Khái Hưng
Vietnamese novelist (1896–1947)
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Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (1896 in Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng – 1947 in Nam Định[1]) was a Vietnamese novelist, member of Self-Reliant Literary Group, and a nationalist intellectual.
As a boy, he studied at the Lycée Albert Sarraut in Hanoi. From 1933 he was a member of the new Self-Reliant Literary Group with editor Nhất Linh; his novels were first serialized in the group's magazines before being published as books. Just as Nhất Linh was a pen name ("One-Zero" 壹零) Giu briefly adopted the pen name Nhị Linh ("Two-Zero" 貳零).
In 1941, as a member of Nhat Linh's Đại Việt Dân chính Đảng he was arrested by the French, along with the artist Nguyễn Gia Trí.[2]
He was captured by the Việt Minh in the Lạc Quần, Trực Ninh area, and executed at Cựa Gà on 17 November 1947.[3]
Works
His novels were written in a style influenced by social realism, and were critical of many aspects of traditional Vietnamese society.[4]
Novels
- Hồn bướm mơ tiên (1933)
- Ðời mưa gió (with Nhất Linh, 1933)
- Nửa chừng xuân (1934)
- Gánh hàng hoa (with Nhất Linh, 1934)
- Trống mái (1936)
- Gia đình (1936)
- Tiêu sơn tráng sĩ (1937)
- Thoát ly (1938)
- Hạnh (1938)
- Ðẹp (1940)
- Thanh Ðức (1942)
Collections of stories
- Anh phải sống (with Nhất Linh, 1934)
- Tiếng suối reo (1935)
- Ðợi chờ (1940)
- Cái ve (1944)