Name Pham Ton | Role Writer | |
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Died February 25, 1924, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Children Pham Duy, Pham Duy Khiem, Pham Duy Nhuong, Pham Thi Thuan, Pham Thi Chinh Parents Pham Duy Dat, Nguyen Thi Hue Grandchildren Duy Quang, Thai Hien, Thai Thao, Duy Cuong Similar People Pham Duy, Pham Duy Khiem, Thai Hang, Duy Quang, Thai Hien | ||
Pham Duy Ton (1881 – 25 February 1924) was a Vietnamese writer. He was father of the songwriter Pham Duy and French language writer and ambassador Pham Duy Khiem.
Ton graduated from the French School of Interpreters, and became part of the modernist movement of writers including also Confucian trained scholars. He published alongside Confucian writers like Nguyen Ba Hoc in Nam Phong magazine, showing more ability to give straightforward prose unconstrained by classical structures. In 1907 he was appointed one of three teachers at the Association for Mutual Education (Hoi Tri Tri, Societe d’Enseignement Mutuel du Tonkin) in Hanoi. His writing touched on social themes, as in the story "Who Cares If You Survive or Die" (1918) but open criticism of the French had to be veiled in social narrative.
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