Birth Centenary of Nguyễn Hữu Thọ

 

Lawyer Nguyễn Hữu Thọ was born on July 10th, 1910 in Long Phú village, Long Hưng Hạ canton, Trung Quận district, Chợ Lớn province (now in Bến Lức town, Bến Lức district, Long An province) .

In childhood, he studied at Long Mỹ Primary School, Rạch Giá. At 11 years old, he went to French to study. In 1932, he graduated with a Bachelos degree in Law at Aix en Provence University of Law and Literature.

 

 

In May 1933, he left France for homeland. He applied for a job as an apprentice lawyer at democratic and progressive French lawyer's office in Cochin China.

In 1947, he participated in the patriotic movement of intellectuals in Sài Gòn - Chợ Lớn. In 1948, he jointed the Liên Việt Front and one year later, on October 16th, 1949, he was admitted into the Indochinese Communist Party. At the first Congress of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front (SVNLF), he was entrusted the important position as Chairman of the SVNLF Central Committee.

The Popular Character of Spanish 2011.

Four leading names in literature and politics depicted on this Popular Characters issue of 2011. This issue comprises of 4 single stamps and was issued on October 3, 2011. The issue stamps depicted the famous persons are Miguel Delibes, Luis Rosales, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Miguel Servet​

Journalist and writer Miguel Delibes​ (Valladolid, 1920-2010) is one of the authors who has best described the relationship between man and the rural environment and nature. Since his first novel La sombra del ciprés es alargada published in 1948 and until shortly before his death, writing was his means of communication. He received all major literature awards.