Nguyễn Quang Lập is a Vietnamese writer, playwright, and screenwriter. He has won several prizes of the

Vietnamese government The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (; less formally the Vietnamese Government or the Government of Vietnam, ) is the cabinet and the central executive arm of the state administration of Vietnam. The members of the Governmen ...

. His political publications led to his arrest in 2014. Out of Vietnam's 34 imprisoned bloggers counted by

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, he is the only mainstream author, often featured by Vietnam's official media.

Biography

Nguyễn Quang Lập was born in 1956 in Quang Trach. He graduated from the University of Hanoi as a radio engineer. Nguyễn Quang Lập joined the army from 1980 to 1985, stationed in Quang Ninh then in

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. Some of his early works were written during this period. After leaving the army he worked at Kim Dong Publishing House and for the Saigon Tiep Thi newspaper. He was arrested on December 6, 2014 under article 258 of the Vietnamese Penal Code, which allows for prison terms of up to 3 years for "abus ngthe rights to freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of belief, religion, assembly, association, and other democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State."

Works

* ''The Deserted Valley'', 2002 * ''The Little Heart'', 2008

References

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