Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ
Vietnamese poet (1949–2023)
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Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ (18 September 1949 – 6 July 2023) was a Vietnamese poet.[1][2] In 2007, she was awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts. [3]
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ | |
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| Pronunciation | /ləm˧ tʰi˨˩ mǐ˧˩˧ za˨˩ʔ/ |
| Born | September 18, 1949 Lệ Thủy, Quảng Bình, Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa |
| Died | 6 July 2023 (aged 73) Bình Thạnh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam |
| Occupations | Poet, Writer |
| Notable work | The Heart Gives Birth (Trái tim sinh nở) A Patch of Sky – A Bomb Crater (Khoảng trời – Hố bom) |
Lâm was born in Lệ Thủy, Quảng Bình, on 18 September 1949, and died on 6 July 2023, at the age of 73.[4]
Biography
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ was born on September 18], 1949, in Lệ Thủy, Quảng Bình (now part of Quảng Trị). She worked at the Quảng Bình Department of Culture and, from 1978 to 1983, studied at the Nguyễn Du School of Writing. She later worked as a reporter and editor for Sông Hương magazine, published by the Thừa Thiên–Huế Union of Literature and Arts Associations.
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ was a member of the Executive Committee of the Thừa Thiên–Huế Literature and Arts Association and a member of the Vietnam Writers' Association. She served on the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Writers' Association during its third term and on its Poetry Council during its fifth term. Her husband, Hoàng Phủ Ngọc Tường, was also a well-known Vietnamese writer and poet.
Works
- Collection: Green Rice (English translation)[5]