Chu Tử

Chu Tử has a real name Chu Văn Bình (朱文平), he was born on 17 April 1917 at Mía Village, Sơn Tây Province (now Hanoi). He has graduated as a Bachelor of Laws of the Ecole Supérieure de Droit et Administration. He was at the same academic year with Nguyễn Thái Học. In the night of 10 February 1930, he followed VNQDD's leader Nguyễn Khắc Nhu to attack Hưng Hóa Fortrest. However, VNQDD was failed fastly, so he swam through the river and returned Hanoi to continue his study.

In Việt Minh era, Chu Văn Bình worked as a local lawyer. During the State of Vietnam, he was a principal of Phùng Hưng Private School in Haiphong and then Lê Văn Trung Primary-secondary School in Tây Ninh.

After the Saigon Coup when the freedom of the press was respected, he has established Living Daily News (Nhật-báo Sống) at Hồ Xuân Hương Road (old Saigon) and started using pen name Chu Tử. In 1966, the Living was attacked by UBSV forces. On 16 April 1966, he was shot 4 with Colt 9 shots near his house (next Hoài An School, Phú Nhuận District, Saigon) but he was lucky to live.[2] This event was which Saigon's public opinion doubted Việt Cộng but Republic of Vietnam's presses found out quickly the culprit being UBSV's rifle shot.[3]

At the last of 1960s, Living was blocked forever for the pounding condemnation when Vietnamese government allowed the United States Army full powers to use Cam Ranh Bay. Living's articles called that act as the "betraying the country". In 1971, Chu Tử has re-established it as Tidal Wave Daily News (Nhật-báo Sóng-Thần), then Viet People D.N. (Dân-Việt), Life D.N. (Ðời), but these newspapers also existed in very short times.

On 30 April 1975, at 10:00, Chu Tử was dead by RPG-2 when he stood on the Việt Nam Thương Tín ship to leave Saigon.[4] He with one boy were buried at Cần Giờ water front.[5]

Beside journal, Chu Tử has established more short stories and novels.

• Love (Yêu, 1963). Based to 1973 movie by director Đỗ Tiến Đức.
• Chaos 1 : Living (Sống, 1963)
• Chaos 2 (Loạn, 1964)
• Pond for ducks[6] (Ao thả vịt, 1967)
• Low wind (Gió thấp)
• Jealousy (Ghen)
• Money (Tiền)

Chu Tử had four children:

• Chu Vi Sơn (son): Reporter of Front Daily News (Nhật-báo Tiền-Tuyến) pre-1975. He settled in Brainerd, MN with his family until 2001. He has 4 children (3 daughters and 1 son).
• Chu Vị Thủy (daughter). She has 3 children (3 sons).
• Chu Long (son). He has one child (1 daughter).
• Chu Trọng Ly (son): Who has killed himself by M1 carbine at age 14.

• About Chu Tử
• Chu Tử - The fierce and pathetic death