Tag: literature

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• Hồ Xuân Hương: the subversive 18th-century woman poet

  How a Vietnamese woman poet used double-meaning verse to critique class, gender, and Confucian hypocrisy under the Nguyen dynasty.

  culture · Updated 2026-07-05
• Nam Cao and the realist novel in Vietnamese literature

  Nam Cao (1917-1951) is Vietnam's most studied realist writer, best known for the novella Chí Phèo. A profile of his life, major works, and his death during the war against France.

  culture · Updated 2026-07-05
• Tố Hữu: canonical poet of Vietnamese revolution

  Tố Hữu shaped how generations of Vietnamese encountered the revolution through verse, while also holding senior Party posts. His poetry and politics remain closely intertwined.

  culture · Updated 2026-07-05
• Contemporary Vietnamese authors worth reading in English

  A guide to Bao Ninh, Nguyen Huy Thiep, Duong Thu Huong, Nguyen Ngoc Tu and Le Minh Khue, with notes on where to find their work in Vietnam and abroad.

  culture · Updated 2026-07-05
• Vietnamese Literature: From Nguyễn Du to Bảo Ninh

  Two centuries of Vietnamese literature run from Nguyễn Du's verse epic Truyện Kiều through the colonial-era realists to Bảo Ninh's Sorrow of War.

  culture · Updated 2026-05-21