Vương Trung Hiếu

Born (1959-09-07) September 7, 1959
An Giang province
Pen name Vương Trung Hiếu
Occupation Writer, translator
Nationality Vietnam
Period 1987–present

Vương Trung Hiếu (1959) is a Vietnamese fiction writer, journalist, translator, and interdisciplinary scholar.. He is the author of more than two hundred books (including genres: novel, compilation, and translation). His name is also his main pseudonym.[1]

Biography

Vuong Trung Hieu was born on September 7, 1959. When a little boy, he lived in Long Xuyen, Vietnam with his parents, who were both teachers. He is the eldest in a family with eight children. He attended the Primary School for Male Students in Long Xuyen, then, Thoai Ngoc Hau High School. After 1975, he and his family moved to Thoai Son, a district twenty-eight kilometers from Long Xuyen. In 1977, because he did not want to leave his home district, he took the entrance examination to the An Giang College of Pedagogy and studied Literature at this college. After finishing college, he had more schooling with the desire to widen his knowledge. In the 1980s, he and his siblings alternately entered the universities in Ho Chi Minh City. He had a BA in Vietnamese Literature and a BA in English from the University of Ho Chi Minh City (now Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities). In 1991, he had a MA in Historical Science from the Institute of Social Science in Ho Chi Minh City.[2] Vuong Trung Hieu is fluent in English, French and Chinese. He began his writing career in 1987. Many of his articles were published on the newspapers (Arts and Literature, Youth, Women...), and the magazines (Literature, Knowledge Today...). His articles were also found on the other newspapers and magazines in Ho Chi Minh City and some regions of South Vietnam.[3] Vuong Trung Hieu had lived in Ho Chi Minh City for twenty-five years before he got married and moved to Cantho city in 2008. Since 2011, he and his wife have lived in Bangkok, Thailand .[4]

Evaluation

"Before becoming a writer, a compiler and a translator, Vuong Trung Hieu was an active journalist. His articles were full of humanity and artistic. People could find his articles periodically on the newspapers in Ho Chi Minh city , in An Giang and the other provinces in the Mekong Delta . In order to make more contribution to the writing career, Vuong Trung Hieu states that it is necessary to study from the real life and the traditions of national history to perfect his professional knowledge. After a lot of years of hard work, Vuong got the degree of Master of Arts on History Science. With his knowledge and enthusiasm in gathering information, studying and combining it, Vuong wrote series of books on compilation and translation, which brought great impression to the readers in the field of research."[5]

Published books

Novels

Famous sayings

Psychology-Marriage-Family

Folk Literature

Cultivation- Breeding

Other Types of Writing

References

  1. ↑ "Vương Trung Hiếu – translated summarily from vanchuongviet".
  2. ↑ Vietnamgiapha "Vương Trung Hiếu – translated summarily from vietnamgiapha".
  3. ↑ translated from the book 'Trò chuyện với văn nghệ sĩ' by Lê Hoàng Anh, Thanh Niên Publishing house, 2000
  4. ↑ "Vương Trung Hiếu – translated from vanchuongviet".
  5. ↑ "Vương Trung Hiếu – Study and Writing". Nhan Dan. October 23, 2000. p. 5.
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