Viet Nam's Last New Poet Passes Away

From Viet Nam News:

Xuan Tam, the last poet of Viet Nam's Tho Moi (New Poetry) movement has died in Ha Noi at the age of 97. His funeral was held today.

Xuan Tam dedicated his life to poetry, especially the Tho Moi movement, which began in the early 20th century by young intellectuals influenced by Western literature introduced to Viet Nam by the French.

His peers included popular poets Te Hanh, Xuan Dieu, The Lu and Luu Trong Lu, who created and used language and unique phrases to express their ideas and to break away from the country's feudalist past.

In the pre-war period, he had published his poems in famous magazines including Tan Van (New Literature), Ban Duong (Fellow Traveller) newspaper, Song Huong (Perfume River), Youth, Great Solidarity and Viet Nam Women.