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Writer (1924–2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nguyễn Đình Thi (20 December 1924 – 18 April 2003) was a famous Vietnamese writer, poet and composer, most notable for writing Diệt phát xít, the song that became the official daily theme tune of the Voice of Vietnam.[1]
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.jpg) Nguyễn Đình Thi, in the 1970s | |
| Born | 20 December 1924 Luang Prabang, Laos |
| Died | 18 April 2003 (aged 78) Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Awards | Ho Chi Minh Prize |
He was born on 20 December 1924, in Luang Prabang, Laos. His home, Vũ Thạch Village, is now known as Bà Triệu street, Tràng Tiền ward, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam. His father was an official in the Indochina Post Office, who moved to Laos to work.
He came back to Vietnam in 1931, to study in Haiphong City and joined the Youth Rescue nation in 1941. He belonged to the generation of artists who were involved in the French defeat in the 1950s. He wrote essays on philosophy, poetry, music and drama.
After the August Revolution (1945), Nguyễn Đình Thi became the general secretary of the national culture association. From 1958 to 1989 he was secretary of the Vietnamese Writers association. From 1995, he was chairman of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Art Association. In 1996, he received the Ho Chi Minh Prize for literature. He died on 18 April 2003, in Hanoi.[2]
In 1951 he met the French poet Madeleine Riffaud in Berlin at an international meeting of youth for peace. She fell in love with him and moved in with him when he was minister of culture in Vietnam, but then had to leave the country. Their subsequent long-distance relationship lasted for 50 years.[3]
A street along the southern bank of the West Lake (Hanoi) was named after Nguyễn Đình Thi since 2015.[10]
In 2020, writer Nguyễn Đình Chính – a son of writer Nguyễn Đình Thi – established the Nguyễn Đình Thi Prize for Art and Literature, covering many fields that Nguyễn Đình Thi has devoted himself to, including literature, music, theater, fine arts, and art criticism, mainly for authors who have made many contributions to the country and rising young talents.[11]
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