Bảo Ninh

Bảo Ninh, whose real name was Hoàng Ấu Phương, was born on 18 October 1952 in Diễn Châu, in Nghệ An, the son of the linguist Hoàng Tuệ, who headed the institute of linguistics; he took his pen name from his father's village, in Quảng Bình. Enlisted in 1969, at seventeen, he fought until 1975 on the Central Highlands front, and says he was one of the few to return from his unit. Demobilised, he studied in Hanoi, worked at the institute of sciences, attended the Nguyễn Du writing school, then was a literary journalist. He lives in Hanoi and gives few interviews.

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• NovelThe Sorrow of WarNỗi buồn chiến tranhBảo Ninh · 1990Literature