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At 3:00 a.m. on the morning of 8 August, after a long illness, GS Tran Quoc Vuong passed away. See the brief obituary below - one of many tributes that will doubtless follow. The world of Vietnam Studies has lost one of its true giants.
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Colleagues,
Sorry for the barbarized message--my first (and last) attempt to send a
Unicode message. The obituary may be read in its entirety at the link
below:
http://vnexpress.net/Vietnam/Van-hoa/Guong-mat-Nghe-sy/2005/08/3B9E0E71/
Dear VSG,
What a horrible horrible batch of email this morning! I opened up my email to find that GS Tran Quoc Vuong, one of my closest Vietnamese friends and mentors, had died and then opened another message to find that the recently retired Hoang Van Lau of the Vien Han Nom was killed in a motorcycle accident yesterday. Although not as well known as Tran Quoc Vuong Hoang Van Lau was also an extremely important scholar for those in Han-Nom studies.
Sorrowfully,
Michele Thompson
Michele Thompson
Dept. of History
Southern Connecticut State University
Michele and List,
This is indeed a sad time. Many of us will miss Vuong's quick and
informed mind, his quirky humour and generous assistance.
If anyone on the list writes anything in memory of Vuong, or Hoang Van
Lau, I would like to post them to the web site. (No copyrighted published
articles please, unless you are the copyright holder)
Judith
Dear Judith,
I'll try to write something up on both of them when I get back from Munich. I'm still sort of shocked about both of them, especially Vuong. Ha Noi really won't be the same for me without him.
Hugs to Boyo,
cheers
Michele
Dear list,
Below there are some words about Tran Quoc Vuong and his main data. An articles
was published in Lao Dong written by Do Quang Hanh, 9.8.2005 p. 5. for those
who want to know more.
Irene Norlund
BIO: Tran Quoc Vuong, FAMED HISTORIAN DIES AT 71
Thai Press Reports
August 11, 2005
LENGTH: 276 words
HEADLINE: VIETNAM: FAMED HISTORIAN DIES AT 71
BODY:
Section: Regional News - Historian, Professor Tran Quoc Vuong, died in
Hanoi yesterday after a long battle with esophagus cancer.
He was 71.
Professor Vuong, who wrote about a variety of subjects from history, to
archaeology and man in society, was among the first to begin a systematic
study of Vietnam's culture.
In 1960, he translated and provided notes to Viet Su Luoc, or Sketches of
Vietnam's History, one of the country's most ancient surviving works.
In 1973, he was the chief author of the two-edition Danh Nhan Hanoi, or
Hanoi's Famous Personalities, and in 1975, in collaboration with Vu Tuan
San, he wrote Hanoi Nghin Xua, or Thousand-year Hanoi.
In 1976, he worked with Le Van Hao and Duong Tat Tu, to write Mua Xuan va
Phong Tuc Vietnam or Spring and Vietnam's Customs.
All were expressions of his desire to contribute all his knowledge to
recording his country's history.
Born on December 12, 1934, in northern Hai Duong Province's Kinh Mon
Village, Vuong graduated as first laureate Bachelor of History-Geography
at the Hanoi University.
He was then invited to teach at the university.
He studied archaeology during 1959-60 and together with renowned
Archaeology Institute Director Professor Ha Van Tan led the way in
unearthing Vietnam's archaeological history.
He was made a professor in 1980.
Professor Vuong's many posts included deputy general secretary of the
Vietnam's Folklore Literature Association and first president of the Hanoi
History Association.
His funeral will be held at the Defence Ministry's Funeral Hall at 5 Tran
Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi, this Friday starting at 8am. - VNS
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