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Tô Hoài
Tô Hoài (Birth name: Nguyễn Sen; September 27, 1920 – July 6, 2014) was a Vietnamese writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and correspondent. The pen name Tô Hoài is derived from the names of Tô Lịch River and Hoài Đức district, which are landmarks of his hometown. Among his works are the best - seller books '' Dế mèn phiêu lưu ký'' (Diary of a cricket) (1941), ''Truyện Tây Bắc'' (Stories of North West region) (1958), ''Quê nhà'' (Home town) (1970), ''Ba người khác'' (Three Others) (1991). Some of his works have been translated into foreign languages. He won the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature in 1996. Biography Tô Hoài was born in Nghĩa Đô ward, Cầu Giấy district, Hanoi, Vietnam. He was the only son of a craftsmen family who made their living by weaving. He was sent to primary school but no longer continued higher education because of his family poor financial conditions. After leaving school, he had started to work in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phủ Hoài Đức
Fu () is a traditional administrative division of Chinese origin used in the East Asian cultural sphere, translated variously as jun (country subdivision), commandery, prefecture, urban prefecture, or city. They were first instituted as a regular form of administrative division of history of China, China's Tang dynasty, Tang Empire, but were later adopted in list of monarchs of Vietnam, Vietnam, Empire of Japan, Japan and Korean Empire, Korea. At present, only two ''fu'' still remain: the prefectures of Japan, prefectures of Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto and Osaka Prefecture, Osaka in Japan. The term ''fu'' is currently also used in Chinese language, Chinese to translate the provinces of Thailand, provinces of Thailand, but not provinces of China, those of mainland China, administrative divisions of Taiwan, Taiwan or other countries. Meaning ''Fu'' (府) means an office or a command institution. The character appears in the Chinese words for "government" (政府, ''zhėngfǔ'') or "of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
