Huy Can
Cù Huy Cận (31 May 1919 – 19 February 2005) was a Vietnamese poet, a close confidante of Ho Chi Minh, and signed Vietnam's Declaration of Independence as Cabinet minister in the first Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and held many senior leadership positions in the Vietnamese government between 1946 and 1987. He was a close friend of Xuân Diệu, another famous poet. His first collection of poems, Sacred Fire, was published in 1938.
Huy Can
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- Name
- Huy Cận
- Birth Name
- Cù Huy Cận
- Born
- 31 May 1919
- Birthplace
- Vũ Quang, Hà Tĩnh, French Indochina
- Died
- 31 May 2005
- Place of death
- Hà Nội, Vietnam
- Occupation
- Statesman, poet
- Awards
- Ho Chi Minh Prize
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Honours
- Hồ Chí Minh Prize · Gold Star Order
- Languages
- Vietnamese
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Cù Huy Cận (31 May 1919 – 19 February 2005) was a Vietnamese poet, a close confidante of Ho Chi Minh, and signed Vietnam's Declaration of Independence as Cabinet minister in the first Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and held many senior leadership positions in the Vietnamese government between 1946 and 1987. He was a close friend of Xuân Diệu, another famous poet. His first collection of poems, Sacred Fire, was published in 1938.
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His style changed drastically after the Vietnam Revolution, from melancholy to optimistic. His son is Cù Huy Hà Vũ, legal scholar and dissident.
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• Name — Huy Cận • Birth Name — Cù Huy Cận • Born — 31 May 1919 • Birthplace — Vũ Quang, Hà Tĩnh, French Indochina • Died — 31 May 2005 • Place of death — Hà Nội, Vietnam • Occupation — Statesman, poet • Notable Works — * Lửa thiêng (1940) • Awards — Ho Chi Minh Prize
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