Pham duy khiem biography of michael

Phạm Duy Khiêm (24 April – 2 December ) was a Vietnamese writer, academic and South Vietnam ambassador in France. He was the son of the writer Phạm Duy Tốn, and brother of songwriter Phạm Duy.

Paris

In Paris at the lycée Louis-le-Grand from his circle included Léopold Sédar Senghor and Georges Pompidou.^[1][2][3] He won the Prix Louis Barthou of the Académie française for the autobiographical novel Nam et Sylvie under the pseudonym Nam Kim, then the Prix Littéraire d'Indochine in for Légendes des terres sereines^[4] He earned his PhD from the University of Toulouse in

Ambassador

He was briefly ambassador to France for the Ngô Đình Diệm government –, but turned down a second appointment as ambassador to UNESCO because of his inability to support Diệm's policies.

Death

He committed suicide on 2 December at his home in Montreuil-le-Henri, Sarthe. In his youth, he had said "one must justify his existence on thi