Guest of the ilb 2002
Thu Hien Vu was born in 1933 in
Hanoi/Vietnam. He studied Film and Theatre Studies at a Soviet
university. From 1962 to 1967 he worked as a writer and a
journalist. He was imprissoned in varius prisons and labour camps
in Vietnam for 9 years. Between 1992 and 1994 he lived in
Moskow. He sought political asylum in France following further
attacks from the Secret Service. He has lived in Nürnberg since
2001. He has written numerous film scripts.
© international literature festival berlin | 
privat.jpg)