Qui Duc Nguyen
Biographical Info:
Nguyen Qui Duc has been dividing his time between Vietnam and San Francisco, pursuing his writing and looking for a place to call home. He has written for several newspapers and journals and is the author of Where the Ashes Are: the Odyssey of a Vietnamese Family. His commentaries and reports can be heard on the BBC and National Public Radio. Duc was a writer in residence at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, California.
Qui Duc Nguyen's Recent Contributions
Le Thanh Minh
Qui Duc Nguyen - qdnguyen [879]
At forty, Le Thanh Minh is already an accomplished painter. After three years of training at the School of Fine Arts in Hanoi, he spent a further five years in Moscow, studying and graduating from its...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People |
Art
Tran Tuyet-Mai
Qui Duc Nguyen - qdnguyen [879]
Tran Tuyet-Mai must be one of the most self-effacing artists in Hanoi. While many cannot stop boasting about their work, she doesn't even show her work that often. She lives quietly in a small flat on...
Destinations:
Hanoi |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People |
Art
A Poet's Corner in Dalat
Qui Duc Nguyen - qdnguyen [879]
The name is unfortunate. Inevitably, one thinks of a convenience store, or a gas station. But the Stop and Go Cafe in Dalat is a place for poets searching for the muse. And the muse definitely...
Destinations:
Da Lat |
Vietnam
Topics:
Travel |
Art
Spider Web, Tree House, Hotel
Qui Duc Nguyen - qdnguyen [879]
So the bed cover is blood red. Or shocking pink, adorned with bright yellow and aqua phoenixes. A touch of green in their feathers. The drapes? Brown, with massive yellow daisies. The leaves, blue.
Destinations:
Da Lat |
Vietnam
Topics:
Travel |
Architecture
Le Doi
Qui Duc Nguyen - qdnguyen [879]
Le Doi paints colorful tableaux, yet there is an undeniable sadness in them. His subjects are most often face to face with solitude. Nude figures are painted from the back, their heads usually buried...
Destinations:
Da Nang |
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
People |
Art
Other Contributions
| Vien Thuc |
| Backseat Driving - Rules of the Road |
| An Artist and Her Work: Dinh Y Nhi |
| The Bun Cha Obsession |
| The Oldest Embroidery Shop in Hanoi |
