Khái Hưng

Trần Khánh Giư, pen-name Khái Hưng (1896 in Cổ Am village, Vĩnh Bảo, Hải Phòng – 17 November 1947 in Cựa Gà, Xuân Trường) was a Vietnamese novelist, a pro-independence but non-communist intellectual.

As a boy, he studied at the Lycée Albert Sarraut in Hanoi. From 1933 he was part of the new Tự Lực Văn Đoàn "Self-Strengthening Literary Group" with editor Nhất Linh and 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 Dai Viet Democratic Party (DVDC) he was arrested by the French, along with the artist Nguyễn Gia Trí.^[1]

He was captured by the Việt Minh in the Lạc Quần, Trực Ninh area, then executed at Cựa Gà on 17 November 1947.^[2]

Works

His novels were written in a style influenced by social realism, and were critical of many aspects of traditional Vietnamese society.^[3]

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)

References

^ Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895–1945 - Page 227 Li Narangoa, R. B. Cribb - 2003 "In 1941, well known members of the DVDC (Hoang Dao, Khai Hung and Nguyen Gia Tri) were arrested by the French "
^ Virtual lotus: modern fiction of Southeast Asia - Page 278 Teri Shaffer Yamada - 2002 "Khai Hung (1896–1947) is the pen name of Tran Khanh Giu, a cofounder (along with Nhat Linh) of the powerful Self-Reliance ... In 1947, while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, he was captured by the Viet Minh and died at Gua Ga in Nam Dinh "
^ Vietnamese short stories: an introduction James Banerian - 1986 "In 1947 while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, Khai Hung was captured by the Viet Minh and murdered at Cua Ga, in Nam Dinh province. A bold intellectual, Khai Hung often challenged the very roots of traditional Vietnamese society."

[1] Imperial Japan and National Identities in Asia, 1895–1945 - Page 227 Li Narangoa, R. B. Cribb - 2003 "In 1941, well known members of the DVDC (Hoang Dao, Khai Hung and Nguyen Gia Tri) were arrested by the French "

[2] Virtual lotus: modern fiction of Southeast Asia - Page 278 Teri Shaffer Yamada - 2002 "Khai Hung (1896–1947) is the pen name of Tran Khanh Giu, a cofounder (along with Nhat Linh) of the powerful Self-Reliance ... In 1947, while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, he was captured by the Viet Minh and died at Gua Ga in Nam Dinh "

[3] Vietnamese short stories: an introduction James Banerian - 1986 "In 1947 while fleeing for safety to his wife's village, Khai Hung was captured by the Viet Minh and murdered at Cua Ga, in Nam Dinh province. A bold intellectual, Khai Hung often challenged the very roots of traditional Vietnamese society."

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