S.E.A. Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1996) Winner
Tố Hữu
トー・フー
Tố Hữu
Aliases:
Nguyễn Kim Thành
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-10-04 （Quảng Điền, Thừa Thiên Huế, French Indochina）
- Died
- 2002-12-09 （Hanoi, Vietnam） age 82
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Languages
- Vietnamese
- Residence History
- Huế, Vietnam → Hanoi, Vietnam
Career
- Occupations
- poet, politician
- Active Years
- 1936-2002
- Affiliations
- Communist Party of Vietnam
- Memberships
- Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Politburo member
- Influenced By
- Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Maxim Gorky
- Influenced
- Vietnamese revolutionary poets
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quốc Học Huế High School | — | Literature | — | — | Vietnam |
Quốc Học Huế High School
Literature
Country:
Vietnam
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Ho Chi Minh Prize | — | — | State of Vietnam | 受賞 |
| — | Gold Star Order | — | — | State of Vietnam | 受賞 |
Ho Chi Minh Prize
Organization:
State of Vietnam
Result:
受賞
Gold Star Order
Organization:
State of Vietnam
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Từ ấy
1946 Revolutionary poetryCollection of poems written between 1937 and 1946.
revolutionindependence
Việt Bắc
1954 Revolutionary poetryPoems about Việt Bắc.
revolutionVietnamese people
Gió lộng
1961 Revolutionary poetryWindy poems.
revolution
Bibliography
- Từ ấy (1946)
- Việt Bắc (1954)
- Gió lộng (1961)
- Ra trận (1962–1971)
- Máu và Hoa (1977)
- Một tiếng đờn (1992)
- Ta với ta (1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical beautypolitical engagement
- Recurring Motifs
- Vietnamese revolutionstruggle for independence
Legacy
One of the most important Vietnamese poets of the 20th century, known for revolutionary poetry and political career.
In Popular Culture
- Poems memorized by schoolchildren
Trivia
- Real name is Nguyễn Kim Thành.
- Pen name 'Tố Hữu' means 'pure friend'.