Khái Hưng

Khai Hung

Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng 1896 - Cựa Gà, Xuân Trường, 17 November 1947) was a Vietnamese novelist, a pro-independence but non-communist intellectual.

As a boy he studied at the Lycée Albert Sarraut in Hanoi. From 1933 he was part of the new Tự Lực Văn Đoàn "Self-Strengthening Literary Group" with editor Nhất Linh and his novels were first serialized in the group's magazines before being published as books. Just as Nhất Linh was a penname ("One-Zero" 壹零) Giu briefly adopted the penname Nhị Linh ("Two-Zero" 貳零).

In 1941, as a member of Nhat Linh's Dai Viet Democratic Party (DVDC) he was arrested by the French, along with the artist Nguyễn Gia Trí.[1]

He was captured by the Việt Minh in the Lạc Quần, Trực Ninh area, then executed at Cựa Gà on 17 November 1947.[2]

Works

His novels were written in a style influenced by social realism, and were critical of many aspects of traditional Vietnamese society.[3]

Novels

Collections of Stories

References

  1. Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895-1945 - Page 227 Li Narangoa, R. B. Cribb - 2003 "In 1941, well known members of the DVDC (Hoang Dao, Khai Hung and Nguyen Gia Tri) were arrested by the French "
  2. Virtual lotus: modern fiction of Southeast Asia - Page 278 Teri Shaffer Yamada - 2002 "Khai Hung (1896-1947) is the pen name of Tran Khanh Giu, a cofounder (along with Nhat Linh) of the powerful Self-Reliance ... In 1947, while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, he was captured by the Viet Minh and died at Gua Ga in Nam Dinh "
  3. Vietnamese short stories: an introduction James Banerian - 1986 "In 1947 while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, Khai Hung was captured by the Viet Minh and murdered at Cua Ga, in Nam Dinh province. A bold intellectual, Khai Hung often challenged the very roots of traditional Vietnamese society."
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