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Nguyễn Ngọc Tư

グエン・ングク・トゥ

Nguyen Ngoc Tu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1976-01-01 （Đầm Dơi district, Cà Mau province）
Nationality
Vietnamese
Languages
Vietnamese
Residence History
Cà Mau province

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2000-2024

Awards

Southeast Asian Writers Award
2008
Result: winner
Vietnam Writers' Association Award
2006
Work: Cánh đồng bất tận
Organization: Vietnam Writers' Association
Result: winner
Liberaturpreis
2018
Work: Endlose Felder
Organization: LitProm
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cánh đồng bất tận

2005 novel

A story set in the Mekong Delta.

human fatepoverty
Adaptations
  • [film] Floating Lives (2010)
Translations
  • Korean
  • Swedish
  • English
  • French
  • German

Bibliography

  • The Inextinguishable Light (2000)
  • Grandpa (2001)
  • The Ocean of People (2003)
  • New Year's Eve (2003)
  • Flowing Waters, Flying Clouds (2004)
  • The Endless Field (2005)
  • Slow Life in the @ Era (2006)
  • Tomorrow of Tomorrows (2007)
  • The Sorrow Trees of Puvan Mountain (2007)
  • 'Single Wind' and 9 More Stories (2008)
  • The Sea of Every Person (2008)
  • Missing You as I Look at Mountain (2009)
  • Fabulous Clouds in the Sky (2010)
  • The Confectionery of the Past (2012)
  • River (2012)
  • Dot (2013)
  • Island (2014)
  • Measure the Sincere Heart (2015)
  • Nobody crosses the river (2016)
  • Call far away (2017)
  • Permanent a cloud (2018)
  • Nothingness luggage (2019)

Translations of Works

  • Translations into Korean, Swedish, English, French, German

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Depiction of Mekong Delta lifePortrayal of human suffering
Recurring Motifs
povertyfamilynature

Legacy

A prominent Vietnamese writer known for her stories depicting life in the Mekong Delta.

In Popular Culture

  • Her work has been adapted into films and gained popularity.

Trivia

  • Female writer from the Mekong Delta.