Loung Ung

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Loung Ung
Ung in 2008
Born	(1970-11-19) 19 November 1970 (age 53) Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic
Occupation	Author lecturer activist
Language	English
Nationality	Cambodian
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Saint Michael's College
Period	21st century (2000–present)
Genre	Human Rights
Notable works	First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
Notable awards	Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
Relatives	Keav†, Geak†, Chou (sisters) Khouy, Kim, Meng (brothers)
Website
www.loungung.com

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. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.

Born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ung was the sixth of seven children and the third of four girls to Seng Im Ung and Ay Choung Ung. At the age of 10, she escaped from Cambodia as a survivor of what became known as "the Killing Fields" during the reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime. After being resettled as a refugee to United States, she eventually wrote two books which related to her life experiences from 1975 through 2003.^[1]