The Time Tree - Thinh, Huu

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Résumé :
The Time Tree includes representative selections from poems by a veteran who was born into poverty and tempered in the crucible of war and who devoted himself to rigorous study to become a leading intellectual and award-winning poet of Vietnam. Clear, precise imagery, a sense of history, and a balance of passion and reflection characterize Huu Thinh's poetry, whether his subject is love, war, struggle, or poverty.
Huu Thinh was born in 1942 in Vietnam. During the war, he served as a tank driver and later as a journalist. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Van Nghe and deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Writers' Association. He has published five books of poetry in Vietnam and won numerous awards for his work.

Biographie:
Hữu Thỉnh was born into a Confucian farming family in 1942 in Vinh Phue province, Vietnam. During the Vietnam-American War he served as a tank driver and later as a journalist. He lives in Hanoi where he is a member of the National Assembly of Vietnam, Editor-in-chief of Van Nghe, and General Secretary of the Vietnam Writers' Association. He has published a dozen books of poetry and prose to critical acclaim.

George Evans has published five collections of poetry in the US and England, and received writing fellowships from the NEA, Lannan Foundation, and California Arts Council. He edited the popular national contemporary poetry and arts project Streetfare Journal, and has translated the poetry of Huu Thinh and Daisy Zamora. He lives in San Francisco.

Nguyen Qui Duc is a Vietnamese American radio broadcaster, writer, editor, and translator. He lived in the United States from 1975 to 2006. Currently, he lives in Hanoi.