Cài Bông Hoa Lý. 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 Ðời Mới in California, USA (1988-1991). *Pubs Tình Sử Nhạc Khúc (1991), Share Phòng –Share Tình 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) Lãng Nhân pseudonym of Phùng Tất Ðắc (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 Lý (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 Ðại Lãng pseudonym of Hồ Ðắc 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: Ðại Nam, 1995). *Pubs Nước Mắt Trong Tim (memoir, Hồng Kông: 1990), Ðường Phía Bắc (novel, Australia: Ðồng Dao, 1994), Sân Trường (story). Lê Ðình Ðiểu (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 Ðường (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 Tòa Soạn (translation, Saigon: 1969), Ký 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: Ðại Nam 1995). *Pubs: Sài Gòn 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: Tình Thơm Mấy Nhánh (poetry 2003), Luân Hoán, Một Ðời 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 Dã 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, Ðặng 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 Ði (music, 1941), Thân Thế Và Sự Nghiệp Nhất Linh (education, 1955), Luận Ðề Về Khái Hưng (education,1956), Luận Ðề Về Hoàng Ðạo (education, 1956), Chủ Nghĩa Duy Linh (research,1957), Văn Hóa Và Nhận Vị (research, 1958. Co-authored with Bùi Xuân Bào, Võ Long Tê),Thảm Trạng Của Một Nền Dân Chủ Vô Thần (1958), Lĩnh Nam Chích  Quái (1959), Việt Ðiện 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 Ký’ (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 Võ 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 (Võ Ðức Trung, 2002). *Pubs: Mưa Qua Miền Ký Ức (poetry), Giữa Dòng (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 Ðô 1991) and Lưu Dân Thi Thoại (Nguồn, 2003) anthologies. *Pubs: Những Khối Vuông Tâm Tình, 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 Ðiều / 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 Ðiều 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: Ðại Nam, 1995), Truyện Miền Nam (US: Văn Nghệ), Ký-Bút-Kịch Miền Nam (US: Văn Nghệ). *Pubs: Khởi Hành (Saigon: ?, 1961), Kẻ Tình Nguyện (?), Quay Trong Gío Lốc  (Saigon:1965), Ðêm Dài Một Ðời  (Saigon: ?,1966),Phá Núi (Saigon: ?,1968), Những Giọt Mực (?), Người Ðá (Saigon: ?,1968), Anh Em (Saigon: ?,1970), Ly Hương  (Saigon: ?,1982), Ngừng Bắn Ngày Thứ  492 (US: ?), Ðóng Cửa Trần Gian, Thơ Cao Tần, Một Quả Cười Ðểu 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), Tình Như Mắt Biếc (story), Giọt Nước Mắt Thủy Tinh (novel), Nửa Cánh Thiên Ðường (story), Ðuổi 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 (1961 Viet-Nam -- USA) – P&FW – immigrated to the US in 1975, where she has since lived. Her works appeared in the anthologies 20 Năm Văn Học VN Hải Ngoại (US: Ðại Nam 1995), Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn MớI, 2000). The date of her birth has been much unclear; her sister, writer Le Thi Hue, put it in 1957. Pubs: Ðôi Bờ (story, 1993), Mùa Trăng (novel, 1995),Việt Nam Ngày Tôi Về (essay, 1996), Yellow Light (poetry, 1998), Xứ Nắng (novel, 2000), Âm Vọng (novel, 2003), Bóng Gẫy Của Thần Tích (novel. Anh Thư, 2005). Lê Tôn Nghiêm (b19. VN -- ?) -- W – a Catholic priest, proffessor at Saigon University. *Pubs: Heidegger Trước Sự Phá Sản Của Tư Tưởng Tây Phương (1969), Ðâu Là Căn Nguyên Tư Tưởng (1970) Lê Văn Hảo (b19. Quang Nam -- France) -- W – researcher, former professor at Hue University, who is living in France. *Pubs: Hành Trình Vào Dân Tộc Học (research, VN: 1966). Lê Văn Lân  (1931 Nam Dinh -- USA) -- W –  a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of Medicine and officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces’ Medical Corps. serving four years’ imprisonment in re-education camps. He escaped Vietnam by sea, came settling in the US in 1980, and has since worked for the Public Heath Department in New Jersey. He started writing in 1987, contributing to Lang Van and The Ky 21 magazines. *Pubs: Bút Khảo Về  Ăn (1993), Chiếc Bảo Ấn Cuối Cùng Của Hoàng Ðế Việt Nam (1998), Bút Khảo Về Xuân 1, 2 (CA: Văn Nghệ, 1999). Lê Văn Phúc (1934 Hai Duong -- USA) -- immigrated to South Vietnam in 1954, former offier in the Armed Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Infantry School. He escaped Vietnam, and resettled in the US in 1975. His writings appeared in the magazines Sóng , Lửa Việt, Làng Văn, Ðất Mới, Chuông Việt, Người Việt and the anthology Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa VN Hải Ngoại 75-81 (CA: Văn Hữu, 1982) *Pubs: Tôi Làm Tôi Mất Nước (story), Bóng Thời Gian (story). Lê Văn Tài (1943 Quang Tri -- Australia) -- Artist&P -- *Pubs: Empty arms surrounded by warm breath: Selected poems 1981-1987 (?: 1987). Lê Văn Lý (b19. VN -- ?) -- W – a Catholic priest *Pubs: Sơ Thảo Ngữ Pháp Việt Nam (1968) Lệ Hằng pseudonym of Bùi Thị Lệ Hằng (1948 Hai Duong -- Australia) -- FW – immigrated in 1954 to South Vietnam, where she was educated at Da Nang’s Phan Chau Trinh High School and Saigon University Faculty of Letters. She has been living in Sydney, Australia since 1989. Pubs: Novel: Thung Lũng Tình Yêu, Tóc Mây, Bản Tango Cuối Cùng, Ngựa Hồng, Mắt Tím, Tình Yêu Như Băng Sơn, Chết Cho Tình Yêu, Kinh Tình Yêu, Sóc Nâu, Chiều Gío, Màu Xanh Ðang Lên, Như Sương Long Lanh, Sa tăng Dịu Dàng (1992), Nghề Làm Vua (1992), Hạnh Phúc Quanh Ðây (film-script, Sài Gòn 1981),Bình Nguyên Xanh (truyện phim, Sàigòn 1982) Phong Trang (1998), Bên Kia Là Nuí, Short story and chronicle: Nói Thầm Với Ðá (1998), Năm 2100 (chronicle). Lê Uyên Phương pseudonym of Lê Minh Lập (Dalat 1941-1999 USA) -- Musician&FW – famous as a songwriter. He settled in the US in 1975. *Pubs: Khong co mua tren thanh pho Los Angeles (story- Tan Thu, 1990). Lee Minh McGuire (b19. Vung Tau VN -- US) -- FW – graduated from Washington State University. He presently writes, teaches, and studies in Urbana, Illinois. *Pubs: Short stories were published in Absinthe Literary Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Wordbridge. Linh Bảo pseudonym of Võ Thị Diệu Viên (1926 Hue - USA) -- FW – a winner of the National Awards for literature winner (1962). She lived, worked, and travelled in several countries, including China, England, France and the US. She once worked as a consul at the Vietnam Consultate in Hongkong, professor of Vietnamese at the Montery’s Armed Forces Language School in California. She is living in the US. Pubs: Chiec ao nhung lam (1953), Gio bac (1953), Tau ngua cu (1961), Nhung dem mua (1961), Con chon tinh quai (1967), Nhung canh dieu (1971), May Tan (1981). Linda Lê (1963 Dalat - France) -- FW -- born to a French mother and a Vietnamese father in 1963 in Dalat, grew up in Saigon, studied at French lycées. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, Linda Lê, her mother and three sisters left Saigon for France. She transferred to a lycée in Le Havre, and was accepted afterwards in 1981 by lycée Henri IV in Paris, from where she later went on to study at the Sorbonne. In the 80’s Linda Lê published her earliest works: Un si tendre vampire (1987), Fuir (1988) and Solo (1989). To support herself she worked as a preface editor for Hachette. Her preface writing has been published in the anthology “Tu ecriras sur le bonheur” (1999). Author of 8 novels, 2 collections of short stories, and 1 book of essays, Linda Le is widely regarded as one of the outstanding young contemporary writers in France. Her most recent publication is the translation version of Voix, translated by Nguyen Dang Thuong, published by Van Publisher in the US (2005). Pubs: Un si tendre vampire ( Paris: Table Ronde, 1987), Fuir (Paris: Table Ronde, 1988), Solo (Paris: Table Ronde, 1989), Les Évangiles du crime (Paris: Julliard, 1992), Calomnies (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1993), Les Dits d’un idiot (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1995), Les Trois Parques (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1997), Voix (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1998), Lettre morte (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 1999), Tu écriras sur le bonheur (Paris: Puf, 1999), Les Aubes (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 2000), Marina Tsvetaïeva (Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 2002), Autres jeux avec le feu (Paris: Christian Bourgois 2002), Personne (Paris: Christian Bourgois, 2003). English translation: Slander (Calomnies), trans. Esther Allen (Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1996). Vietnamese translation: Tieng Noi (Voix), trans. Nguyen Dang Thuong (California, US: Van, 2005). Long Ân  pseudonym of Lê Nguyên Long (1941 Hai Phong - USA) -- P – former student of Saigon’s Nguyen Trai and Chu Van An High Schools, former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, who came with his family to the US in 1975, and died in a car accident in 2003. Before 1975, he involved in several fields of literature and arts. In the overseas, he contributed to the bimonthly Ngày Nay, daily newspaper Việt Nam Mới (Houton), daily newspaper Người Việt (CA), weekly Thời Luận, monthly Phụ Nữ Mới. He was the managing editor of Hon Viet magazine, contrutor to the Free Asian Radio and SBN Television.  *Pubs: Những Ðiều Trông Thấy (1989), Thiên Hạ Phong Trần (2001). Long Ẩn Gĩa Từ Cõi Tạm (tuyện tập một số bài viết, hí họa của tác gỉa cùng một số bài của nhiều tác gỉa viết về Long ân, Hồn Việt xuất bản tháng 4, 2003. Lôi Tam pseudonym of Lê Ðình Lãm (1938 Thua Thien - USA) -- FW – a contributor for Mùa Lúa Mới, Sáng Tạo, Gío Mới, Văn Học, Thế Kỷ Hai Mươi, Hoài Bảo, Mới, and Hòa Bình magazines published in Hue and Saigon before 1975. In the overseas, he contributed to Việt Báo, Văn Học Nghệ Thuật magazines. His works appeared in the anthology Thơ  Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (CA: Sông Thu, 1986). *Pubs: Tên Ðời (CA: Văn Học, 1980), Chuyện Về Người (CA: Nhân Văn 1990) Luân Hoán /  pseudonym of Lê Ngọc Châu. (1941 Quang Nam - Canada) -- P&FW – the son of Mr. Lê Hoán and Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Luân, former officer graduated from Thu Duc Reserved Infantry School, Course 24, who served the Infantry Battalion 1, Regiment 4, and lost his left leg in the battlefield Mo Duc, Quang Ngai at the end of 1969. He came to Canada in 1985, settled in Montreal where he has since lived. Luân Hoán started in the literary community in the 1960s, contributing to Tuổi Xanh, Gió Mới, Thời Nay, Mai, Bách Khoa, Văn Học, Ngàn Khơi, Kỷ Nguyên Mới, Ðối Diện, Bộ Binh, Trình Bày, Văn. In the overseas he contributed to Văn, Văn Học, Nắng Mới, Hợp  Lưu, Thế  Kỷ 21, Nhân  Văn, Thời Tập, Khởi Hành, Phố Văn, Chủ Ðề, Việt  Báo, Hồn Quê, Canh Tân, Quê Mẹ, Gío Văn, Nguồn. He is co-founder (with Ðynh Hoàng Sa, Hà Nguyên Thạch, Thành Tôn, Lê Vĩnh Thọ) of Nguong Cua and Tho publishers (Vietnam), member of the writer-staff of the magazines: Văn Học Sài Gòn (Saigon: 1964-1975), Nhận Thức, Huế, Trước Mặt, Quảng Ngải, Làng Văn (CAN: 1986-1990), Sóng (CAN: 1986-1991), Quê Mẹ (Framce: 1986-present), Sóng Văn (US: 1996-1999), Wordbridge (US: 2002-present). His poems have been anthologized in the anthologies: Van nghe xam (Thai Do, 1969), Hoi tuyen thi ca (Paris), Gui vang trang luu lac (Hoi nha van, Ha Noi 1994), Tuyen tap tho tinh bon phuong (Tre, Saigon 1994), Tho Vietnam hien dai (Hoi nha van, Hanoi 1994), Tuyen tap luc bat Vietnam (Van Hoa, Hanoi, 1994), 20 nguoi viet tai Canada (Viet Thuong, Canada 1995), 20 nam van hoc Vietnam hai ngoai (DaiNam, Hoa Ky 1995), An anthology of Vietnamese Poems (professor Huynh Sanh Thong 1996). His other pseudonyms are: Châu Hải Châu, Cự Hải, Lê Bảo Hoàng, Lý Phước Ninh, Trần Gia Nam. Luân Hoán’s short stories were published under the pseudonym Tran Gia Nam; his most recent compilation Tac Gia Viet Nam (Vietnamese Authors) was published under the pseudonym Le Bao Hoang. Pubs: Poetry: Ve troi (Van-Hoc Saigon, 1964), Troi song (Van-Hoc Saigon, 1966), Chet trong long nguoi (Nguong-Cua 1967), Vien dan cho nguoi yeu dau (Tho, 1969 - reprinted 1995), Hoa binh oi, hay den (Tho, 1970 -with Le Vinh Tho, Pham The My), Nen huong cho ban chan trai (Tho, 1970), Tho tinh (Tho, 1970), Ca dao tinh yeu (Tho, 1970 -with Khac Minh), Luc bat ca (Tho, 1970 -with Le Vinh Tho, Vinh Dien), Ruou nong da rot (Tho 1974, reprinted 1995), Hoi tho Vietnam (CA: SongThu, 1986), Ngo ngac coi nguoi (US: Nhan-Van, 1989), Duan nhau ve den dau (CA: Song-Thu, 1989), Cam on dat da tro tho (US: Kinh-Do, 1991), Moi em len ngua (CA: Song-Thu, 1994), Nuoi thom chum ky niem xanh (CAN: Tho, 1995), Co hoa goi dau (US: Songvan magazine, 1997), Sông Núi Cùng Người Thơm Ngát Thơ  (CAN: Tho, 2002 ), Tac gia Viet Nam (under the pseudonym Le Bao Hoang, US: Songvan magazine: 2005), Qua Khu Truoc Mat (CAN: Nhan Anh, 2006), Theo Got Tho (under pseudonym Ha Khanh Quan. Nhan Anh, (?). Lữ Quỳnh (1942 Thua Thien, Hue, VN -- USA) – P&FW – writer and poet. His works appeared, before 1975, in the literary magazines published in South Vietnam, including Bach Khoa, Mai, Pho Thong, Khoi Hanh, and Y Thuc. His publications include Cat Vang, a collection of short stories, published by Y Thuc in Saigon in 1971, the second edition was published by Van Moi in California (US) in 2006; Nhung Con Mua Mua Dong, a collection of short stories, published by Y Thuc in 1973; Vuon Trai Dang, a novella, published by Nam Giao in 1974; and a novel published periodically in Y Thuc magazine from 1971 to 1972. He settled in the US, and resumed his writing after 2001, contributing to Van Hoc, Khoi Hanh. His most recent collection of poems, “Sinh nhat cua mot nguoi khong con tre”, is published by Van Moi in 2009 (California: Van Moi, 2009). Lương Thư Trung (1942 Sa Dec -- USA) -- W – former teacher, settled in the US in 1992, and is currently living in Boston. His works have appeared in several magazines published in the overseas. *Pubs Bến Bờ Còn LạI (?), Tình Thầy Trò (NJ: Thư Ấn Quán, 2005) Lưu Nguyễn pseudonym of Nguyễn Thế Nghiệp (1947 Quang Nam -- Canada) -- P – grew up in Que Son, then Hoi An, Da Nang. He was a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of Pedagogy in 1971, teacher in Phước Tuy Province, officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces who graduated from Thu Duc Reserved Infantry School, Course 2/72. After 1975, he was imprisoned in the Long Khanh’s K4 re-education camp. He escaped Vietnam in 1980, came to Singapore, then settled in Canada. He started writing after 1975, co-founded with Vu Ngoc Hien the Vuot Bien magazine published in Montreal, Canada (1982-1989); the magazine later became Nang Moi (discontinued in 1995). He was the President of the Vietnamese PEN Abroad, Quebec Center (1991-93), member of Viet Thuong Association in Montreal. He has appeared in Văn, Văn Học, Làng Văn, Vượt Biển, Sóng, Thời Tập, HợpLưu, Nắng Mới, Thời Báo, Thế Kỷ 21, Sóng-Văn magazines, and had part in anthologies or other author’s books: Chân Dung Thơ Luân Hoán (1991),Tuyển tập Thơ  Văn Phật Giáo (1993),Việt  Nam  Quê  Hương Tôi (1993), 20  Người  Viết Tại Canada  (1995), Những Cây Bút Quảng Nam Ðà Nẵng (1999), Nhà Thơ Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại 1975-2000 (1999), 20 Năm Văn Học V.N Hải Ngoại 1975-1995 (1995) , Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (2000), Luân Hoán-Một Ðời Thơ (2005). Pubs: Tri Âm (US: Sông Thu, 1990), Ngày Qua Rất Vội  (CAN: Nắng Mới, 1993), Trai Tim Nguoi Biet Yeu (poetry & poetry set in music by Vinh Dien, Canada: Nang Moi). Lưu Trần Nguyễn pseudonym of Nguyễn Gia Khánh (b19. Hai Phong- USA) -- W – former officer in the South Vietnam Armed Forces graduated from the Thu Duc Infantry School, Course 15. After 1975, he  served a sentence of seven years in re-education camps. He is living in Sacramento. *Pubs: Mái Tóc Trầm Hương (1997). LISTING BY AUTHOR: M JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] Mạc Phương Ðình pseudonym of Lê Tuấn Ngô (1940 Quang Nam -- USA) -- P – a poet had his pieces published in severals publications in Saigon before 1975 including Bach Khoa, but disappeared in the literary community for more than 20 years. In his later life he returned to writing poems, publishing two books of poetry in June 2002. He is living in San Jose, California. Pubs: Lời Ru Của Mẹ (2002), Những Giòng Kỷ Niệm (2002). Mai Kim Ngọc pseudonym of Vũ  Ðình  Minh (b19 -- USA) -- W – a graduate of Saigon University Faculty of Medicine, a doctor working in California, who started in the overseas literary community with two short stories 'Ngắm Sao' and 'Vợ Chồng' published in Làng Văn and Văn Học magazines. He was on the editorial staff of Van hoc Magazine once. Some of his pieces were anthologized in the publications: Truyện Ngắn 20 Năm VHVN Hải Ngoại 75-95 (Văn Bút, 1995) and Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (Văn Mới 2000). Pubs: Một Chút Riêng Tư (story), Muôn Kiếp Cô Liêu (novel), Bạn Văn (novel),Thuyền Nhân (novel), Nụ Tầm Xuân (story), Bản Ðàn Thôn Dã (translated from La Symphonie Pastorale by André Guide, CAN: Làng Văn, 1989). Mai Ninh pseudonym of Trần Thị Mai  Ninh (1950 Saigon -- Normandie) --FW– an overseas student in French in 1968, a contributor to several magazines: Kien Thuc Ngay Nay (Saigon), Dien Dan (France), Hop Luu, Van, Van Hoc, Tap Chi Tho (US), and Viet (Australia). Pubs: Ðời Tôi  (translation version of ‘Ma Vie’ by Marc Chagall, VN: Ðà Nẵng Publisher, 1997), Hợp Âm Trong Vùng Sân Khuất (story, CAN: Thời Mới, 2000), Ảo Ðăng (story, VN: Hội Nhà Văn, 2003). Mai Thảo pseudonym of Nguyễn Ðăng Quý (NamDinh VN  6-8-1927 -- 1-10-1998 USA) -- P&FW – an immigrant into South Vietnam in 1954, and to the US in 1978. He started in the literary community in Ha Noi, North Vietnam in 1946. In the period from 1956 to 1975, he was the founder of the influential monthly magazine Sang Tao (1956) and the weekly Nghe Thuat, the managing editor of Van Magazine (1973, after Tran Phong Giao and Nguyen Xuan Hoang). Mai Thao worked for Van Magazine only one year or so before the collapse of the South Vietnam in 1975, but more importantly for his contribution to the Van, Mai Thao revived the magazine in the US in 1982 which, besides its new literary reputation established, was also a vehicle for a number of new writers who later became established in the overseas. The magazine was under his editorship until 1996, when in his ailing health he left it to Nguyen Xuan Hoang who is the former managing editor of the magazine (Vietnam: 1972-1973). Mai Thao is the author of more than 30 books of short story collection, novel, and literary essays. His first book is Dem Gia Tu Ha Noi, a collection of short stories; his last, Ta Thay Hinh Ta Giua Mieu Den, a collection of poetry. He died on Jan. 10, 1998, entered to Rest on Jan. 17, 1998 at Westminster Memorial Park – California US. As a writer Mai Thao is remembered for his many bestsellers, especially Dem Gia Tu Ha Noi, which shows him at his best. As an editor he is remembered for Sang Tao Magazine (the magazine and its contributors such as Quach Thoai, Thanh Tam Tuyen, Vu Khac Khoan, Sao Tren Rung, Vien Linh, To Thuy Yen, Tran Le Nguyen, Nguyen Huy Oanh, Nguyen Van Trung, Thach Chuong had brought the audience the creativity and ingenuity in literature), and for Van Magazine through which new writers had been introduced into the Vietnamese literary community. *Pubs: More than 30 books, including: Dem gia tu Ha-noi (short story collection – first book), Thang gieng co non, Ban chuc thu tren ngon dinh troi, Manh toc di vang, Khi mua mua toi, Bay tho ngay sinh nhat, Vien dan dong chu noi, Dem lac duong, Cung di mot duong, Loi di duoi la, Toi mot tuoi nao, Song chi mot lan, De tuong nho mui huong, Ta thay hinh ta giua mieu den (Poetry – Mai Thao's last book). Mai Trung Tĩnh pseudonym of Nguyễn Thiệu Hùng (Hanoi VN  1937 --- 02-20-2002 Baltimore, USA) -- P – a BA graduate of Saigon University Faculty of Letters, former officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces graduated from Thu Duc Infantry School Course 16, high school teacher, program section chief at the Voice of the Army Radio serving a twelve years’ imprisonment in re-education camps. He came to the US under the Humanitarian Operation Program (H.O.) in 1995, settled in Baltimore, Maryland, and died on Feb. 20, 2002. He started in the literary community before 1975, received the 1961 National literary Awards. *Pubs: 40 Bài Thơ (co-authored with Vương Ðức Lệ, VN: (?), 1961), Ngoài Vườn Ðịa Ðàng (1962), Những Bài Thơ Xuôi (VN: Ðại Ngã, 1969), Thơ Mai  Trung  Tĩnh (US: (?), 2001). Mặc Bích pseudonym of Trần Thị Thanh Thủy (1954 Dalat -- US) –FW— a graduate of Dalat University Faculty of Letters. She came to the US in 1975, settled in Texas where she has since lived. *Pubs: Lạc Lối Thiên Ðường (story, co-authored with Nguyễn Ðình Phùng, 1990), Trong Hạnh Phúc Riêng (story, co-authored with Nguyễn Ðình Phùng, 1995), Khung Trời Của Lài (Novel, Texas: Nguon Y, 1997), Cánh Chim Ảo Mộng (collection of short stories, California: Văn 2002) Mặc Ðỗ pseudonym of Ðỗ Quang Trình (1920 Hanoi -- USA) –FW— an immigrant into South Vietnam in 1954, and the US in May 1975 where he has since lived. He started published in Ngo Bao in 1932, went into journalism in 1952 in Hanoi, and 1954 in Saigon. In the overseas, he has part in the other author’s books or anthologies:  Thơ Văn 90 Tác Gỉa VN Hải Ngoại 1975-1981(Văn Hữu, 1982), Chân Dung 15 Nhà Thơ Nhà Văn Việt Nam (Mai Thảo, 1985), Thơ Văn Việt Nam Hải Ngoại (Thái Tú Hạp, 1985), Hội Tuyển Thi Ca (France: Thanh Niên, 1986). *Pubs: Bốn Mươi (novel,1956), Siu Cô Nương (novel,1958), Tân  Truyện  (story). Mặc Thu pseudonym of Lưu Ðức Sinh (Phuc Yen Jan 01,1920 --  March 01, 2002 USA) – W –  He took part in the Nationalist Front Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh (later was Viet Minh for short), serving in the military interzone Bac Viet to fight the French until 1951 when he returned to his home town. He then later moved his family to Hanoi, and contemporarily resided at his brother-in-law Quach Cu Nghieu’s on Ngo Gach Street. A short time after his coming to Hai Noi, he landed on a good job (which Governor Cabinet Director Trân Văn Phúc helped to get), and worked at the Bureau of Information, where he met several people in the literary and political circles, including Như Phong Lê Văn Tiến, Nguyễn Trọng Trạc, Thực Ðức Trần Văn Mai, Hoàng Nguyên, Ngọc Giao, Nguyễn Hoạt (later known as Hiếu Chân), Ðỗ Tùng, Nguyễn Lương Tài, Tạ Tỵ and Hoàng Lập Ngôn, with whom he started in journalism and founded the magazine Thong Tin of the Bureau of Information. In South Vietnam, where he later immigrated into as a result of the 1954 Geneve Accord, he co-founded, with Như Phong Lê Văn Tiến, Vũ Khắc Khoan, Tam Lang, Ðinh Hùng, Mặc Ðỗ, Ðỗ Quang Bình, the daily newspaper Tu Do, the Nguoi Viet Tu Do Publishing, and the Truc Lam Tea House which was used as a place for his close literary circle of friends. He was once imprisoned by the South Vietnam government. After the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, he immigrated to the US, where he settled, and died on March 01, 2002. *Pubs: Ðêm Trừ Tịch (1954), Người Chép Sử (1956). Miêng pseudonym of Vo Thi Xuan Suong (1948 QuangNgai -- Paris, France) –FW— graduated from Saigon University Faculty of Law in 1971, she perused higher education in French where she settled in 1982 and has since lived.  She received her BA in Chinese language in 1987, and has been working as a librarian in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.  She was the winner of the Hoa Tinh Thuong magazine's first prize award for short story in 1972 (Saigon, Vietnam). In the overseas, she contributed to Văn, Văn Học, Thế Kỷ 21, Hợp Lưu, Gió Văn magazines in the US; Dien Dan, Huong Sen magazines in French. Her pieces were collected in the anthologies: 20  Năm  Văn  Học Việt  Nam  Hải  Ngoại  (US: Ðại  Nam, 1995), Thơ  Văn  Hải Ngoại Năm 2000 (US: Văn  Mới, 2000) ,Nhà Thơ Và  Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại 1975-2000 tập1(Ðông Nam University, 2000). Pubs: Ðôi mắt (collection of short stories, 1973),  Miêng (collection of short stories-  CA: Van Moi, 1999), Tuyển tập truyện dịch (collection of translations – CA: Van Moi, 2001). Minh Ðức Hoài Trinh / or Hoang Truc, Nguyen Vinh, Bang Cu, pseudonym of Võ thị Hoài Trinh (1930 Hue -- USA) -  the daughter of a mandarin, involving in the war against the French from 1946 to 1951, then going to France in 1953 to study journalism, politics and Chinese language. After returning to Vietnam in 1964, she taught at the Buddhist University Van Hanh in Saigon, contributed to several magazines, and published her works. After 1975, she immigrated into France where she became a human rights activist, launching the campaign to focus on the writers who were in prison in Vietnam. Parallel, she travelled to Australia in 1977, Sweden in 1978, and Bresil in 1979 to campaign for the reality of the Vietnamese Writers Abroad PEN Center of which she later became the first president when her hopes of the P.E.N. International’s acknowledgment of the Vietnamese Writers Abroad Center materialized. She came to the US in 1982, where she has since lived. Her pieces were anthologized in ‘Thi Ca Tiền Chiến Và Hiện Ðại’ (Bảo Vân, 1978), ‘Thơ Văn Hải Ngoại’ (Thái Tú Hạp, 1985), and ‘An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems’ (Huỳnh Sanh Thông, 1995). Pubs: Lang thang (1960), Thu sinh (1962), Bo vo (1964), Han (1964), Mo (1964), Thien nga (1965), Hai goc cay (1966), Sam hoi (1967), Tu dia (1973), Tra that (1974). This side, The Other Side (a novel in English. CA: Occidental Press, 1985). Minh Huy pseudonym of Nguyễn Ðình Tuyến (b19. Quang Nam -- USA)  — W  — a PhD in Literature and Journalism, who taught at Southeastem, Tulane, Georgetown, Vạn Hạnh, and Dalat Universities. He is living in the US. *Pubs: Luật Thơ Mới, Những Khuynh Hướng Trong Thi Ca Việt Nam 1932-1962, (1962), Những Nhà Thơ Hôm Nay 1954-1969 (1969), Nhà Văn Hôm 1954-1969 (1969),Tự Ðiển Thi Ca Việt Mỹ, Ðời Sống Trong Văn Học Thế Giới, Những Người Lính Cộng Hòa, Báo Chí Hoa Kỳ Và Báo Chí Nga Sô, Truyền Thông Ðại Chúng, Nhà Thơ Và Nhà Văn Hải Ngoại 1-1975-2000. Monique Trương (1968 Saigon VN -- USA) — W – second-generation Vietnamese-American, a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia University School of Law who immigrated into the US at age six in 1975. She started writing while still a student at Yale University. In 1998, Monique Truong co-edited (with Barbara Tran and Luu Truong Khoi) the anthology Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose (Hardcover edition, Asian American Writers’ Workshop: 1998; Paperback, Temple University Press: 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). She is the winner of the 2004 PEN AMERICAN/Robert Bingham Fellowship. Pubs: The Book of Salt (Houghton Miffin: 2003). Mộng Lan (1970 VN -- USA)  — W & P — an artist, poet and writer, second-generation Vietnamese-American who immigrated with her family to the US at the age of five in 1975. Mộng Lan received from the University of Arizona in Tucson her Master of Fine Arts in poetry, the Graduate School Fellowship, and the Dean’s Master of Fine Arts Fellowship. She is the winner of the 2002 Great Lakes Colleges Association’s New Writers’ Awards for Poetry. Prior to that, she had won the 26th Juniper Prize for her first book of poetry Song of the Cicadas; the book was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2001. Her poems were anthologized in The Best American Poetry of 2002, The Pushcart Prize Anthology XXIV; Making more Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women (Beacon Press); Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry and Prose (Asian American Writer’s Workshop); and Asian American Anthology—The Next Generation (U of Illinois Press); and have appeared in the magazines: Kenyon Review, The North American Review, New American Writing, Hợp Lưu, The Lowa Review.  In the field of Art, her painting and photographs were on exhibition in Washington DC, San Francisco and Houston; among them were The Forbiden Room, Out of The Womb-Into The Myth, Tongue of Night, Deracination, The Prisoners etc.. Pubs: Song of the Cicadas (MA, University of Massachusetts Press: May 1, 2001). Mộng Trung (Can Tho, VN b19. – d19. France) — W – She lived, and died in France. Pubs: Giọt Thời gian (1966), Hôn nhân dị chủng (1969) LISTING BY AUTHOR: N JUMP TO AUTHORS BEGINING WITH: A B C D G H I K L M N  [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] [ To PAGE 2:  N – Y ] Return to top [ Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad ] (The list of ‘Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad listings’ published in Wordbridge Premier Issue, and in WORDBRIDGE ISSUE 8 SPRING 2006 updated and republished is final. In The Writers Post, however, submission to the list is still open, and listed authors are requested to update information on their publications.} _______________________________________ THE WRITERS POST PO. Box 832464 Miami, Florida 33283 USA E-mail: songvan@msn.com Phone: (area code 305) 412-2384 ________________________________________ Copyright © The Writers Post 1999-2006. Nothing in this website may be downloaded, distributed, or reproduced without the permission of the author/ translator/ artist/ and The Writers Post. Creating links to place The Writers Post or any of its pages within other framesets or in other documents is copyright violation, and is not permitted. ISSN 1527-5469 – US-based, founded 1999. Founder & Editor: N. Saomai Return to Contents HOME

The Writers Post, based in Miami, American State Florida, established in 1999.  ISSN: 1527-5469

SN: 1527-5469