Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Poetic Obituaries: In the pre-war period,

he [Xuan Tam (nee Phan Hap)] had published his poems in famous magazines including Song Huong (Perfume River), Thanh Nien (Young People), Dai Doan Ket (Great Solidarity) and Phu Nu Viet Nam (Vietnamese Women).

In 1941, he published a collection of poems named Loi Tim Non (The Voice of Young Heart), in which many poems were written when he was 19 years of age. One poem Nghi He (Summer Holiday) won first prize from the Ban Duong newspaper and was selected to be taught at primary school level.

from Viet Nam News: New Poetry's last crusader dies at 97

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