Duong thu huong biography wikipedia

Only a life like that is worth living. Duong Thu Huong born calls herself an exile in her own country. A veteran of the Vietnam War and the war with China, she was disillusioned with the regime and became a vocal advocate of human rights and democratic reforms. She published short stories and novels about hunger and malnutrition in Vietnam, but her books were banned and she was expelled from the Communist Party.

In , she was imprisoned for seven months without trial.

Truyện của dương thu hương

Duong Thu Huong lives and writes in Hanoi under permanent surveillance and is not allowed to travel abroad. For eight years, she lived with soldiers in small underground tunnels, singing and writing lyrics for the encouragement of the troops. Duong Thu Huong was one of three members of her group who survived the war. In , she worked as a screenwriter in Hanoi.

Four years later, she became the first female film correspondent during the war against China. It was this war that disillusioned her forever. Back in Hanoi in , she published novels and short stories about hunger and malnutrition in Vietnam, which found a large readership.