Thanh Thuong Hoang

The Carriage Driver & The Old Horse Thanh Thuong Hoang

BiographyBirth Place: Hai Ninh Native Place: Nghe An, Central of VietnamStarting writing in 1953The important positions taken before 1975 (1954 - 1975), under the regime of the Republic of Vietnam: Editor, General Secretary, Secretary of the daily newspapers, weekly and monthly magazinesJournalist Union ChairmanChairman of the Cooperative Housing for the Journalist UnionFounder of the Press Village which consisted of over 300 units Chairman assistant of the Vietnamese Journalist Committee. The author was accused of doing reactionary newspapers and was kept in the Vietnamese Communist re-education camps for almost 10 years starting in April of 1976. Under the protection of the following organizations: Pen Club, Press Union, Vietnamese and International Human Rights. POW Family Protective committee that intervened in defence, he was released and resettled in the U. S. in May of 1999. He now lives in California. The Author's Published works (in Vietnamese) The Petals Washed Away by the war (novel) - Thoi Dai, 1955The Weather Beaten Life (novel)- Cua Ngo Nuoc Viet, 1956Kindling A Fire (short stories) - Sung Chinh Vien, 1960To Dinh's Treasure (history novel) - Thoi Dai, 1962The Buddhists' Struggle in Vietnam (research & compilation) - Tan Sanh, 1963Torn and Untorn (news reporting novel) Vinh Son, 1965Instance and Eternity (short stories) - Published in Australia, 1994Dr. Le Mai (novel) - Published in USA - Thanh Chuong, 1999A lonely American (novel) - Published in USA - Thanh Chuong, 2000Sufferings from Life (short stories) - Published in USA - Thang Mo, 2001The Refugeed General - Published in USA - Thanh Chuong, 2005The Stream (short stories) - Published in USA - Ngoc Huyen & Quoc Oai, 2009