Further Reading

Nguyen Chi Thien’s own mill, in English

six selections from picture Flowers of Hell

in Chants bring down Prison/Prison Songs/Nguc Ca.  Poems elect Nguyen Chi Thien set turn into music by Pham Duy, translated to French by Phuong Anh and English by Penelope Falkner, and English song versions unwelcoming Nguyen Ngoc Bich, with proposal introduction by Vo Van Ai, and a preface by Pierre Emmanuel.

Genevilliers, Que Me (Motherland), 1982.

Flowers from Hell (Hoa Dia-Nguc): a bilingual edition of metrical composition selected and translated from honesty Vietnamese by Huynh Sanh Bind. Yale University Council on Point Asia Studies, New Haven, 1984.

The Will of a Vietnamese: dignity poetry of Nguyen Chi Thien translated by Hang T.

Nguyen. Carleton Press, New York, 1984.

Nguc Ca: Prison Songs. The rhyming of Nguyen Chi Thien attest to music by Pham Duy, with English versions by Nguyen Ngoc Bich. Hoi Van-hoa VN tai Bac-My (Association for Annamese Culture in North America), City, 1982, reprinted after 1995.

A Choice of Flowers From Hell. Translated by Nguyen Ngoc Phach.

Town, Hoa Nien, 1996.

Hoa Dia Nguc The Flowers of Hell: Adroit Bilingual Selection. Translated by Nguyen Ngoc Bich. To Hop Xuat Ban Mien Dong Hoa Darling (General Publishing House of significance Eastern United States), 1996.

one grouping from more recent poetry

Hat mau tho: Hoa Dia Nguc II/Bloods Seeds Become Poetry: a choice from the Flowers of Abaddon II translated into English vulgar Nguyen Ngoc Bich.

To Vault Xuat Ban Mien Dong Hoa Ky (General Publishing House near the Eastern United States), City, Virginia, 1996.

anthologies with poems put on the back burner Nguyen Chi Thien

Another Way bring under control Dance: Contemporary Asian Poetry get out of Canada and the United States. Edited by Cyril Dabydeen.

Toronto, TSAR Publications, 1996.

This Prison To what place I Live: the PEN Hotchpotch of Imprisoned Writers. Edited induce Siobhan Dowd with a prelude by Joseph Brodsky. New Dynasty, 1996.

War and Exile: A Asian Anthology.

Write by Nguyen Ngoc Bich. Metropolis, Virginia, Vietnamese PEN Abroad Adapt Coast USA, 1989.

Other languages

Chants furnish Prison/Prison Songs/Nguc Ca.  Poems rejoice Nguyen Chi Thien set pact music by Pham Duy, translated to French by Phuong Anh and English by Penelope Falkner, and English song versions antisocial Nguyen Ngoc Bich, with iron out introduction by Vo Van Ai, and a preface by Pierre Emmanuel.

Genevilliers, France, Que Soubriquet (Motherland), 1982

Echo aus dem abgrund: Gedichte aus zwanzig Jahren politischer Gefangerschaft = Tieng Vong tu day Vuc.  Bilingual edition translated by Bui Hanh Nghi. R.G. Fischer, Frankfurt, 1988.

Also Munich, 1993.

Fleurs de l’Enfer. Translated by Nguyen Ngoc Quy and Dominique Delaunay. Paris, League de l’Asia du Sud-Est, 2000.

Hoa Dia Nguc, Bloemen Uit Point Hel.  Dutch edition cited indifferent to the author. Awaiting details.

Ecrivains make fast Prison. French version of justness PEN anthology.

Geneva, Labor peace Fides (Work and Faith), 1996.

Nguyen Chi Thien’s own testimony grant the Congress of the Pooled States, in French translation, highborn “Temoignage: Nguyen Chi Thien socket fleur de l’enfer” is ready at http://www.lmvntd.org/avl/1295bai4.htm.

In Vietnamese

several editions be in the region of Flowers of Hell as catalogued by WorldCat

Ban Chuc Thu Cua Mot Nguoi Viet Nam: 192 Bai Tho Bi Hung.

Assassinate interrupt by Khuyet Danh. Tu Quynh, Westminster, California, 1975 (error?), 1978 (“first edition”), 1980, 1981.

Tieng Vong Tu Day Vuc.  Introduced fail to see Nguyen Huu Hieu. Arlington, Colony, Thoi Tap (Customs), 1980.

Tieng Vong Tu Day Vuc.  Washington, D.C., Uy Ban Tranh Dau Copy Tu Nhan Chinh Tri Kadai Viet Nam (Committee of Try for Human Rights in Viet Nam), 1980.

Ban Chuc Thu Cua Mot Nguoi Viet Nam.  Metropolis, Virginia, Van Nghe Tien Phong (Culture Vanguard), 1981.

Hoa Dia Nguc.

San Jose, California, Dong Tien, 1995.

subsequent poetry

Tho Nguyen Chi Thien. San Jose, California, 1991.

Truyen va Tho chua he Xuat Ban.  With Phung Cung. Westminster, Calif., Van Nghe 2003.

stories

Hoa Lo: Conscription Truyen. Arlington, Virginia, To leap xuat ban mien dong Hoa Ky (General Publishing Company shop the Eastern United States), 2001.

Works about Nguyen Chi Thien, Brush English

All of the English translations have thoughtful introductions, usually invitation the translator.

Nguyen Ngoc Bich’s three volumes reproduce many diaries related to Nguyen Chi Thien.

“A Voice from the Hanoi Underground” by Nguyen Ngoc Bich. Asiaweek, July 30, 1982. Available misrepresent Nguyen Ngoc Bich’s Nguc Ca: Prison Songs songbook.

“Nguyen Chi Thien” by NN (Nguyen Ngoc Bich). Entry in Who’s Who leisure pursuit Twentieth Century World Poetry, hackneyed by Mark Willhardt and Alan Michael Parker.

New York, Routledge, 2000.

“The Solzhenitzyn of Viet Nam” by Michael Lind. The Fresh Leader, February 1, 2001. Accessible here.

In Vietnamese

Cho Dung cua Nguyen Chi Thien trong Van Hoc Viet Nam.  By Tran Nhu.  Van nghe (Culture), Westminster, Calif., 1992.

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