My-Van Tran
My-Van Tran AM (Vietnamese: Trần Mỹ Vân) is a Vietnamese-Australian author and academic. Tran was born in South Vietnam, and she and her family were forced to leave the country when the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), during the Fall of Saigon.[1]
She emigrated to Australia and received her PhD from the Australian National University, having previously studied for her MA at Duke University.[2] She has taught at the University of South Australia.[3]
She has authored several books concerning Vietnamese history, A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan: Prince Cuong De (1882–1951), A Vietnamese Scholar in Anguish, The Long Journey, Australia's First Boat People and A report on the settlement of Indo-Chinese refugees in Darwin, the Northern Territory.
In the 1986 Australia Day Honours Tran was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Asian-Australian relations"[4] and in 2002 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to the Vietnamese community, and to the promotion of multiculturalism and Asian studies".[5]
External links
[edit]- Ripples of Wartime Project - Interview with My-Van Tran
References
[edit]- ^ "The Good Life: My-Van Tran". ABC Radio. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Contributor's profile: Tran My-Van". International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "My-Van Tran". www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Dr My-Van TRAN". It's an Honour. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Associate Professor My-Van TRAN". It's an Honour. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- Australian academic biography stubs
- Living people
- Academics of Vietnamese descent
- Vietnamese emigrants to Australia
- Academic staff of the University of South Australia
- Writers of Vietnamese descent
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Australian National University alumni
- Duke University alumni