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Place of Birth: Quảng Trị, Vietnam
About Chế Lan Viên
- Ch? Lan Viên (October 20, 1920 – June 24, 1989) was a Vietnamese poet.
- He was born Phan Ng?c Hoan, in Ðông Hà, in Central Vietnam.
- He grew up in Quy Nhon further south, and started writing poetry at an early age.
- His first collection, published when he was seventeen, gained him notice as a poet of original, if morose, sensibilities.
- He participated in the events of the August Revolution of 1945, in the Quy Nhon area.
- Afterwards, he wrote for a number of journals, including Quy?t Th?ng (Resolve to Win) in support of the Vi?t Minh's movement against French rule.After the Geneva Agreements of 1954, Ch? Lan Viên returned to Hà N?i, taking on responsibilities as a leading member of the Writers' Association of Viet Nam (H?i Nhà Van Vi?t Nam).After the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, Ch? Lan Viên lived and worked in H? Chí Minh City (formerly Sài Gòn).
- A prolific writer, he remained active in the literary scene, producing poetry, essays, memoirs, and commentary and criticism until his death in 1989.
- He was married to the novelist, Vu Th? Thu?ng; their daughter, Phan Thi Vang-Anh, is a writer as well.
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