Tram, Dang Thuy ___ 1942-1970 ___ Vietnamese ___ doctor

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
There is very little information on the internet in English about Dr Dang Thuy Tram, although there is plenty about how her diary was found and preserved for several decades before being published. Tram was born into a prosperous family of doctors, and trained as a doctor herself. She volunteered for duty in a military hospital in Quang Ngai province during the Vietnam War, and died fighting US troops. The diary, which covers the last three years of her life, has become famous in the Far East for its compelling and honest account of the war. Random House is due to publish a translation (by Andrew Pham) in September 2007 under the title 'Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, the Diary of Dang Thuy Tram'.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - The crimes of war

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1968-1970 ___ military self health

WEB TEXT LINKS
some extracts
some extracts
about

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Texas Tech University - probably

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace - The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
 

December 2005, May 2007, August 2008, April 2013
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS: 1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.