Lê thi diem thúy

Lê Thị Diễm Thúy (pronounced lay tee yim twee) is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer. Her pen name is lê thi diem thúy. She was born in the South Vietnamese village of Phan Thiết on January 12, 1972 during the heart of the Vietnam War. In 1978, Le left her homeland alongside her father in a small fishing boat. They were picked up by an American naval ship and placed in a refugee camp in Singapore. She would eventually resettle to Southern California with her father. They lived in Linda Vista, San Diego in decaying 1940's-1950's Navy housing which they shared with fellow Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian 'boat people' immigrants displaced by war. Le's mother and sister joined them two years later via a camp in Malaysia. Two...