Nguyen Do
{{Short description|Vietnamese American poet, translator and journalist}}
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Nguyen Do (1959) is the pen name of Dos Nguyen, a Vietnamese American poet, editor, and translator.
Nguyen Do was born in Đông Thái village, Hà Tĩnh Province on December 16, 1959. After earning degrees in surveying from Hanoi Construction College and in literature from Vinh University, he taught at a high school in the city of Pleiku. He then lived for many years in Ho Chi Minh City, where he worked as an editor and reporter for a literary review and other newspapers and magazines, before moving to the United States to study English and journalism in 1999.
Nguyen has published thirteen books. His poetry collections include The Fish Wharf and The Autumn Evening (in collaboration with Thanh Thảo, Culture and Information Department of Gialai Kontum province, 1988), "The Empty Space" (The Publisher of Vietnamese Association Writers, 1991), and New Darkness (The Publisher of Vietnamese Association Writers, 2009.) With Paul Hoover, he edited and translated Black Dog, Black Night, an anthology of contemporary Vietnamese poetry (Milkweed Editions, 2008; eBooks, iBooks, nookBooks editions, 2011],Beyond the Court Gate Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai (Counterpath Press, 2010), 12+3 selected poetry of Thanh Thao, bilingual edition edited (Association Writers of Vietnam, 2008,) and Returning to Con Son Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai, bilingual edition edited and with photographs and poems in six-eight Vietnamese traditional version by poet Nguyen Duy (Saigon Culture Publisher, 2009.) He also edited and translated the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, and others into Vietnamese.
Nguyen's poetry and his translations have appeared in many anthologies including Litfinder (Cengage Learning,) and in poetry magazines around the United States and the world. In 2005, he received a grant from The Poetry Foundation of New York City “for his contribution to the poetry of the world”. In 2016 he was chosen one of the five best Southeast Asian poets.{{cite web |url=http://sea-globe.com/best-poets-southeast-asia/ |title=Top five: Southeast Asia's best poets |access-date=2016-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527140956/http://sea-globe.com/best-poets-southeast-asia |archive-date=2019-05-27 |url-status=dead }} He lives in the San Francisco Bay region of California.
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- {{cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nguyen-do|title=Nguyen Do|last=Poetry Foundation|date=Feb 18, 2021|website=Poetry Foundation|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/nguyen_do|title=Nguyen Do|website=Poets & Writers|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=https://milkweed.org/author/nguyen-do|title=Nguyen Do|date=Oct 6, 2016|website=Milkweed Editions|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=http://counterpathpress.org/beyond-the-court-gate-selected-poems-of-nguyen-traiby-nguyen-trai-translated-by-nguyen-do-and-paul-hoover |title=Beyond the Court Gate: Selected Poems of Nguyen TraiNguyen Trai – Counterpath |publisher=Counterpathpress.org |date=2020-12-22 |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/groups/XCP/XCP_223_Hoover_11-17-10.mp3
- {{cite web|url=http://www.cipherjournal.com/html/hoover_nguyen.html|title=Hoover Nguyen|website=www.cipherjournal.com|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.cerisepress.com/01/02/why-my-poems-are-not-sad-nguyen-do-and-his-vietnam/view-all|title=Cerise Press › Why My Poems are (Not) Sad: Nguyen Do and His Vietnam|website=www.cerisepress.com|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.thecjm.org/learn_resources/236|title=The CJM | Generation to Generation, Poet to Poet: A Preview|website=www.thecjm.org|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=http://tuoitrenewsblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/nguyen-trais-poetry-recited-in-english.html |title=Tuoitrenews.vn: Nguyen Trai's poetry recited in English |publisher=Tuoitrenewsblog.blogspot.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite web|last=City |first=Sac |url=http://saccityexpress.com/coming-back-to-where-he-started/ |title=Coming back to where he started – Sac City Express |publisher=Saccityexpress.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite web|url=http://sacramentopoetrycenter.blogspot.com/2008/02/nguyen-do-and-paul-hoover-at-sacramento.html|title=Sacramento Poetry Center: NGUYEN DO and PAUL HOOVER at Sacramento State|first=Tim|last=Kahl|date=Feb 24, 2008|accessdate=Feb 18, 2021}}
- {{cite web|url=http://bostonreview.net/davis-exchange-rate |title=Exchange Rate |publisher=Boston Review |date=2009-09-02 |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.webdelsol.com/IBPC/2004_11_01_rags_archive.htm |title=IBPC: Poetry and Poets in Rags |publisher=Webdelsol.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- http://blog.semcoop.com/2010/07/05/beyond-the-court-gate-selected-poems-of-nguyen-trai/
- {{cite web|url=http://www.zolandpoetry.com/reviews/2011/v2/TraiFreemanDoppelt.html |title=Zoland Poetry |date=2012-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113060121/http://www.zolandpoetry.com/reviews/2011/v2/TraiFreemanDoppelt.html |accessdate=2021-02-18|archive-date=2012-01-13 }}
- {{cite web|last=Hoover |first=Paul |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-dog-black-night-paul-hoover/1110901603?ean=9781571318671 |title=Black Dog, Black Night: Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry by Paul Hoover | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble® |publisher=Barnesandnoble.com |date= |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite book|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/black-dog-black-night/id490934981?mt=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116214445/https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/black-dog-black-night/id490934981?mt=11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |title=Black Dog, Black Night on Apple Books |publisher=iTunes |date= |access-date=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite web|author=Linh Đoan |url=https://tuoitre.vn/doc-tho-nguyen-trai-bang-tieng-anh-440337.htm |title=Đọc thơ Nguyễn Trãi bằng tiếng Anh - Tuổi Trẻ Online |publisher=Tuoitre.vn |date=2011-05-31 |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/173N20100409021614676T133/nha-tho-nguyen-do-tho-giup-toi-khong-tu-tu-khi-khon-kho.htm |title=Nhà thơ Nguyễn Đỗ: Thơ giúp tôi không tự tử khi khốn khó | TTVH Online |publisher=Thethaovanhoa.vn |date=2016-06-15 |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- http://m.thethaovanhoa.vn/van-hoa-giai-tri/nha-tho-nguyen-do-lan-dau-ve-tham-que-huong-nguyen-trai-n2010020309061156.htm
- {{cite web|url=http://thethaovanhoa.vn/173n20110524163119893t133/chuyen-nuoc-my-ai-dam-vo-nguc-minh-nha-tho.htm |title=Chuyện nước Mỹ: Ai dám vỗ ngực mình nhà thơ? | TTVH Online |publisher=Thethaovanhoa.vn |date= 25 May 2011|accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- {{cite news|date=2011-01-06 |url=https://laodong.vn/archived/roi-xa-trieu-dinh-khong-roi-xa-nhan-dan-725577.ldo |title="Rời xa triều đình" không rời xa nhân dân... | Tin tức mới nhất 24h - Đọc Báo Lao Động online |publisher=Laodong.vn |accessdate=2021-02-18}}
- http://tuoitre.vn/Van-hoa-Giai-tri/Van-hoc/115525/Trong-tho-ca-loai-nguoi%C2%A0la-chung-toc-duy-nhat.html
- https://vietcetera.com/en/notable-vietnamese-poets-today
- http://khoavanhoc-ngonngu.edu.vn/tin-tuc-noi-bat/2065-giao-lu-hc-thut-dch-th-nguyn-trai-hoa-k.html
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