Xuân Quỳnh 诞辰77周年Google涂鸦标志

Xuân Quỳnh 诞辰77周年Google涂鸦
2019年10月6日

“Loves wave does not find itself until it reaches the sea,” wrote Vietnamese poet Xuân Quỳnh in her beloved poem "Sóng" (Waves). Todays Doodle, illustrated by Ho Chi Minh City-based guest artists Quang & Lien, celebrates the award-winning writer whos now considered one of her countrys most important 20th-century poets.

Born in the village of La Khe (now Ha Dong province) on this day in 1942, Nguyễn Thị Xuân Quỳnh was raised by her grandmother and showed a talent for dance. Recruited by the Central Art Troupe in her early teens, she was trained as a dancer and traveled the world to perform. During the 1960s she began pursuing her talent for writing, studying with the Writers Association. She worked with the weekly arts newspaper Văn nghệ, the official newspaper of the Hanoi Womens Union Phụ Nữ Việt Nam, and the publishing house Tác Phẩm Mới.

In poems like “Thuyền và Biển” (Boat and Sea) and “Thơ Tình Cuối Mùa Thu” (Love Song for End of Autumn), Xuân Quỳnhs language evokes a depth of feeling and romantic yearning. She also wrote childrens poetry, collected in the book Bầu trời trong quả trứng (The sky in an egg). Some of her works have been set to music, and her 1967 poem “Waves” was so influential that it was taught in Vietnamese schools. She married distinguished poet and playwright Lưu Quang Vũ. In 2017 the Vietnamese government awarded Xuân Quỳnh the Hồ Chí Minh Prize, the countrys highest artistic honor.

Happy Birthday, Xuân Quỳnh!