Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
Writing
Biography
Nguyễn Ngọc Tư (born 15th August 1976 in Cà Mau) is a Vietnamese writer and poet. One of the most influential figures in 21st century Vietnamese literature, she is best known for a series of controversial short stories featuring extreme poverty, abusive relationships, violence and alienation, as well as a terse, emotionally resonant writing style and the heavy use of Southern Vietnamese-Mekong Delta regional dialect. She has received various accolades, including the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2008, Vietnam Writers' Association Award for her most famous work "Cánh đồng bất tận" (The Endless Field) in 2006, and LiBeraturpreis in 2018; the writer was also voted as one of the top 10 notable rising figures of the youth in 2002 by the public.
Known For
Set in the poor Mekong Delta coastal village of Thơm Rơm, the film follows the lives of three women, whose love lives are unusual and unique to their nature. The film is narrated from Hau's perspective, as she experiences life with a husband who only has eyes for another woman, and develops her growing friendship with her rival.
Glorious Ashes
Set in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, the film tells a story of Mr. Võ and his children. Võ, enraged by his wife’s infidelity, burns down his house and all his memories of the past.
Floating Lives
In a near future Vietnam where global warming and rising seawater levels have forced cultivation to be done on floating farms, a strong-willed woman has to make a critical decision about her ex-lover, a suspect of her husband's murder.
2030
A couple takes shelter from the rain in a public reading room called Thư Viên, but one of them suddenly vanishes .