Nguyen Hong

His real name is Nguyen Nguyen Hong, born 5 November 1918 in Nam Dinh city. His works have a humanitarian sentiment. Born in a poor family, orphaned father, from his mother to Hai Phong to earn a living in poor markets.

+ Nguyen Hong ham reading from a small. He used to rent books to read and seemed to read all the books he liked at the bookstore in Nam Dinh. The kind of book that Nguyen Hong loved was a story of Chinese history, in which the characters had a high standard, loyal, the most sympathetic diners of his sympathy.

Nguyen Hong began writing in 1936 with the short story "Souls" published on the 7th novel. In 1937, he really resonated in the literature with the novel "Belgium Shell". The novel "Belgian shell" is a vivid social picture of the status of "small people at the bottom" like Eight years, Saigon ...

+ Nguyen Hong joined the Democratic Front movement (1936-1939) in Hai Phong. In September 1939, he was arrested and sent to a concentration camp in Bac Me (Ha Giang) in 1940. In 1943, Nguyen Hong joined the secretive culture association with Nam Cao, To Hoai, Nguyen Huy Tuong ... He is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

+ He was a founding member of the Vietnam Writers Association in 1957.

+ His last novel was "Yen The Mountain".

Nguyen Hong died on May 2, 1982 in Tan Yen (Bac Giang). In 1996, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for literature and art.