Nguyen Do

Who is Nguyen Do?

Nguyen Do is a Vietnamese American poet, journalist, and translator.

Nguyen Do was born in Hatinh province in 1959 and moved to Hanoi as a youth. After taking degrees in Surveying from Hanoi Construction College and in literature from Vinh University, he taught at a high school in city of Pleiku then lived for many years in Ho Chi Minh City, where he worked as an editor and reporter for a literary review and other newspapers and magazines before moving to the United States to study English and journalism in 1999.

He has published eleven books. His poetry collections include "The Fish Wharf and The Autumn Evening" "The Empty Space" and "New Darkness" With Paul Hoover, he edited and translated "Black Dog, Black Night", an anthology of contemporary Vietnamese poetry, "Beyond the Court Gate" Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai, "12+3" selected poetry of Thanh Thao, bilingual edition edited and "Returning to Con Son" Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai, bilingual edition edited and with photographs and poems in six-eight Vietnamese traditional version by poet Nguyen Duy He also edited and translated "Selected Poetry of Allen Ginsberg".