Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (1896 in Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng – 1947 in

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) was a Vietnamese

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, member of Self-Reliant Literary Group, and a nationalist intellectual. As a boy, he studied at the

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in Hanoi. From 1933 he was a member of the new ''Self-Reliant Literary Group'' with editor

Nhất Linh Nguyễn Tường Tam (; chữ Hán: 阮祥三 or 阮祥叄; 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 col ...

; 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 Đại Việt Dân chính Đảng he was arrested by the French, along with the artist Nguyễn Gia Trí. He was captured by the

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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 of traditional Vietnamese society.Vietnamese short stories: an introduction James Banerian - 1986 "In 1947 while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, Khai Hung was captured by the Viet Minh and murdered at Cua Ga, in Nam Dinh province. A bold intellectual, Khai Hung often challenged the very roots of traditional Vietnamese society."

Novels

*''Hồn bướm mơ tiên'' (1933) *''Ðời mưa gió'' (with Nhất Linh, 1933) *''Nửa chừng xuân'' (1934) *''Gánh hàng hoa'' (with Nhất Linh, 1934) *''Trống mái'' (1936) *''Gia đình'' (1936) *''Tiêu sơn tráng sĩ'' (1937) *''Thoát ly'' (1938) *''Hạnh'' (1938) *''Ðẹp'' (1940) *''Thanh Ðức'' (1942)

Collections of stories

*''Anh phải sống'' (with Nhất Linh, 1934) *''Tiếng suối reo'' (1935) *''Ðợi chờ'' (1940) *''Cái ve'' (1944)

References

External links

Khái Hưng
BnF Catalogue général * Trần Khánh Triệu

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"Khái Hưng – những ngày tháng cuối"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khai Hung Vietnamese writers 1896 births 1947 deaths People from Haiphong 20th-century novelists 20th-century Vietnamese male writers 20th-century Vietnamese writers