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NGUYEN QUANG THIEU, poet, writer,
playwright, translator, was born in 1957 in Ha Tay province, Northern
Vietnam, and educated at Hanoi University in Hanoi where he later has been based.
He began to write poems in 1982 but not published until 1990, after a period
of five years (1984-1989) he spent abroad, in Cuba, to study Spanish and
English. In 1990, he published his debut poetry collection “Ngoi nha tuoi
17”. His second collection of poetry “Su mat ngu cua lua”, followed in 1992,
won the prominent Writers’ Association National Award for poetry in 1993. In
1997, “The Women Carry River Water”, a translation version of his poetry
collection “Nhung nguoi dan ba ganh nuoc song”, co-translated and edited by
Martha Collins and himself, was published bilingually in facing-text format
by University of Massachusetts Press (Martha Collins is a professor at
University of Massachusetts, Boston). The book has won him the following year
the award by National Translation Association of America in 1998. “The women
carry river water” is believed to be the first English translation of a
poetry collection by a Vietnamese writer of the post-1975 generation (1975
marks the fall of Saigon). A number of poems in the collection have appeared
in many literary magazines abroad. Also in 1997 and 1998, two collections of
his short stories were translated into French and published in France: La
fille du Fleuve (l’Aube, 1997) and “La petite marchande de vermicelles”
(l’Aube, 1998). Nguyen Quang Thieu has also been interested in movie and
theater, wrote a number of dramatic pieces which were staged, and many of
which have been made into movies. Along with his plays, his novel “Ke am sat
canh dong” was also made into a movie titled “Chuyen lang Nho” by Vietnam
Television. The movie was aired in 1998 via VTV channels. His publications
include poetry collections, novels, short stories and plays. Nguyen Quang
Thieu is living in Vietnam. Publications: Poetry
collections: -
Ngoi nha tuoi 17” (1990) - Su mat ngu cua lua” (1992) - Nhung nguoi linh cua la” (1996) - Nhung nguoi dan ba ganh nuoc song” (1995) - Co hoang (1990) - Mua hoa cai ben song” (1989) - Vong nguyet que co don (1991) - Tieng goi tinh yeu (1992) - Cay anh sang (2009) Novels and short story collections: - Ke am sat canh dong” (1995) - Cai chet cua bay moi (1991) - Nguoi dan ba toc trang (1993) - Dua con hai giong ho (1996) - Thanh pho chi song 60 ngay (1991) - Cho Dingo (1992). Tel:
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