ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE OF WRITING TheWriters Post A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE AND LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION Published biannually – ISSN: 1527-5469 VOLUME 11 - NUMBER 1 – JAN. 2009 BLANK VERSE SUPPLEMENT Copyright © The Writers Post 1999-2009. Nothing in this website may be downloaded, distributed, or reproduced without the permission of the author/ translator/ artist/ and The Writers Post. Creating links to place The Writers Post or any of its pages within other framesets or in other documents is copyright violation, and is not permitted. ISSN 1527-5469 – US-based, founded 1999. Founder & Editor: N. Saomai THIS SUPPLEMENT INCLUDES ALL VIETNAMESE BLANK VERSE-IN_TRANSLATION SUBMITTED TO THE CURRENT ISSUE Volume 11 Number 1 Jan. 2009, and will be constantly updated between issues whenever a new submission is accepted for publication. Updates will be closed three months after the publication of this issue. Poems received after that closing date and time for updates will not be considered for publication. Interested readers be sure to check back often for new poems. Submissions must be accompanied by an original version of the poem(s). All submissions must include a declaration guaranteeing that the poem submitted is not a simultaneous submission, and that the author grants The Writers Post First Serial Rights to publish and the Electronic Rights to archive the original / translation version in The Writers Post. The translator should include the following simple contract that says, “Dear editor, please consider my translation [title of translation] for publication. My name ___________. I confirm that the translation is submitted solely to The Writers Post, that it is an authorized translation and unpublished work, and that I am the sole and original translator of it. I hereby grant The Writers Post First Serial Rights for publication in a future issue, and the electronic rights to archive and make it available for The Writers Post readers. I also grant The Writers Post anthology rights to reprint the poem in the future dead-tree version of poetry published in the Writers Post entitled “The Writers Post POETRY Series”, which will be sent out as complimentary copies for poetry promotion purpose.” Translators should bear in mind that the translation they submit is considered their final version. No change or alteration shall be made after the translation is edited and published in The Writers Post. VOLUME 11 - NUMBER 1 – JAN. 2009
		TRANSLATOR Phan Tan Hai, poet, writer and translator, born in 1952 in Saigon. His father’s hometown is Ha Tinh; his mother’s Nha Trang. He is the author of “Cau be va Hoa Mai” (Nhan Van, 1986), “Mot noi goi la Viet Nam” (poetry, 1987), “Vai chu giai ve thien don ngo” (research- Van Nghe, 1990). His unpublished works include a number of books of research and translation. Phan Tan Hai’s Bio	Phan Tan Hai, translator of “A Stranger” by Nguyen Phan Thinh
		TRANSLATOR Tran Vu Lien Tam, pen name of Michelle Tran, born in Pleiku, Vietnam, in 1981. She came, in 1993, to the US, where she was educated. She obtained her Bachelor of English in 2006, Master of Business Administration in 2009. A working writer in Roanoke, VA; also, an editor on the editorial panel of Trinhnu.net. Her writings have appeared in many magazines, including VSA, Lua Viet, and Ket Doan.. Her debut “Tam”, a poetry collection, was published in May 2006. Tran Vu Lien Tam’s Bio	Tran Vu Lien Tam, translator of “The black mark and a piece of paper”, and “Two Sentences” by Nguyen Tat Do.
		Nguyen Phan Thinh (1943-2007), was born in Ha Nam, started in the literary community with his poems and translations contributed to several magazines published in Saigon before 1975. He is the author of four books of poetry: Hu Ngon (1969), Mo mot sang mai hong (1975), Lang man doi trang (with other poets, 1989), Tinh ca mua (2002). His unpublished works include ‘Tho viet tren vach lua’, ‘Suoi o dau non’, ‘Nguoi, Duoi, va Sung’. Nguyen Phan Thinh’s Bio	“A Stranger” by Nguyen Phan Thinh, translated and published posthumously.
		Nguyen Tat Do, born on 05-06 1983. He is living in Vietnam. Nguyen Tat Do’s Bio	“The black mark and a piece of paper”, and “Two Sentences” by Nguyen Tat Do.
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