The only certainty in this life is
uncertainty
To the editorial staff
of Da Màu
And the friends of
Phùng Nguyễn
PHÙNG NGUYỄN’S BIOGRAPHY
Phùng Nguyễn’s given name is Nguyễn Đức Phùng. Born in 1950 at
Quảng Nam, he is the oldest child of a large family. After he finished
elementary school in his village, in 1961, Nguyễn Đức Phùng successfully passed
the admission test to the 6th grade at Trần Quý Cáp junior high
school in Hội An. Three
years later, he moved
to Saigon with his family.
There was a very
important period in his life that Phùng Nguyễn did not mention in his
biography. It was the time he served in
the ARVN / Army of the Republic of Vietam in 1968 at the age of eighteen. He was wounded in the war and discharged from
the military prior to 1975. In this author’s view, the years he was in uniform,
though brief, left a deep mark in his literary career.
