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Merlin is a partly lost French epic poem written by Robert de Boron in Old French and dating from either the end of the 12th [2] or beginning of the 13th century. [3] The author reworked Geoffrey of Monmouth's material on the legendary Merlin, emphasising Merlin's power to prophesy and linking him to the Holy Grail. [4]
In 1975, following the ending of war, the restoration of peace and reunification of Vietnam, he continued to write poetry and became a member of Vietnam Writers' Association. In 1989, he was voted to be the General Secretary of Literature and Art Association in Hue; In 1990, he was Vice Chief Editor of Song Huong (Perfume River) Magazine.
Tố Hữu (4 October 1920 – 9 December 2002) was a Vietnamese revolutionary poet [1] and politician. [2] Tố Hữu is considered one of the most important Vietnamese poets of the 20th century. His poems are known for their lyrical beauty, their political engagement, and their insights into the Vietnamese people.
The prose version of Robert's poem was then continued in the 13th-century Merlin Continuation, telling of King Arthur's early wars and Merlin's role in them. [52] In this text, also known as the Suite du Merlin , the mage both predicts and, wielding elemental magic, [ 25 ] influences the course of battles, [ note 9 ] in addition to helping the ...
Vietnamese poetry originated in the form of folk poetry and proverbs. Vietnamese poetic structures include Lục bát, Song thất lục bát, and various styles shared with Classical Chinese poetry forms, such as are found in Tang poetry; examples include verse forms with "seven syllables each line for eight lines," "seven syllables each line for four lines" (a type of quatrain), and "five ...
The Merlion (/ ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n /) is the official mascot of Singapore.It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
Bùi Tằng Việt was born in 1922 in the Việt Yên, Bắc Giang to a scholar who came from the Song Hồ commune, Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh.Graduated from the Thăng Long High School in Hanoi, Bùi Tằng Việt began his career as a writer and translator for the Tân dân xã publishing house which was owned by Vũ Đình Long, from that time he chose the pen name Hoàng Cầm which is ...
Nguyễn Du (阮 攸; 3 January 1766 – 16 September 1820), courtesy name Tố Như (素 如) and art name Thanh Hiên (清 軒), is a celebrated Vietnamese poet and musician. He is most known for writing the epic poem The Tale of Kiều. [1] [2]