Nam Cao, whose real name was Trần Hữu Tri, was born on 29 October 1917 in Đại Hoàng village, Cao Đà canton, Nam Sang district, Hà Nam province, today Hoà Hậu commune, Lý Nhân district, Hà Nam.
His pen name combines the first syllables of his district and canton. He also wrote under the names Thúy Rư, Xuân Dư, Nguyệt and Nhiêu Khê.
The short story Chí Phèo, published in 1941, is the work most firmly attached to his name. His fiction deals with poor peasants and impoverished intellectuals before the August Revolution, told in a clear-eyed voice preoccupied with what poverty does to a person's character.
He died on 28 November 1951.
At a glance
Birth date (solar)
29/10/1917
Birth-year stem-branch
Đinh Tỵ
Zodiac animal
Rắn
Life Path number
3
Notable achievements
Author of the short story Chí Phèo, published in 1941
Works included in the Vietnamese secondary school literature curriculum
Posthumously awarded the Hồ Chí Minh Prize for literature and the arts, first cohort
Destiny & Fortune Analysis
Based on Pythagorean numerology, computed from the name and sourced birth date above.
Life Path Number
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Number Life Path: 3
Calculated from the sum of your full birth date (day + month + year), the Life Path Number is the most important figure in numerology: it outlines your central path, biggest life lesson, and the personality tendencies that run through your whole life.
Watch out for: Scattered focus, talks more than acts, avoids deep emotions.
Pythagorean Grid
3
6
992 ×
21 ×
5
8
1113 ×
4
71 ×
Numerology vs. reality
Taking 29 October 1917, the Life Path is 3, the number tied to expression through words. For a writer that association can hardly be wrong, and because it can hardly be wrong it says very little. The more telling point is this: if the true year were 1915, as some records state, the number would be different altogether. An index that shifts with a disagreement between sources is best read as cultural convention, not as a fact about a person.
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Giấy khai sinh ghi 29/10/1917 và đây là ngày phần lớn tài liệu tiếng Việt dùng. Một số tài liệu khác, trong đó có Wikipedia tiếng Anh, ghi năm sinh 1915. Trang này dùng 1917 theo giấy khai sinh và nói rõ là có bất đồng.
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Frequently asked
When was Nam Cao born?
Nam Cao was born on 29/10/1917, in the year Đinh Tỵ.
What is Nam Cao's zodiac animal?
Nam Cao is a Rắn, from the year Đinh Tỵ in the sixty-year stem-branch cycle.
What is Nam Cao's Life Path number?
Nam Cao's Life Path number is 3, obtained by reducing the digits of 29/10/1917.
What is Nam Cao's Expression number?
The Expression number is 2, computed from the full birth name rather than the birth date, so it changes if the name does.
Where does Nam Cao's birth date come from?
Ngày sinh và tiểu sử đối chiếu từ Bảo tàng Văn học Việt Nam và Wikipedia tiếng Việt. Every astrological and numerological figure on this page is computed from that date and name, not copied from a table.