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Trần Bạch Đằng (1926-2007)

Alias:
Bach Dang Tran
Hưởng Triều
Nguyễn Hiểu Trường
Nguyễn Trương Thiên Lý
Trương Gia Triều
Trần Quang
Tư Ánh

Birthplace:
Giồng Riềng, Kiên Giang province, Vietnam

Born:
July 15, 1926

Died:
April 16, 2007

Biography from TheMovieDB

Trần Bạch Đằng (July 15, 1926 – April 16, 2007) was a Vietnamese researcher, writer, and journalist. He was also a veteran politician, serving as former Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization and former Secretary of the Saigon Municipal Committee. Under the pen name Nguyễn Trương Thiên Lý, Trần Bạch Đằng is the author of the novel "Ván bài lật ngửa" about an agent working in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, based on the real life figure of Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo. The novel is adapted into a famous film series, considered a classic in Vietnamese cinema, by director Lê Hoàng Hoa (also known as Khôi Nguyên).

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Writer:
1977  First Love
1982  Cards on the Table: The Foster Son of the Archbishop
1983  Cards on the Table: The Gunshot on the Highland
1983  Cards on the Table: The Roving Chessman
1984  Cards on the Table: The Great Flood and the Tango no. 3
1985  Cards on the Table: Blue Sky in the Split of Leaf
1986  Cards on the Table: The Last Warning
1987  Cards on the Table: High Pressure and the Freshet
1987  Cards on the Table: Wreath on the Grave

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