Saigon: Dai Nam Van Hien Books, 1972. Third edition in English, 4to, 3 p.l., pp. 116, [1]; mimeographed; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. This copy with a presentation from the author, inscribed and dated April, 1973. The book was first published in 1966 and there was a revised edition printe in 1968. Autobiography by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. This edition not in OCLC.

Bookseller: Rulon-Miller Books (US)
Bookseller’s Inventory #: 34489
Title: Thephong by Thephong. The writer: the work and the life autobiography
Author: Thé Phong [i.e. Do Manh Tuong]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Dai Nam Van Hien Books
Place Of Publication: Saigon
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: Vietnamese Literature , Vietnam War , Southeast Asia , Vietnam

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