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Ocean Vuong (born Vương Quốc Vinh, Vietnamese: [vɨəŋ˧ kuək˧˥ viɲ˧]; born 14 October, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation , [2] 2016 Whiting Award , [3] and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize . [4]
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. [1] An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother. It was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, [2] and was longlisted for ...
Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh (the Mountain God vs. Lord of the Waters) is a Vietnamese myth. This myth explains the practice of tidal irrigation and devastating floods in Vietnam as a result of monsoon—a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the ...
The Trưng sisters ( Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.
Vietnamese creation myth. Descendant of Dragon and Tiên (Immortal) Based on the 16th century mythical genealogy Hùng Vương sự tích ngọc phả cổ truyền, Lạc Long Quân is the son of Kinh Dương Vương and Long Mẫu Thần Long, the dragon goddess that rules the sky and the ocean.
Lê Lợi (Vietnamese: [le lə̂ːjˀ], chữ Hán: 黎利; 10 September 1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first king of the restored kingdom of Đại Việt after the ...
Phan Thị Mỹ Tâm (born 16 January 1981 in Da Nang ), commonly known as Mỹ Tâm, is a Vietnamese singer and songwriter. [1] She is one of the most successful Vietnamese singers for two decades (2000s and 2010s), the most popular Vietnamese singer on Spotify in 2021. Elle Style Awards 2019 honored singer My Tam in the Super icon category ...
The sáo (Chữ Nôm: 筲, also called sáo trúc — pronounced [ʂǎːw ʈʂʊ̌kp], like sow trook, rhymes with "book") is a family of flutes found in Vietnam that is traditionally thought to contain the culture and spirit of Vietnam's countryside.
Hùng Kings' Festival. The Hùng Kings' Temple Festival ( Vietnamese: Giỗ Tổ Hùng Vương or Lễ hội đền Hùng) is a Vietnamese festival held annually from the 8th to the 11th day of the third lunar month in honour of the Hùng Vương or Hùng Kings. The main festival day, which is a public holiday in Vietnam since 2007, is on the ...
Ngô Quyền ( chữ Hán: 吳權) (April 17, 898 – February 14, 944), often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương (前吳王; "First King of Ngô"), was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned from 939 to 944.