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Khái Hưng
Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (1896 in Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng – 17 November 1947 in Cựa Gà, Xuân Trường) 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 pen name ("One-Zero" 壹零) Giu briefly adopted the pen name 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. He was captured by the Việt Minh in the Lạc Quần, Trực Ninh area, then executed at Cựa Gà on 17 November 1947. Works His novels were written in a style influenced by social realism, and were critical of many aspects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hải Phòng
Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong was founded in 1887 as a major seaport city of Vietnam. In 1888, the president of the French Third Republic, Sadi Carnot, promulgated a decree to establish Haiphong. From 1954 to 1975, Haiphong served as the most important maritime city of North Vietnam, and it became one of direct-controlled municipalities of a reunified Vietnam with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in 1976. In the 21st century, Haiphong has emerged as a trading gateway, modern, green industrial city of Vietnam, oriented to become the third special-class city of Vietnam by 2030 to 2050 at the latest. Haiphong has a Human Development Index of 0.782 (high), ranking fourth among all municipalities and provinces of Vietnam. History Dynastic Vietnam Haiphong was the home of Lê C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuan Truong
Xuan () may refer to: * Xuancheng, formerly Xuan Prefecture (Xuanzhou), Anhui, China ** Xuanzhou District, seat of Xuancheng and Xuan Prefecture ** Xuan paper, from Xuan Prefecture * Xuan (surname), Chinese surname * Xuan (given name) Chinese rulers posthumously named Xuan * King Xuan (other) * Emperor Xuan (other) * Duke Xuan (other) Duke Xuan may refer to the following rulers during the Zhou dynasty: *Duke Xuan of Wey (died 700 BC) * Duke Xuan of Qin (died 664 BC) *Duke Xuan of Chen (died 648 BC) *Duke Xuan of Qi (died 405 BC) See also *Marquis Xuan of Cai Marquis Xuan of Ca ... * Marquis Xuan of Cai (died 715 BC), ruler of the State of Cai {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycée Albert Sarraut
Lycée Albert Sarraut was a French lyceum in Hanoi, Vietnam, during the French colonial period, active from 1919 to 1965. It was one of 69 high schools founded by the French in their colonies worldwide, named for Albert Sarraut. The school offered high standard academic programs for students between the ages of 11 and 18. It is currently the Trần Phú - Hoàn Kiếm High School. Former students Many Vietnamese scholars and leaders graduated from lycée Albert Sarraut. Among them were: *Bui Tuong Phong, a pioneer computer scientist *Hoàng Xuân Hãn * Nguyen Tien Lang * Hoàng Văn Chí *Võ Nguyên Giáp *Trường Chinh *Phạm Văn Đồng *Trần Lệ Xuân ( Madame Ngô Đình Nhu) *Nguyễn Mạnh Tường: Lawyer, participant in the Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair * Đào Sĩ Chu, artist painter * Lê Thành Khôi, Vietnamese-French scientist in education and economics, author of history and UNESCO consultant *Nhất Linh (Nguyên Tuong Tam) - the leader of Tu Luc Van Doa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhất Linh
Nguyễn Tường Tam (chữ Hán: 阮祥三 or 阮祥叄; Cẩm Giàng District, Cẩm Giàng, Hải Dương 25 July 1906 – Saigon, 7 July 1963) better known by his pen-name Nhất Linh (一灵, "One Spirit") was a Vietnamese writer, editor and publisher in colonial Hanoi. He founded the literary group and publishing house Tự Lực Văn Đoàn ("Self-Strengthening Literary Group") in 1932 with the literary magazines ''Phong Hóa'' ("Customs", or "Mores") and ''Ngày Nay'' ("Today"), and serialized, then published, many of the influential realism-influenced novels of the 1930s. In 1935, Nguyễn published a satirical and fictional travelogue about his time in France, ''Going to the West'' (Đi Tây). His aim was to show that the French colonialists did not grant to the working classes in Vietnam the same rights they accorded to workers in France [Need Citation]. In addition to Nhất Linh, scholars have noted that the many Vietnamese westernized elites returning from France had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nguyễn Gia Trí
Nguyen Gia Tri or Nguyễn Gia Trí (Chương Mỹ, Hà Tây 1908 - 1993) was a Vietnamese painter best known for his lacquer paintings.''Insight Guides - Vietnam'' 2002 Page 110 "While Nguyen Gia Tri's works continue to generate acclaim for transforming the traditional decorative art form of lacquer to an Art Nouveau style depicting Vietnamese subjects and atmosphere, " He also drew cartoons on political and social issues, many of them criticising French colonial rule. Tri studied at the Hanoi College of Fine Arts (École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine) from 1932. He worked for the magazines ''Phong Hóa'' and ''Ngày Nay'' starting from 1932 together with Nhất Linh and other famous writers and painters. He created the cartoon characters ''Xã Xệ'' and ''Bang Bạnh'' for the magazines and made changes to the character '' Lý Toét'' developed by Nhất Linh. Works Many of his works are in the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Việt Minh
The Việt Minh (; abbreviated from , chữ Nôm and Hán tự: ; french: Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam, ) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941. Also known as the Việt Minh Front, it was created by the Indochinese Communist Party as a national united front to achieve the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The was previously formed by Hồ Học Lãm in Nanjing, China, at some point between August 1935 and early 1936, when Vietnamese nationalist parties formed an anti-imperialist united front. This organization soon lapsed into inactivity, only to be appropriated by the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) and Hồ Chí Minh in 1941. The Việt Minh established itself as the only organized anti-French and anti-Japanese resistance group. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. The United States supported France. When the Japanese occupation began, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Writers
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1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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