Vaan Nguyen
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Nguyễn Thi Hong Vaan, (in short Vaan Nguyen, hebrew: ואן נויין, born in Ashkelon, Israel in April 1982) is a poet, publicist and fashion journalist, raised in Jaffa and currently living in Tel Aviv.
Van Nguyen appeared in a feature documentary film called The Journey of Vaan Nguyen (Israel 2005) by filmmaker Duki Dror. The film follows Vaan's trip with her father back to Vietnam in order to examine the fate of the family's land and property during the years. The movie also features commentary text from Nguyen's blog that became renowned in the Israel Blogosphere.
As a poet Nguyen contributes to Free Academy, and publishes regularly poems and short stories in Maayan Magazine.
[edit] External links
- The Journey of Vaan Nguyen at the Internet Movie Database
- The Journey of Vaan Nguyen info from the New York Times website
- The Journey of Vaan Nguyen Review from Variety
- Vaan Nguyen texts from Maayan Magazine, poems and short story, Hebrew.
