Phạm Duy Tốn (1881 – 25 February 1924) was a Vietnamese writer. He was father of the songwriter

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and French language writer and ambassador Phạm Duy Khiêm. He was widely considered as the first Vietnamese writer who wrote short stories following Western style. Phạm was born 1881 in , Hà Nội in an oil merchant family. In 1901, Phạm graduated from the French School of Interpreters, and began working for Residential Palace of the Tonkin Governor. In 1907 he was appointed one of three teachers at the Hội Trí Tri (en: Association for Mutual Education, fr: Société d’Enseignement Mutuel du Tonkin) in Hanoi. In 1913, Phạm joined the editorial board of the Đông Dương tạp chí — a magazine that actively promoted Quốc ngữ via translated articles from original Chinese and French works, managed by Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh. He published alongside Confucian writers like in Nam Phong magazine, showing more ability to give straightforward prose unconstrained by classical structures. In 1922, Phạm Duy Tốn along with Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh, and Phạm Quỳnh attended in

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. After returning home from Marseille, his tuberculosis worsened till he died in Hàng Dầu in February 1924. His writing touched on social themes, as in the story Sống chết mặc bay (''Who Cares if you Survive or Die'', 1918) but open criticism of the French had to be veiled in social narrative.Philip Taylor ''Social Inequality in Vietnam and the Challenges to Reform '' 2004 Page 329 "The major writers in the early twentieth century, such as Pham Duy Ton and Ho Bieu Chanh, attempted to portray the miseries of ... For example, Pham Duy Ton, in the short story Song Chet Mac Bay (Who Cares If You Survive or Die)

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describes how peasants are miserable due to a broken dyke, while the mandarin is spending his time gambling and ignoring all the sufferings being endured by villagers..."

Works

* Sống chết mặc bay (1918) * Con người Sở Khanh (1919) * Nước đời lắm nỗi (1920) * Tiếu lâm quảng ký (1920) * Phạm Duy Tốn, ''Tác phẩm chọn lọc'' (complete works) ed. Cừ Nguyẽ̂n - 2002

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pham, Duy Ton 1881 births 1924 deaths Writers from Hanoi