Who is An Ngu Tuyen on Tao Dan ?
The author Nhu Hoa, who specializes in the "Social Paintings" column on the front page of Saigon newspaper, is just a pen name of Hong Tieu Nguyen Duc Huy. In this newspaper, Hong Tieu also has a feminine pen name, Nhat Chi Mai. When writing for Tieu Thuyet Thu Nam , Luu Trong Lu used the pen name Luu Than.
The above is just an example of pen names and pseudonyms in reality. Talking about pen names and pseudonyms, in the Literature Magazine "Studying the names and pseudonyms of modern pre-war artists" in March 1973, Vu Bang explained that it is "the name one gives oneself to express one's interests, ambitions, and will [...] is the title of the writer, usually only those who truly work as a writer have it". Tuong Pho is famous for the article "Autumn Tears" published in Nam Phong magazine, issue 231, July 1928, but her real name is Do Thi Dam. As for Tham Tam, familiar in Tieu Thuyet Thu Bay, Truyen Ba, her real name is Nguyen Tuan Trinh... That shows that many times readers remember the author from the pen name, pseudonym, but the real name is often unclear.
Nguyen Duc Huy used the pen name Nhu Hoa in the "Social Paintings" column of Saigon newspaper.
Even Vu Bang, when writing for newspapers, had his own pen name when writing articles in Hoang Tich Chu's Dong Tay newspaper in 1930. The pen name Tieu Lieu, which Vu Bang confided to Ta Ty, was taken by the scholar Mai Dang De from a sentence in Trang Tu, "Tieu Dao" chapter: "Tieu Lieu bird nests in the forest, but only one branch, just like a field mouse drinks river water, but only fills a small belly", recorded in Ta Ty's Ten Faces of Literature .
Nguyen Cong Hoan was one of the few writers and journalists who used their real names. But when his books were banned by the French, the children's story writer took the name Ngoc Oanh. That name was an anagram of the real name Cong Hoan. The author of Tam long vang confided in his memoir Nho gi ghi ngay . This case was included by Thien Tuong in the article Understanding the origin of the nicknames in the above magazine as "pen names reversing the letters in the real name". Many people used this method, including Khai Hung, who reversed the letters Khanh Giu (Tran Khanh Giu); The Lu reversed the letters Thu Le (Nguyen Thu Le). Nguyen Tuan, who wrote articles published in Tao dan magazine, used the pen name An Ngu Tuyen from issue 1 (February 16, 1939) onwards. This is a character derived from the word Nguyen Tuan, according to Nguyen Khanh Dam, owner of the Nguyen Khanh Dam bookstore in Saigon, Nguyen Tuan's younger brother, who revealed it to Dong Ho and Mong Tuyet, "and from then on Nguyen Tuan did not use the word An Ngu Tuyen anymore", Ho's memoir Mong Guong Mountain recorded.
Pretending to be a Duck on Male Duck No. 2, published on June 29, 1938, signed Duckling
DOCUMENTS OF DINH BA
Ms. Ly Le Van Truong
Talking about his pen name, Nguyen Cong Hoan also revealed the origin of his colleagues' pen names. Nicknames from legends such as Nguyen Duc Phong, owner of Cau Am newspaper, whose nickname is Thai Phi, is from rau phi, rau phong; meanwhile, Le Du, also known as So Cuong, is understood to be a crazy person of So country, named Du.
Writing for newspapers, Dai Duc Tuan is known by the pen name Tchya, which sounds very Western but is of Vietnamese origin, from the abbreviation of the words "I don't love anyone", which his friends jokingly call Tay Xia. Dai Duc Tuan was originally an assistant to the Department of Education, a good writer and talented one, according to Vu Bang in his memoir Forty Years of "Lying" . Artist NGYM, famous for his illustrations and satirical paintings in Cau Am, Bac Ky The Thao ..., has the real name Tran Quang Tran. The name NGYM is taken from the letters in "Nguoi yeu mo". Mo here must be placed in the context of that time with the meaning of wife.
In addition, there are other ways of taking pen names of journalists according to Thien Tuong's classification. Such as taking pen names from physical or spiritual characteristics, found in Doan Ke Thien who took the pen name Bat Ac with the meaning of good, which is also his gentle personality; pen names related to geographical origin, often associated with place names such as Nguyen Khac Hieu with the pen name Tan Da, Ngo Tat To with the pen name Coi Giang or Duong Phuong Duc with the pen name Dong Linh; pen names imitating each other, found in the Tu Luc Van Doan group when Nguyen Tuong Tam had the pen name Nhat Linh, Tran Khanh Giu with the pen name Nhi Linh, Nguyen Tuong Long with the pen name Tu Linh; pen names originating from personal characteristics, such as Bui Xuan Hoc - Editor of Ngo Bao, Loa had the pen name Bui Soan Oc because of his curly hair, but his friends teased him as Bui Xoan Oc, and so later he also took the pen name Soan Oc.
Besides the above ways of taking pen names, there are many other ways of taking pen names mentioned by Thien Tuong such as patriotic pen names. This case is found in Ngo Tat To with the pen name Thuc Dieu, comparing himself to a cuckoo bird that loves his country; pen names associated with anecdotes such as Le Van Truong signing Co Ly in Trung Bac Tan Van, Dong Duong Tap Chi, Nhat Tan because he once noticed Co Ly who worked at Trung Bac Tan Van...
Having a pen name also depends on the nature of the newspaper. When he was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Vit dai, Lang Nhan Phung Tat Dac used the pen name Vit Con, while Vu Bang on this newspaper signed his articles as Co Nga. Dinh Hung clearly distinguished the fields when signing his name, writing stories he signed as Hoai Diep Thu Lang, writing satirical poems he signed as Than Dang, and writing love poems he signed his real name Dinh Hung. (to be continued)
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