Lê Minh Khuê (born 6 December 1949, in Tĩnh Gia, Thanh Hoá) is a Vietnamese writer. Her works have been translated into English and several other languages. She was interviewed in

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Works

Translations: * ''The stars, the earth, the river: short fiction by Le Minh Khue'' translated by Wayne Karlin, Dana Sachs Curbstone Press, 1997"Fourteen stories by a North Vietnamese woman who fought in the Vietnam War as a sapper. The story, The Distant Stars, is on a trio of women serving as sappers. It is one of several stories chronicling experiences in battle." * ''Kleine Tragödien.'' Translated by Joachim Riethmann. Mitteldeutscher Verlag 2011 * ''Fragile come un raggio di sole. Racconti dal Vietnam.'' O Barra O Edizioni 2010 * ''Nach der Schlacht'', Translated by Günter Giesenfeld, Marianne Ngo and Aurora Ngo, Argument Verlag 2017

References

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