Bong May Tinh Yeu

by KimVui Nguyen, Dung Phan (Translator)

Overview

Bong May Tinh Yeu
Love Found and Lost: The Kim Vui Story, Vietnamese Version

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798396739352
Publisher:	Tieng Que Huong
Publication date:	09/08/2023
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	638,873
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Among those who departed their country of birth, few were as recognizable as the actress and singer Kim Vui, fondly referred to as “the Sophia Loren of Vietnam”. From her early work with a government civic action cadre to subsequent nightclub singing engagements and film roles, perhaps no other is so well positioned to tell the story of Saigon's nightlife and burgeoning film scene as the famous actress from Purple Horizon. Kim Vui was a pioneering performer and spokesmodel, the first to appear in a bikini and first to do a nude cinema scene. From contested rural hamlets to stage and on camera, Kim Vui took considerable personal risk throughout her life while blazing a trail in South Vietnam, later helping refugees on Guam, observing violence in Iran, working for change in Africa, and making America her new home.

Dung Phan has been translating since 1988. His translation includes
In The Jaws of History by Bui Diem and David Chanoff (1988), Chinese Mosaic by Bette Bao Lord (1991), Uphill Battle by Frank Scotton, (2015), Embers of War by Fredrik Logevall (2019), Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy by Max Hastings (2022), Drawn Swords in a Distant Land by George J. Veith (2023)