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Nguyen Du

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Nguyen Du (Bích Câu, 17651820) wis a Vietnamese writer. He wis the maist famous poet o the Vietnamese Nguyen dynasty for his poem The Tale o Kieu. Durin his lifetime, Nguyen Du wis recognised for his warks in the collaborative Chữ nôm form.[1]

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  1. Patricia M. Pelley, Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past, 2002 p. 126 "Many postcolonial critics who focused on the masterpiece of Vietnamese literature — Nguyễn Du's narrative poem The Tale of Kiều — were tempted to interpret it as a critical, allegorical reflection on the rise of the Nguyễn dynasty."