Writer with disability enters Forbes Vietnam’s inspirational women list

Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, a writer with a paralysed right arm, has been named in the list of 20 inspirational women in 2021 by the Forbes Vietnam magazine.
Writer with disability enters Forbes Vietnam’s inspirational women list ảnh 1 Writer Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa (Photo: vovworld.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa, a writerwith a paralysed right arm, has been named in the list of 20 inspirationalwomen in 2021 by the Forbes Vietnam magazine.

This is the first time Forbes Vietnam has honouredwomen of different ages who have shown their strength and inspired thecommunity in the face of adversity.

Hoa, 37, from the central coastal province of NinhThuan, is a member of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.

She has suffered from the arm paralysis after afever when she was just two years old. However, Hoa has overcome the plight togain fame in literature.

After more than 10 years of pursuing the career, shehas won many prestigious awards like those launched by the Van Nghe Quan doi(Military Literature) magazine, and Kim Dong Publishing House in coordinationwith the Vietnamese Writers’ Association and the Danish Writers’ Association,among others.

She writes for both children and adults./.
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