Vi Huyền Đắc

Vi Huyền Đắc (Hải Ninh, today part of Quảng Ninh, 18 December 1899 - 16 August 1976) was a Vietnamese playwright.^[1]

His early works were similar to those of Nam Xuong, poking fun at the Francophile Hanoi bourgeoisie, in 'Ông ký Cóp,'^[2] or the play 'Kim tiền' (Money) denouncing greed.^[3]

Works

• Gengis Khan (in French) 1962^[4]

He was also active as a translator.^[5]

References

1. Vietnamese theater Đình Quang - 1999 "Besides Vũ Đình Long, there were Nguyễn Hữu Kim, Tương Huyền, Nam Xương and particularly Vi Huyền Đắc. The most impressive plays were Bụn và VỢ (Friend and Wife, 1927), Một người thưa (An Extra Thumb, 1927), Hoàng Mộng Ðiệp ...
2. Vietnamese literature Kh́ăc Vịên Nguỹên, H̃ưu Ngọc, Mary Cowan - 1982 "There were other writers such as Nguyen Huu Kim, Vi Huyen Dac and Nam Xuong, whose works were concerned essentially with exposing the vices and frustrations of the city petty bourgeoisie. The first works of this kind have little literary ...
3. Glimpses of Vietnamese literature Khăć Viện Nguyêñ - 1977 "In the field of the theatre, we must mention two plays : Kim Tien (Money) by Vi Huyen Dac, denouncing the corruptive power of money, "
4. Twentieth-century literary criticism: Volume 102 Linda Pavlovski, Gale Research Company - 2001 "The veteran playwright Vi Huyen Dac (who died in 1977) had already in 1962 brought out a play in four acts and a prologue called Gengis Khan, written in French. This is not to be confused with the play written in Vietnamese by Vu Khac"
5. Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 26,3: ... - Page 2206 2011 "Mit Ausnahme der zahlreichen Theaterübersetzungen von Vi Huyen Dac (1899–1975) in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren sind die Übersetzungsaktivitäten in Vietnam der etwa letzten fünf Jahrzehnte wenig dokumentiert."