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Hope Nguyen Tien Thanh 'burns his poetry'

Critic Pham Xuan Nguyen said Nguyen Tien Thanh's poetry is still in the Me Tri student poetry style (poetry of literature students of the old University of General Sciences) of several decades ago, and really needs to 'escape the Me Tri style'.

Báo Tuổi TrẻBáo Tuổi Trẻ21/10/2025

Nguyễn Tiến Thanh - Ảnh 1.

The Institute of Literature and the Vietnam Writers Association organized a discussion on Nguyen Tien Thanh's poetry, a controversial poetic voice - Photo: T.DIEU

On October 21, the Institute of Literature and the Vietnam Writers Association held a private discussion on the poetry of Nguyen Tien Thanh - a journalist who recently reappeared in the poetry world and was awarded the Vietnam Writers Association Award in 2024 with the collection Vien Ca.

The discussion on "Nguyen Tien Thanh's poetry in the movement of contemporary Vietnamese poetry" attracted many critics of many generations as well as writers and poets. However, poet Nguyen Quang Thieu - Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association affirmed that Nguyen Tien Thanh is not a phenomenon.

Nguyễn Tiến Thanh - Ảnh 2.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Thieu (right) evaluates Nguyen Tien Thanh (left) as a romantic poet, an original poet - Photo: T.DIEU

Nguyen Tien Thanh, is it a phenomenon or not?

Mr. Thieu called Nguyen Tien Thanh a romantic poet.

He said that society is increasingly lacking romantic poets, poets are more calculating, more planning. But Nguyen Tien Thanh still maintains himself as an "original poet", creating his own voice in the poetry world, poems that restore the beauty of innocence and purity.

Critic Pham Xuan Nguyen disagrees with Nguyen Quang Thieu in asserting that Nguyen Tien Thanh is not a phenomenon. According to Mr. Nguyen, Nguyen Tien Thanh is a phenomenon.

Because Nguyen Tien Thanh has just reappeared in the poetry world for 3 years now with 4 consecutive poetry collections, but has been awarded the Vietnam Writers Association Award in 2024 and this year the Vietnam Writers Association and the Institute of Literature organized a conference with a very important title.

"Many poets spend their whole lives without having the honor of having two national organizations organize poetry conferences like this," Mr. Nguyen said.

Regarding Nguyen Tien Thanh's poetry, Mr. Nguyen said that the poet "needs to escape Me Tri".

Mr. Nguyen recounted a time when Me Tri dormitory of the University of General Science exploded with student poetry nights, including shining names such as Hoang Nhuan Cam, Nguyen Phan Hach, Truong Nam Huong, Do Trung Quan, Tran Hoa Binh ...

The student-style, grandiose, and "loạn b hành" (the name of a poem and a collection of poems by Nguyen Tien Thanh) poems were full of enthusiasm and appeal to the student generation at that time.

But that poetry needs to move on when its "time" has passed. Nguyen Tien Thanh alone is still immersed in that "Me Tri way", especially the poetry collection Afternoon, nameless like an ink stain in life.

The collection of poems is like a flashback to the past, Nguyen Tien Thanh needs to escape that "Me Tri way". Mr. Nguyen said he wanted Nguyen Tien Thanh to be able to do as Hoang Nhuan Cam - one of the leaders of Me Tri student poetry - wrote: "The old verses are no longer real / Flashing through the soul like fireworks... That spring under the red soil flowers / He packed his backpack, quietly burning his poems..."

"I hope poet Nguyen Tien Thanh will burn his poems," said Mr. Nguyen.

Regarding the discussion's main question: where does Nguyen Tien Thanh's poetry fit into the contemporary Vietnamese poetry system, critic Do Hoai Nam assessed it as "in the middle". Specifically, between innovation and classicism. His poetry is neither new nor old.

Responding to critics' opinions, Mr. Nguyen Tien Thanh admitted that his poetry is still student poetry, still "Me Tri style" and he does not try to be different, he will still write truthfully from his heart.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mong-nguyen-tien-thanh-dot-tho-minh-20251021213401013.htm


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