Phạm Duy Tốn

Phạm Duy Tốn
Born1881 (1881)
Hà Nội, French protectorate of Tonkin
Died1924 (aged 42–43)
Hàng Dầu, Hà Nội, Tonkin[1]
NationalityVietnamese
Other namesƯu Thời Mẫn, Đông Phương Sóc, Thọ An
OccupationWriter
Known forSống chết mặc bay
ChildrenPhạm Duy Khiêm
Phạm Duy

Phạm Duy Tốn (1881 – 25 February 1924) was a Vietnamese writer. He was father of the songwriter Phạm Duy and French language writer and ambassador Phạm Duy Khiêm.[1][2] He was widely considered as the first Vietnamese writer who wrote short stories following Western style.[3]

Phạm was born 1881 in Phố Hàng Dầu [vi], Hà Nội in an oil merchant family.[3]

In 1901, Phạm graduated from the French School of Interpreters, and began working for Residential Palace of the Tonkin Governor.[3] In 1907 he was appointed one of three teachers at the Hội Trí Tri (en: Association for Mutual Education, fr: Société d’Enseignement Mutuel du Tonkin) in Hanoi.[4]

In 1913, Phạm joined the editorial board of the Đông Dương tạp chí — a magazine that actively promoted Quốc ngữ via translated articles from original Chinese and French works, managed by Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh.[5] He published alongside Confucian writers like Nguyễn Bá Học [vi] in Nam Phong magazine, showing more ability to give straightforward prose unconstrained by classical structures.[6]

In 1922, Phạm Duy Tốn along with Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh, and Phạm Quỳnh attended Exposition nationale coloniale [fr] in Marseille. After returning home from Marseille, his tuberculosis worsened till he died in Hàng Dầu in February 1924.[3]

His writing touched on social themes, as in the story Sống chết mặc bay (Who Cares if you Survive or Die, 1918) but open criticism of the French had to be veiled in social narrative.[7]

Works

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  • Sống chết mặc bay (1918)
  • Con người Sở Khanh (1919)
  • Nước đời lắm nỗi (1920)
  • Tiếu lâm quảng ký (1920)[3]
  • Phạm Duy Tốn, Tác phẩm chọn lọc (complete works) ed. Cừ Nguyẽ̂n - 2002

References

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  1. ^ a b "Phạm Duy Tốn". phamduy.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ Tỵ Tạ Phạm Duy, còn đó nỗi buồn 1971 Page 21 "Nhà vãn Phạm Duy Tốn Sinh hạ tắt cả 10 người con nhưng bỏ măt 5. Còn lại 3 traiể hài gái. Người anh cå là Thạc Sĩ Phạm Duy Khiêm, học và Sống lâu năm bện Pháp."
  3. ^ a b c d e "Phạm Duy Tốn – the pioneer". baophapluat.vn. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  4. ^ Nguyễn Đình Hoà From the City Inside the Red River: A Cultural Memoir 1999 Page 76 "the Association for Mutual Education (Hội Trí-tri) at 59 Fan Street. ... August 22, 1907, of the same paper further revealed, on page 348, that the three elementary grades were taught ... Tran Van Hiing, Vii Van Tru and Phạm Duy Tốn, the latter a scholar-publicist and father of Professor Phạm Duy-Khiem and musician Phạm Duy-Ca'n, a.k.a. Phạm Duy. On November 16, 1943, Governor-General Decoux, resident-sup ...
  5. ^ "Indochina Magazine and the absorbing of the international literature" (PDF). sti.vista.gov.vn. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  6. ^ David G. Marr Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920-1945 1984 Page 160 "Rather more successful at avoiding classical parallel sentence structure and developing straightforward ... [Footnote] Nguyen Ba Hoc was a literatus, whereas Pham Duy Ton had graduated from the French School of Interpreters."
  7. ^ Philip Taylor Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform 2004 Page 329 "The major writers in the early twentieth century, such as Pham Duy Ton and Ho Bieu Chanh, attempted to portray the miseries of ... For example, Pham Duy Ton, in the short story Song Chet Mac Bay (Who Cares If You Survive or Die) [1918], describes how peasants are miserable due to a broken dyke, while the mandarin is spending his time gambling and ignoring all the sufferings being endured by villagers..."
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