Pham Duy Ton
From Wikivietlit
Phạm Duy Tốn (1881-1924) was a pioneer of Vietnamese fiction.
He was born in Hanoi and died in Hanoi, of tuberculosis. He was one of the first Vietnamese to cut his hair short and adopt European clothings. His oldest son was the francophone writer Phạm Duy Khiêm, his youngest the celebrated song composer Phạm Duy. His books include Bực mình (1914), Sống chết mặc bay (1918), Con người Sở Khanh (1919) and Nước đời lắm nỗi (1919). He was also a collector of jokes, many of them bawdy, which were published in highly popular editions during the first decades of the 20th century.
Linh Dinh started this entry.
Phạm Duy Tốn online
- Phạm Duy Tốn page on Đất Việt, with three stories
- Phạm Duy on his father