Nguyen Do

Nguyen has published thirteen books. His poetry collections include The Fish Wharf and the Autumn Evening (in collaboration with Thanh Thảo, Culture and Information Department of Gialai Kontum province, 1988), The Empty Space (The Publisher of Vietnamese Association Writers, 1991), New Darkness (The Publisher of Vietnamese Association Writers, 2009) and Sitting in the Shade of My Dad (The Publisher of Vietnamese Association Writers, 2026). He also edited and translated the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, and others into Vietnamese. Forthcoming project is a bilingual Vietnamese-English translation of The Story of Kieu, also known as The Tale of Kieu. The project is a collaboration between Nguyen Do, Paul Hoover, and Harvard professor John Stauffer, who provides the afterword. Nguyen's poetry and his translations have appeared in many anthologies including Litfinder (Cengage Learning), and in poetry magazines around the United States and the world. In 2005, he received a grant from The Poetry Foundation of New York City "for his contribution to the poetry of the world". In 2016 he was chosen one of the five best Southeast Asian poets by South East Asia Globe. In 2022, he was chosen one of top five contemporary Notable Vietnamese Poets by ‘’Vietcetera Magazine’’. A huge fan, really a passionate classical music and tennis enthusiast. He resides and is employed by the Government of California in San Francisco Bay, United States.