2019Nominee
Best Performance
Dreamy Eyes
Y Vân
Actor · Writer
Hanoï, French Indochina [now Vietnam]
July 2, 1933
Biography
Trần Tấn Hậu (2 July 1933 - 28 November 1992), best known by his stage name Y Vân, was a Vietnamese composer, songwriter and musician. Rising to prominence in the late 1950s with disco-influenced tracks and slow rock ballads, he was a pivotal figure in shaping the sounds of modern Vietnamese light pop music and the flourishing pop culture of South Vietnam. After 1975, he remained with the new Huong Mien Nam's Artists Troupe and Ho Chi Minh City's Radio, scoring films, stages and cultural events; his notable works during this time include soundtrack for the first installation of Le Hoang Hoa's espionage thriller "Cards on the Table" [Ván bài lật ngửa] and the ending song for "Sơn ca trong thành phố"[Skylark in the City](1983). He passed away at the age of 60, and in 2025 became the subject of his grandaughter Khoa Ha's documentary "Y Van: The Lost Sounds of Saigon".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon
1974Nominee
Best Performance
Goodbye Summer Love
Career Highlights
1971Highlight
Best Performance
Like The Falling Raindrops
1982Highlight
Best Performance
Cards on the Table: The Foster Son of the Archbishop
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Dreamy Eyes
Cards on the Table: The Foster Son of the Archbishop