Hoàng Ấu Phương, known by the pen name Bảo Ninh (born 18 October 1952), is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and writer of short stories, best known for his first novel, published in English as The Sorrow of War.
Vietnam war
Ninh recounted that American bombing raids during the Vietnam War, beginning in 1965 when he was 12-13, destroyed ordinary people's homes and upended their lives. Ninh stated that his own school in Hanoi was relocated as a result of the bombing, which inspired him to anger rather than fear.
Author
In 1987, Bảo Ninh published Trại bảy chú lùn (Camp of Seven Dwarves), a collection of short stories. He has also written a second novel, Steppe, but is said to be reluctant to publish it.
A short story by Bảo Ninh, "A Marker on the Side of the Boat" (Khắc dấu mạn thuyền), translated by Linh Dinh, is included in the anthology Night, Again.
Bảo Ninh is also a successful essayist. He is interviewed in Ken Burns's series The Vietnam War.
Awards
Ninh won the 1994 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his novel The Sorrow of War.
Works
- The Sorrow of War - 1990
- Hanoi At No Time - 2003, also published as Hanoi at Midnight
- Rambling while stuck in traffic - 2005
- Are old stories true? - 2009
- Selected Writings - 2011
- Short story - 2013
References
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