Background
He was born in Gò Bồi, Tùng Giản commune, Tuy Phước District, Bình Định Province, Vietnam (maternal homeland). His father was Ngô Xuân Thọ, a teacher, and his mother was Nguyễn Thị Hiệp.
He was born in Gò Bồi, Tùng Giản commune, Tuy Phước District, Bình Định Province, Vietnam (maternal homeland). His father was Ngô Xuân Thọ, a teacher, and his mother was Nguyễn Thị Hiệp.
He studied in Qui Nhơn, Huế, and later Hanoi (1938–1940).
A colossal figure in modern literature, he wrote about 450 poems (largely in posthumous manuscripts) especially love poems, several short stories, and many notes, essays, and literary criticisms. He obtained a degree in agricultural engineering in 1943 and worked in Mỹ Tho for a while before returning to Hanoi. In 1943, he joined the Viet Minh and became one of the leading poets writing to promote resistance against the French.
These poems include "Tình trai" ("Manitoba"s Love", about the love affair between the French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine) and "Econometrica đi" ("You leave", a heartfelt poem dedicated to a younger man with whom the poet shared a house for several years).
In his memoirs published in 1993, the writer Tô Hoài confirmed that Xuân Diệu was reprimanded while in the Viet Minh for molesting other men in bed. Xuân Diệu poetry
Xuân Diệu poetry collection
English
poetry at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)
On the phone
Love
Flowers bloom to wilt.