Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nguyễn Đình Chiểu

poet

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1822

Place of Birth: Gia Định, South Vietnam

Date of Death: 03-Jul-1888

Profession: poet

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Nguy?n Ðình Chi?u (???; 1 July 1822 – 3 July 1888) was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, the European name for the southern part of Vietnam.He was the best known opponent of collaboration in the south of Vietnam and was regarded as the poet laureate of the southerners who continued to defy the Treaty of Saigon which ceded southern Vietnam to France, disobeying the royal orders of Emperor T? Ð?c to continue harassing the French forces.
His epic poem, L?c Vân Tiên, remains one of the most celebrated works in Vietnamese literature.