Xuan Dieu

Xuan Dieu (1916 – 1985), full name Ngô Xuân Diệu, was a Vietnamese poet was a leader of 'New Poetry School' in the country. He also composed poems on Communist Party dictates.

Wisdom & Quotes

• How is love to be explained,

And what does it mean?
One evening
It captivates us with its gentle sunlight,
Its fluffy clouds, and its plaintive breeze.
- "Voi yang" ("Why?") To be a poet is to shiver with the wind,

• To dream by moonlight and to frolic with the clouds;

To have one's soul pinned to a thousand heartstrings,
Or torn apart by a hundred different loves.

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