Nguyen Qui Duc
Nguyen Qui Duc (
Biography
Born in
Nguyen Qui Duc was the author of Where the Ashes Are: The Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family, and the translator of the novella Behind The Red Mist by Ho Anh Thai, (Curbstone Press, 1997). He was also co-editor, with John Balaban, of Vietnam: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Whereabouts Press, 1995), and Once Upon A Dream, The Vietnamese American Experience, (Andrews and McMeel, 1995). His translation of The Time Tree, Poems by Huu Thinh, (Curbstone Press, 2004), with George Evans, was a finalist for the 2004 Translation Prize by the Northern California Book Reviewers Association.
Nguyen died from cancer of the brain, lungs and abdomen on 22 November 2023.[3]
Awards
Nguyen was awarded the Overseas Press Club's Citation of Excellence for his reports from Viet Nam for NPR in 1989, and in 1994, he was artist-in-residence at the Villa Montalvo Estates for the Arts, where he wrote the play A Soldier Named Tony D., based on a short story by
References
- ^ "Nhà văn Nguyễn Quí Đức: Giữ giá trị gốc của văn hóa Việt". VTV. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Nhà văn Nguyễn Quí Đức: Giữ giá trị gốc của văn hóa Việt". VOV. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Radio host & writer Nguyen Qui Duc has died". AsAm News. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "OPC Awards Past Recipients | Overseas Press Club of America". Opcofamerica.org. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
External links
- Ngao Du, a short story in Vietnamese
- Viet Nam: A Traveler's Literary Companion, an anthology
- The Bun Cha Obsession, an article
- China: Shanghai Night, a report
- Viet Nam: Looking for Home, a report
- Traffic in Viet Nam, humour
- Behind the Red Mist, NYT review
- Three Poems, translation of poems by Huu Thinh
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