Hoàng Cầm (poet)

Hoàng Cầm (22 February 1922 – 6 May 2010) was pen name of Bùi Tằng Việt, a Vietnamese poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best remembered for his poems such as Bên kia sông Đuống, Lá diêu bông or the plays Kiều Loan and Hận Nam Quan. Being involved in the Nhân Văn affair, Hoàng Cầm retreated from the Vietnam Writers' Association in 1958, later in 2007 he was awarded the National Prize for Literature and Art by the Government of Vietnam.

Hoàng Cầm
BornBùi Tằng Việt
(1922-02-22)22 February 1922
Bac Giang, Vietnam
Died6 May 2010(2010-05-06) (aged 88)
Hanoi, Vietnam
OccupationPoet, novelist, playwright
LanguageVietnamese
NationalityVietnamese
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.