Nam Le

Nam Le (born 1978) is a Vietnamese-born Australian writer, who won the Dylan Thomas Prize for his book The Boat, a collection of short stories. His stories have been published in many places including Best Australian Stories 2007, Best New American Voices, Zoetrope: All-Story, A Public Space and One Story.

Life and early career

Nam Le came to Australia from Vietnam with his parents, when he was less than a year old, as a boat refugee. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, from which he graduated with a BA (Hons) and LLB (Hons). His Arts thesis supervisor was the Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe. He worked as a corporate lawyer and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2003/2004.

Le decided to turn to writing, and in 2004 attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop in the United States where he completed a Masters in Creative Writing. He became fiction editor at the Harvard Review. His first short story was published in Zoetrope in 2006. Nam Le also held fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown in 2006, and at the Phillips Exeter Academy, in 2007.

Nam Le (poker player)

Nam Thien Le (born September 10, 1980 in Irvine, California) is an American professional poker player from Huntington Beach, California.

On March 3, 2006, Le won the World Poker Tour (WPT) fourth season Bay 101 Shooting Star event. It was his first major poker win.

In 2008 he took down the HK$ 150,000 No Limit Hold'em – High Rollers Event of APPT – Macau for HK$3,700,000 ($473,915).

As of August 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000. His 24 cashes at the WSOP account for $854,337 of those winnings.

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