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From dnfox@hamilton.edu Wed Jun 22 08:06:32 2005
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:04:44 -0400
From: "Diane Fox (dnfox)" <dnfox@hamilton.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
Subject: [Vsg] To Huu in prison, "Con Ca, Chot Nua"
In the course of doing interviews in a village near Hue, I was introduced to To Huu's poem "Con Ca, Chot Nua", which mentions a dish that is a specialty of the region--a dish that was used to try to lure him to end a hunger strike when he was in prison.
Does anyone know the circumstances of his imprisonment--even by whom, where, and for how long? The poem is in a collection "Tu Ay", which dates from 1937-1946, but that's all I know.
with thanks for any ideas,
Diane
From dduffy@email.unc.edu Wed Jun 22 08:28:31 2005
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:28:09 -0400
From: Dan Duffy <dduffy@email.unc.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] To Huu in prison, "Con Ca, Chot Nua"
I thought To Huu wrote a memoir? Or maybe that was just To Hoai. Can't keep my dong chi can bo nha tho straight. Look in notes to Peter Zinoman's prison book?
Dan
Dan Duffy
Viet Nam Literature Project
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From sdenney@ocf.berkeley.edu Wed Jun 22 12:18:13 2005
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stephen Denney <sdenney@ocf.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Vsg] To Huu in prison, "Con Ca, Chot Nua"
I believe this might be his autobiography, available in our library here:
ME: To Huu, 1920-
TI: Nho lai mot thoi : hoi ky / To Huu
IM: [Ha Noi] : Nha xuat ban Hoi nha van, 2000
CO: 429 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm
CALL: PL4378.9.T6.Z65 2000
- Steve Denney
library assistant, U.C. Berkeley
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:14:29 -0100
From: Shawn McHale <mchale@gwu.edu>
Reply-To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Vsg] More on To Huu in prison
Diane,
Given your question about Tố Hữu:
I just stumbled across, today, the following few lines in General Trần Văn Trà's collection of essays, Gởi người đang sống (HCMC: NXB Trẻ, 1996) p. 48:
"Khi chúng [the French] đưa tôi ra Huế, vào nhà tù, đã thấy các anh Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Tố Hữu, Hoàng Anh . . . và các anh trong Đảng bộ Thừa Thiên, cả trong chi bộ của tôi cũng đang ở trong tù hết."
Perhaps that little mention might prove to be of some help in tracking down more information on his prison experience.
Good luck,
Shawn McHale
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052 USA
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