Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
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In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Chiểu.
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (阮廷炤; 1 July 1822 – 3 July 1888)[1] was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, the European name for the southern part of Vietnam.[2][3]
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Nguyễn Đình Chiểu 阮廷炤 | |
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Born | (1822-07-01)1 July 1822 Gia Định, Viet Nam |
Died | 3 July 1888(1888-07-03) (aged 66) Ba Tri, Bến Tre, French Indochina |
Pen name | Trọng Phủ, Hối Trai |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Vietnamese |
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Children | Nguyễn Ngọc Khuê (or Sương Nguyệt Anh) |
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He was the best known opponent of collaboration in the south of Vietnam and was regarded as the poet laureate of the southerners who continued to defy the Treaty of Saigon which ceded southern Vietnam to France, disobeying the royal orders of Emperor Tự Đức by harassing the French forces. His epic poem, Lục Vân Tiên, remains one of the most celebrated works in Vietnamese literature.