Anh Thơ

Anh Thơ (Ninh Giang, Hải Dương Province, 25 January 1921 – 14 March 2005), real name Vương Kiều Ân, was a Vietnamese poet.[1]

In 1943, she published Hương Xuân, the first poetry collection by women poets in quốc ngữ, together with Hằng Phương, Vân Đài and Mộng Tuyết.[2][3]

Works

• Bức tranh quê ("Country", 1939)
• Xưa ("Old", 1942)
• Răng đen ("Black Tooth" novel, 1943)
• Hương xuân ("Perfume of Spring" collaboration, 1944)
• Kể chuyện Vũ Lăng (1957)
• Theo cánh chim câu ("According to the Bird", 1960)
• Ðảo ngọc ("The Pearl", 1964)
• Hoa dứa trắng ("White pineapple", 1967)
• Quê chồng (1979)
• Lệ sương (1995)
• Hồi ký Anh Thơ (Memoris, 2002 3 Vol)

References

1. Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary ... Page 92 2002 "It is worth noting, however, that Anh Thơ's most notable literary achievement was a 1941 collection of poetry entitled Buc tranh que (A rural portrait). Her previous poetic efforts had won her an encouragement prize from the Self-Reliant Literary ..."
2. "Hội liên hiệp Phụ nữ - Việt nam". Hoilhpn.org.vn. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
3. Tham Seong Chee Essays on Literature and Society in Southeast Asia. 1981 Page 329 1981 "A place should also be reserved for the poetesses of Vietnam and the poets of the Resistance in South Vietnam. Among the most well-known poetesses are: Mrs. Van Dai, Mrs. Anh Tho, and Mrs. Hang Phuong."