In the short story collection Trang The Hy published by Tre Publishing House on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the author's birth (October 29, 1924 - October 29, 2024), readers have the opportunity to review his works of the past. Among them, many works have made the name of the late writer Trang The Hy and followed his admirers through the years.
"Trang The Hy's Short Story Collection" includes his outstanding short stories, including new stories collected by Tre Publishing House in the weekly Nhan Loai newspaper, written by him under the pen name Van Phung My. The work was released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer Trang The Hy and the 10th anniversary of Tre Publishing House signing a lifetime copyright contract for the writer's works.
The work is printed in a solemn hardcover, 284 pages thick, including 14 short stories: "Anh Thom Rau Rong", "No Nuoc Mat", "Ve Nha Truoc Mua", "Mua Warm", "Nang dep mien mam que", "Ao lua giong", "Buc hoa khong for sale", "May tran van cua", "Sach vac ban", "Sach vac ban", "Con ca khong vat", "A bit of halo from the fragments of a sad star", "Vet thuc thirtie", "Vung moc ben duong song", "Trang nuoi nu".
His works are authentic, vivid, have a gentle sense of humor, are full of humanity and are especially a "warehouse" of Southern vocabulary.
In his works, he observed life, picked up the “good traits” and resilience, perseverance in ordinary people in everyday life. To understand these things, the author also looked at life through a very kind and delicate lens.
The works of writer Trang The Hy are considered to be simple and close to people's lives. Reading the works of the late writer, readers can see their own stories in the works. In particular, the author often uses close and familiar images to put into his books.
Readers say that Trang The Hy's books help them love the simple, ordinary things in life more.
Writer Trang The Hy (October 29, 1924 - December 8, 2015) real name is Vo Trong Canh, born in Huu Dinh, Chau Thanh, Ben Tre. His other pen names are Pham Vo, Van Phung My, Vu Ai Van, Song Diep, Minh Pham...
He was a member of the Vietnam Writers Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association for two terms, and Honorary President of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu Literature and Arts Association, Ben Tre.
He was awarded writing prizes such as: Nguyen Dinh Chieu Literature Prize of the Southern Liberation Literature and Arts Association (1960 - 1965) for the short story "Anh Thom Rau Rong". He was awarded by the Vietnam Writers Association in 1994 for the story collection "Tieng Cry va Tieng Sing" and was awarded the A prize by the National Committee of the Union of Vietnamese Literature and Arts Associations for the short story collection "Non Nuoc Mat" (2001).
In 2014, Tre Publishing House signed a lifetime copyright agreement with writer Trang The Hy. In 1992, writer Trang The Hy retired and went into seclusion in Ben Tre.
