Nguyễn Bính ( Vụ Bản 1918 –

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1966) was a Vietnamese poet. A committed supporter of the

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he moved to the resistance base of

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, a united front led by

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, in

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leading a literature and arts unit.Kevin Bowen, Ba Chung Nguyen, Bruce Weigl Mountain River: Vietnamese Poetry from the Wars, 1948-1993 1998 Page 241 "Raised in a Confucian family, Nguyễn Bính began writing poetry when he was fifteen. From 1933 to 1943 he published his poems in many popular journals. During the August revolution he went south to work in Cần Thơ province" Later he was editor of the semi-independent poetry magazine ''Trăm hoa'', literally Hundred Flowers.

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