[Vnbiz] Poet Pham Tien Duat passed away

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

Provbably you all have known that poet Pham Tien Duat passed away on Dec. 4,
2007.  A bit before his death, his friends had finished a collection of his
poems.  He is one of those poets who fought and wrote during the
war--soldier poet, you can say.  (But "soldier poet" is not really a good
term, because during the war, every Vietnamese was a fighter and many of
them wrote poetry).

What fascinates me about these war-time poem is that they all have the
subperb combination of great love and great fire.  Men and women of that
generation were truly romantic heroes.  Anyway, if any brother/sister has a
hand on the new Pham Tien Duat Poetry Collection and if you can get an extra
copy for me, I would greatly appreciate it.  You can keep it with you until
we meet some day.  And I won't forget the debt :-)  Out here, it's hard to
get books from Vietnam and if I wait for too long, the new book will be out
of print (and I'll be out of luck).

Thanks a million in advance.

Hoanh

-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, Esq., LLB, JD
Washington DC
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