Huyền

Trân

Huyền Trân is a Vietnamese Canadian writer and poet. She studied journalism at Carleton University and works in communications, digital marketing, and public relations within the education and healthcare sectors. Her works of fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Writer’s Digest and Kitchissippi Times. Born and raised in Ottawa, she now resides in Toronto and is working on a short story collection.

Writers & Books

Award History

2025 - Finalist

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

for Where Do Mothers Go

Jury Citation

“With a dazzling voice and finely wrought imagery, Huyền Trân deftly renovates the complicated retelling of an enduring family history. Constructed from an archive of deep pathos, Trân’s memoir excavates a mother’s survival of the Vietnam War and hardships endured through geographical displacement, while simultaneously offering us a resonating portrait of a daughter’s love. Stylistically and thematically, this is an astonishing work innovative in form and memory by a writer to watch.”—2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award creative nonfiction jury (Omar Mouallem, Alessandra Naccarato, and Lindsay Wong)