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Loung Ung (Khmer: អ៊ឹង លួង; born 19 November 1970) is a Cambodian-American human-rights activist, lecturer and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003.
Loung Ung is the author of First They Killed My Father, a memoir of her childhood in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime. She is also an activist and co-screenwriter of the Netflix film based on her book, directed by Angelina Jolie.
Aug 3, 2017 · Loung Ung shares her harrowing escape from the Khmer Rouge and how she met Angelina Jolie, who directed a film based on her memoir. Read her story of loss, resilience and friendship in this exclusive interview.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 non-fiction book written by Loung Ung, a Cambodian-American author and childhood survivor of Democratic Kampuchea. It is her personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime.
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Loung Ung shares her journey of loss, recovery and love in her latest book, Lulu in the Sky. She also discusses her heritage, the tribunal, and the healing process of Cambodians after the Khmer Rouge.
Jan 26, 2000 · One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse.
Apr 4, 2006 · “Loung Ung plunges her readers into a Kafkaesque world. . . and forces them to experience the mass murder, starvation and disease that claimed half her beloved family. In the end, the horror of the Cambodian genocide is matched only by the author’s indomitable spirit.”
