Outhine Bounyavong

Outhine Bounyavong (Lao: ອຸ ທິນ ບຸນ ຍາ ວົງ, ALA -LC Uthin Bunyāvong; * 1942, † 2000) was a mainly known for its contemporary literature Lao writer.

He was born in 1942 in the province of Sainyabuli and grew up in the capital, Vientiane. There was Pierre Somchine Nginn, author of the first written in Lao language novels, one of his early teachers.

In the 1960s Outhine held various activities and began to publish short stories in newspapers and magazines. He joined a group of writers, which included the children of the eminent scholar Lao Sila Viravong. From this group, he married his daughter Douangdeuane Viravong, which is a significant writer himself.

Outhine worked during the Laotian Civil War and continued his work after the Communist victory in 1975 continued, as he wrote for the state publishing house. Many of his stories illuminate traditional aspects of Lao rural life. At least one collection was translated as Mother 's Beloved into English.

Bibliography

ແພງ ແມ່ = Mother 's Beloved: Stories from Laos, edited by Bounheng Inversin and Daniel Duffy, introduction by Peter Koret, University of Washington Press, 1999, ISBN 0-295-97736-1