Hàn Mặc Tử, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hàn Mặc Tử

Vietnamese poet

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình, Vietnam

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1940

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Francis Nguy?n Tr?ng Trí, penname Hàn M?c T? (September 22, 1912 - November 11, 1940) was a Vietnamese poet.
He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial era.He was born Nguy?n Tr?ng Trí, at L? M? Village, Ð?ng H?i District, Qu?ng Bình Province.
His pen names included: Minh Du?, Phong Tr?n, L? Thanh, and finally Hàn M?c T?, by which name is known today.
He grew up in a poor family, his father having died when he was young.
He showed poetic talent at a young age.
When he met Phan B?i Châu, he received encouragement and praise that made him well-known.
He contracted leprosy in 1937, and was finally hospitalized at Quy Hòa Hospital in September 1940, where he died two months later. His many poems addressed to real or fictive women - in the manner of Giacomo Leopardi in the West, for example - remain popular, and he is known as a love poet in Vietnam.
His poems on folk subjects are also well-known.