Phan Thị Vàng Anh

Phan Thị Vàng Anh (another pen name Thảo Hảo; born 18 August 1968) is a Vietnamese poet and short-story writer. She was one of the Vietnamese writers that emerged from post-Vietnam War literature.[1]

Early life

Vàng Anh was born in 1968 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Her father and mother were, respectively, Chế Lan Viên, a poet who composed on philosophical questions dealing with the occult and life, and Vũ Thị Thường, a novelist.[2] Vang-Anh's inspirations mostly came from her parents' literary influences.[1]

Themes

The themes that Anh covers in her works are about family, life, friendship, love, and coming of age, about which she writes in a simple style. Her works are read by different generations of readers due to the relatable characters written in her stories.[1]

Selected works
  • Truyện trẻ con (children's story) (9/1988)
  • Hoa muộn (Late Flowers) (1993)
  • Khi người ta trẻ (When We Are Young) (1994)
  • Pantomime (1994)
  • Mưa rơi (Rain) (1994)
  • Hội chợ (Market Days) (1995)[1]

References
  1. Miller, Jane Eldridge (2002). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-415-15981-4.
  2. Chee, Tham Seong (1981). Essays on Literature and Society in Southeast Asia: Political and Sociological Perspectives. NUS Press. pp. 335–. ISBN 978-9971-69-036-6.


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