Nguyen Khac Chinh

Nguyễn Khác Chính (16 February 1924 – 24 September 2016) was a Vietnamese attorney, writer and anti-communist resistant, who became a political prisoner in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. Following his release in 1992, he lived in exile in the United States.

Early life Nguyễn was born in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam on 16 February 1924. He graduated Sorbonne Law School in Paris, France.

As a writer, he penned works in both Vietnamese and French, which included 20 novels, 2 plays and several poems.

During the era of the Republic of Vietnam, he served as an attorney for the Superior Appellate Court in Saigon.

Political activity and imprisonment Nguyễn was a member of the Vietnamese Nationalist Party. A devout anti-communist, he chose to remain during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, and he formed the People's Forces For the Recovery of Vietnam. In 1975, he was the Judicial Advisor to the Saint Vincent Church Uprising, Saigon. During his imprisonment, he was allegedly tortured and spent several years in solitary confinement. When asked how he survived for so long in prison, Nguyen stated "I composed music and wrote poems and stored them in here [pointing at his head]".