Nguyen Ngoc Ngan

Nguyen Ngoc Ngan

Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn (born on January 26, 1945) is a Vietnamese-Canadian writer and essayist.

He was born in Sơn Tây, Vietnam, but his family moved to South Vietnam when the Geneva Accords divided the country in 1945.^[1] After university and service in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Ngan was imprisoned by the victorious communists after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and did forced labor in a re-education camp until 1978, an experience described in his autobiography, The Will Of Heaven. After his release, he escaped by boat to Malaysia in 1979; during the closing stages of the journey, storms hit the boat and knocked it over within sight of land. Ngan's wife and child drowned and he was pulled unconscious from the water. He was then sponsored by the Canadian government and brought to Vancouver, in 1980 moving to Prince Rupert, British Columbia and in 1985 to Toronto.^[2]

Ngạn is well known for his role as one of the two hosts of Paris By Night. He is the co-author of Ballad Of Mulan and The Blind Man and the Cripple - Orchard Village.

References

1. ^ Huu Khoa Le, Littérature vietnamienne: la part d'exil (Groupe de recherche sur l'Extrême-Orient contemporain, 1995: ISBN 2853993612), p. 39.
2. ^ Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, The Vietnam Forum (1985).

Sources

• Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn with E.E. Richey, The Will of Heaven: A Story of One Vietnamese and the End of His World, Dutton, 1982: ISBN 0525030611

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Name	Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn
Alternative names
Short description	Writer
Date of birth	January 26, 1945
Place of birth	Sơn Tây, Vietnam
Date of death
Place of death