Nguyễn Huy Tưởng

Nguyễn Huy Tưởng (làng Dục Tú, Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh, 6 May 1912 – 25 July 1960) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, writer and playwright. He joined the independence movement at a young age and held positions in the cultural apparatus of the North Vietnam state.. ...In 1996 he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Literature and Art.^[1]

Works

Novels

• vi:Đêm hội Long Trì (1942)
• An Tư công chúa (1944)
• Truyện Anh Lục (1955)
• Bốn năm sau (1959)
• Sống mãi với Thủ Đô (1961)
• Lá cờ thêu sáu chữ vàng

Plays

• vi:Vũ Như Tô (1943)^[2]
• vi:Cột đồng Mã Viện (1944)
• Bắc Sơn (1946)
• Những người ở lại (1948)
• Anh Sơ đầu quân (tập kịch, 1949)
• Lũy hoa (1960)

References

1. Birth Centenary of Nguyễn Huy Tưởng (06-05-1912 - 25-07-1960) "Nguyễn Huy Tưởng (06-05-1912 - 25-07-1960) is a revolutionary, famous writer and playwright of Việt Nam. ... In 1996, he was posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for Literature and Art for his merits to the country's literature.
2. The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia - Page 578 Don Rubin - 1998 "The first spoken drama in Vietnamese was Chen thuoc doc (A Cup of Poison) by Vu Dinh Long (1901–60) in 1921. Another early dramatist of note was Nguyen Huy Tuong (1912–60), author of Vu Nhu To (1943), a famous classic dealing with ..."