Nguyn Ngc Ngn - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Nguyn Ngc Ngn
- Nguy?n Ng?c Ng?n (born 9 March 1945 in Son Tây in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese-Canadian writer and essayist. He was born in Son Tây, Vietnam, but his family moved to South Vietnam when the Geneva Accords divided Vietnam in 1954.
- After university and service in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Ng?n was imprisoned by the victorious communists after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and did forced labour in a re-education camp until 1978, an experience described in his autobiography, The Will Of Heaven.After his release, Ng?n 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.
- Ng?n's wife and child drowned and he was pulled unconscious from the water.
- He was sponsored by the Canadian government and brought to Vancouver in 1980, moving to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and in 1985 to Toronto.Ng?n is known for co-hosting Thuy Nga's Paris by Night with Vietnamese personality K? Duyên.
- He co-authored Ballad Of Mulan and The Blind Man and the Cripple - Orchard Village.
