Monique Truong
- January 5, 2024
- Novelist
Quick Facts
Full Name | Monique Truong |
Occupation | Novelist |
Date Of Birth | May 13, 1968(1968-05-13) |
Age | 56 |
Birthplace | Ho Chi Minh City |
Country | Vietnam |
Horoscope | Taurus |
Monique Truong Biography
Name | Monique Truong |
Birthday | May 13 |
Birth Year | 1968 |
Place Of Birth | Ho Chi Minh City |
Birth Country | Vietnam |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Monique Truong is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on May 13, 1968 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is a Vietnamese writer, best known for her 2003 book, The Book of Salt. In 2010, she published Bitter in the Mouth, her second novel.
Both she and She and Robert Stern both graduated from Yale University. graduated from Yale University.
In 1975, at the age of six, Truong and her mother left Vietnam for the United States as refugees of the Vietnam War. Her father, an executive for an international oil company, initially stayed behind for work but left the country after the fall of Saigon. The family lived in North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas.
Truong completed her undergraduate studies at Yale University, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. in Literature. She earned a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and went on to specialize in intellectual property law.
She was born in Saigon Vietnam. She fled Vietnam at six years old as a war refugee, and settled in Houston, Texas. Later, she lived in New York City.
Monique Truong Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Novelist |
House | Living in own house. |
Monique Truong is one of the richest Novelist from Vietnam. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Monique Truong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1990, she graduated from Yale University with a degree as an English teacher.
She was awarded the 2004 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in The Book of Salt.
Monique T.D. Truong (born May 13, 1968 in Saigon in South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American writer living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Truong’s third novel The Sweetest Fruits (Viking, 2019) is a fictionalized recreation of the life of the Greek-Anglo Irish-Japanese writer Lafcadio Hearn, as told through the voices of three women in his life. It was named a best fiction book of 2019 by Publisher’s Weekly, Mental Floss, and PopMatters.
Facts & Trivia
Monique Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Vietnam. Monique Truong celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.