UNESCO Chief Representative in Vietnam Christian Manhart addresses the event (Photo: VNA) According to UNESCO ChiefRepresentative in Vietnam Christian Manhart, during the UNESCO’s 41st General Assemblyin Paris in November 2021, 193 members of the agency approved a resolution to celebratethe Vietnamese poet’s birthday in 2022.
The representative explained thatthe General Assembly made this decision because Nguyen Dinh Chieu was anoutstanding figure, one of the most honoured Vietnamese poets whose works weretranslated into many languages.
According to Associate Prof. Dr. Pham LanOanh, Vice Director of the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts, poetNguyen Dinh Chieu had greatly influenced the lifestyle of people in Ben Tre inparticular and the southern region in general over the past nearly 200 years.She gave a number of proposals to preserve and promote the cultural values leftby the celebrity, including the strengthening of teaching and studying of and the digitalisation of his works.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Ben TreLe Duc Tho said that Nguyen Dinh Chieu, with his talents and strong will toovercome adversities, is a mirror in morality, patriotism and resilience forgenerations of Ben Tre and the southern region in general.
Nguyen Dinh Chieu, also known as teacherChieu, Trong Phu and Hoi Trai, (1822 – 1888) was born in Binh Duong district,Gia Dinh province (now District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).
He was a patriotic teacher, physician and poet of the south of Vietnam in thesecond half of the 19th century.
He is best known for his most prominent epic “Luc Van Tien” (The Tale of LucVan Tien), written in “nom” (the old Chinese-based Vietnamese script) in 1850s.The work has been translated into multiple languages, including French, Englishand Japanese./.
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