Biography of huynh quang nhuong

Vietnamese-born American author

Quang Nhuong Huynh (August 22, 1946^[2]—2001^[1]) was a Vietnamese-born American author. He wrote two books, and has received several awards for his autobiographical work The Land I Lost.

Huynh is credited as being the first Vietnamese author to write fiction and non-fiction in English.^[2]

Biography

Huynh was born August 22, 1941, in My Tho, Vietnam to the parents Huynh Miu Van, and Kiem Thi.^[2] Huynh then enrolled in Saigon University for chemistry, earning his degree in 1962.^[1] After the outbreak of the Vietnam War, Huynh was drafted into the South Vietnamese army,^[1] where he reached the rank of first lieutenant, and received a gold and a silver medal.^[2] Huynh was shot and paralyzed during the war, resulting in his trip to the United States in 1963 for physical therapy.^[1]

Huynh decided to stay in the United States, and earned an M.A.

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