Ngo Ngo Tu Lap

Background

Lap was born in Hanoi in 1962.

Education

In 1990, he entered the Hanoi Law College, from which he graduated in 1993. In 1996, he earned his master"s degree in Literature in École Normale Supérieur de Fontenay/Saint Cloud, Paris (now École Normale Supérieure lettres sciences humaines), and in 2006 a Doctor of Philosophy at the Illinois State University.

Career

He earned his first University Degree, in Navigation, in the ex-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1986), and then served in Vietnam Navy as captain of a landing ship. After a short time working in the Military Supreme Tribunal, he became a literary editor of the Army Publishing House, then the Hanoi Publishing House, and has worked for several newspapers. Ngo Tu Lap has published over 20 books, including four books of fictions, two books of poems, five books of essays and many translations from Russian, French and English.

Among the authors translated by Ngo Tu Lap are Jorge Luis Borges, Blaise Cendrars, Otto Steiger, and V.N. Voloshinov.

The manual "Littérature Francophone" has an entry on Ngo Tu Lap. His work has been included in such anthologies as ”Till: igår.

Tolv vietnamesiska poeter” (Tranan, Sweden, 2010), Legend of the Phoenix. The Other Side of Heaven – an Anthology of American and Vietnamese Post-war Fiction.

Au rez de chaussée du paradis, and Vietnam berättar: Eldsommar, juliregn., "Diversité culturelle et mondialisation" (Autrement, Collection Mutations, Canada, 2004).

Achievements

• Ngo Tu Lap won seven prizes for his writings. His book "Black Stars" was nominated for the Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Poetry in Translation Award - 2014.

Membership

Ngo Tu Lap is a member of the Vietnam Writers" Union and Hanoi Writers" Association.