Joe Ruelle is a

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Biography

Born 1978 in

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, and raised in

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, Ruelle moved to

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in 2002, where he studied

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ese at the

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. In 2006, he began writing a blog in

ese, which attracted the attention of the mass media and marked the start of a career in the Vietnamese arts and entertainment industry. In addition to his real name, Ruelle uses the Vietnamese nick name of Dâu Tây what translating as Strawberry and a tongue-in-cheek play on words and the literal translation being 'Joe (Dâu) from the West', or Người Ca-na-điên what was ''the Canadien'' but ''điên'' is 'madman' in Vietnamese.

Published collections

Ruelle's first collection of articles, ''The Name's Joe'' (Vietnamese: ''Tớ là Dâu''), was published in July, 2007 and met with early commercial success, entering the Vietnamese bestseller list at number one. His second collection, ''Zigzagging Against Traffic'' (Vietnamese: ''Ngược Chiều Vun Vút''), was published in January 2012 and met with similar success. Both collections include previously published as well as new material.

Column

Ruelle has been a columnist for several Vietnamese online and print publications, including ''Beauty Magazine'' (Vietnamese: ''Đẹp'') and ''Dân Trí'' (dantri.com.vn).

Television and theatre

From 2007 to 2008, Ruelle co-hosted ''All Connect'' (Vietnamese: ''Kết Nối Trẻ''), a youth debate show broadcast nationwide on the VTV6 Network. He has also played supporting roles in television dramas and comedies, including ''Those Emotional Men'', 2007 (Vietnamese: ''Chàng Trai Đa Cảm'') ''Test Negative'', 2009 (Vietnamese; ''Âm tính''), ''A Place to Spend the Holidays'', 2012 (Vietnamese: ''Tìm nơi đón Tết''), as well as having appeared on several talkshows. On stage, Ruelle has performed with the comedy troupe of Hanoi's Youth Theatre.

References

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