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Linh Đông
Linh is a Vietnamese name that means "soul" or "spirit". It is the Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese character (líng), which is not used as a surname in China. Surname * Linh Quang Viên (1918-2013), Vietnamese soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Fictional characters * Chase Linh, from ''Need for Speed: Undercover'' * Linh Cinder, protagonist of ''The Lunar Chronicles'' by Marissa Meyer * Linh Song, teen character from Shannon Messenger's book series Keeper of the Lost Cities Given name * Linh, a fictitious Vietnamese-American woman in the HBO TV series ''Treme'' * Linh Dinh, Vietnamese-American poet * Chế Linh, Vietnamese pop singer * Linh Nga, Vietnamese actress * Thai Van Linh, businesswoman See also * Ling (surname) Ling is a surname which can be of either Chinese, English, or Nordic origin. Chinese "Ling" is the Roman alphabet spelling of multiple Chinese surnames. Líng () According to traditional storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linh Quang Viên
Linh Quang Viên (November 11, 1918 – January 17, 2013) was a Vietnamese soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Vien was born in Cao Bang, northern Vietnam. He attended Albert Sarraut High School in Hanoi, and graduated in 1939. In 1958, he graduated from the Command and General Staff College, [Fort Leavenworth], Kansas. He served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff Inter-armed Forces (Tham Muu truong Lien Quan). In 1964 he commanded the 22nd Division (South Vietnam), 22nd Division. He participated in many military cabinets between 1965 and 1974 during the various military junta's leadership after the Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, deposal of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Was Political Commissar in the Armed Forces Council (Uy Vien Chinh Tri Hoi Dong Quan Luc), Head of the Central Intelligence Directorate (Phu Dac Uy Trung Uong Tinh Bao), Minister of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Linh
''Need for Speed: Undercover'' is a 2008 racing video game, and is the twelfth installment in the '' Need for Speed'' series following '' Need for Speed: ProStreet'' (2007). Developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts, it was released on November 18, 2008, for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and then on a number of mobile phone platforms in 2009. The game sees players conducting illegal street races within the fictional Tri-City Area, with the main mode's story focused on the player operating as an undercover police officer to investigate links between a criminal syndicate, stolen cars, and street racers. Gameplay operates on the same manner as previous entries such as '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' and '' Need for Speed: Carbon'', now including a larger selection of licensed real-world cars, and RPG-styled system in the game's main story mode. Upon its release, the game received mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lunar Chronicles
''The Lunar Chronicles'' is a series of four young adult science fiction novels, a novella, and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Each book entails a science fictional twist on a classic fairy tale, including "Cinderella", " Little Red Riding Hood", " Rapunzel", and "Snow White". Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic. An animated feature film adaptation, to be produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Locksmith Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, was announced in 2019 and will release on November 3, 2028. Books ''Cinder'' ''Cinder'' is the first book in ''The Lunar Chronicles'' and second chronologically. It was published on January 3, 2012. Linh Cinder (based on "Cinderella"), a cyborg living with her stepmother and her two stepsisters in New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keeper Of The Lost Cities
''Keeper of the Lost Cities'' is an upper- middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for a total of ten weeks. Plot summary The protagonist of the series, Sophie, is a twelve-year-old elf with telepathy who lives in San Diego, California with a human family. In the first book, Sophie, while on a school field trip, is tracked down by a teenage elf, Fitz, who reveals that she is an elf. He discusses the reality of their world with Sophie and tells her that she has to move to the Lost Cities—a place unknown to humankind where elves, trolls, ogres, goblins, gnomes and dwarves live in harmony. She is forced to leave her human family behind and stay with an elvin couple, Grady and Edaline, who later adopt her. She starts school at a noble elvin academy named Foxfire. The main conflict in the series is between the Black Swan, a rebel organization, and the Neverseen, a group of criminal extremists. Sophie lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treme (TV Series)
''Treme'' ( ) is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that aired on HBO. The series premiered on April 11, 2010, and concluded on December 29, 2013, comprising four seasons and 36 episodes. The series features an ensemble cast including Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown (actor), Rob Brown, Chris Coy, Kim Dickens, India Ennenga, John Goodman, Michiel Huisman, Melissa Leo, Lucia Micarelli, David Morse (actor), David Morse, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Jon Seda, and Steve Zahn, as well as musical performances by a number of New Orleans–based artists. The series takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans. It begins three months after Hurricane Katrina as the residents, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane and the subsequent severe flooding of the city. It receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linh Dinh
Linh Dinh (Vietnamese: , born 1963, Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American poet, fiction writer, translator, and photographer. He posts travel essays and social commentary regularly in his newsletter ''Postcards from the End.'' He was a 1993 Pew Fellow. Biography Dinh came to the US in 1975, lived mostly in Philadelphia. Since 2018, he has lived mostly in Southeast Asia, but also in Europe and Africa. In 2005, he was a David Wong fellow at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, England. He spent 2002–2003 in Italy as a guest of the International Parliament of Writers and the town of Certaldo. He was a visiting faculty member at University of Pennsylvania. From 2015–2016, Dinh was the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chế Linh
Chế Linh (; b. 1942) is a Vietnamese popular singer, songwriter. An ethnic Cham, his stage name Chế Linh is a Vietnamese transcription of his Cham name. However, like many Cham people, he also has an official Vietnamese legal name, Lưu Văn Liên. He rose to fame in the 1960s and is considered one of the four most renowned male voices of early Vietnamese bolero music ("Tứ trụ nhạc vàng"), each with a distinct style. The other three are Duy Khánh, Nhật Trường, and Hùng Cường. Early life In 1958, when Che Linh was 16 years old, President Ngo Dinh Diem forbade the teaching of the Cham language in the Cham villages. The Cham language was a prestige language considered a second language since the Bảo Đại’s era. This discrimination toward the minority group created conflict between the Chams and the Kinh inhabitants. When the Chams came to town, they were stopped and being persecuted. Che Linh was injured on several incidents. The government ignored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linh Nga
Linh Nga ( ; born 3 January 1982), is an American-Vietnamese film director, film producer, actress, and screenwriter. Linh Nga's 2019 documentary "Inside this peace" won "Award Of Merit" at the Impact DOCS Awards, won "Best Feature Documentary" at the California Women's Film Festival, and nominated for "Best Feature Documentary" at the Action On Film International Film Festival. Her 2003 film '' Up and Down the Dust Way'' (''Xuoi nguoc duong tran'') won "TV Best Series" at the Vietnamese International Film Festival. She is the founder of 9669 films. Biography and career Linh Nga was born in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 3, 1982, to Quang Duy Nguyen, a composer, and Thuy Bich Thi Le, an opera singer. Nga began her career on stage at an early age. She often sang and performed at friends' and family's functions and was part of a local song and dance troupe. In 1990, she earned her first award for "Nam Dinh City's Best Young Voice". Two years later, she joined the Club of Love (Cau la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ling (surname)
Ling is a surname which can be of either Chinese, English, or Nordic origin. Chinese "Ling" is the Roman alphabet spelling of multiple Chinese surnames. Líng () According to traditional stories, the surname pronounced Líng () in Mandarin originated during the Zhou dynasty as an occupational surname for a court official responsible for the storage and handling of ice. King Wu of Zhou's brother had a son who held this post, and Kang Shu's descendants later adopted Líng as their surname. * Ling Cao (, died 203), Eastern Han dynasty military officer serving under the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan * Ling Tong (, 189–217), Eastern Han dynasty military officer, son of Ling Cao * Ling Mengchu (凌濛初, 1580–1644), Ming dynasty writer * Ling Shuhua (, 1900–1990), Chinese modernist writer * Ling Yun (politician) (, 1917–2018), first Minister of State Security of the People's Republic of China * Gilbert Ling (, 1919–2019), Chinese-born American biologist * Ling Qing (, 1923–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
