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Loung Ung


Born
in Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic
November 19, 1970

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs


Loung Ung is a Cambodian-American human-rights activist, lecturer and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.
Born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ung was the sixth of seven children and the third of four girls to Seng Im Ung and Ay Choung Ung. At the age of 10, she escaped from Cambodia as a survivor of what became known as "the Killing Fields" during the reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime. After being resettled as a refugee to United States, she eventually wrote two books which related to her life experiences from 1975 through 2003. ...more

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Average rating: 4.34 · 57,637 ratings · 4,940 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
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“I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. ”
― Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
tags: nonfiction, sad
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“In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.”
― Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
tags: life, love
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“I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. ”
― Loung Ung
tags: nonfiction, sad
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