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Dang Than, pseudonym of Dang Xuan
Than, born in 1964 in North Vietnam, lecturer, writer, poet, translator, and
interpreter. He teaches American and English literature at a number of universities
in Hanoi since 1990, currently serves as the Training Director at the IVN
Institute for Research and Support of Education Development, concurrently in
charge of Dean of Futurology Studies at the I Ching Research &
Development Center in Hanoi. In the field of translation, he is one of the
most reliable simultaneous translators in Vietnam, simultaneously
interpreting from and into Vietnamese, English (verbally and live from
translation booths) and covering, at a conference or seminar or meeting, a wide
range of fields: economics, culture, technology and science, literature and
the arts, poetry, and more. In the field of literature, he writes in two
languages: Vietnamese and English. He began the road to his literary success
with his prose and verse published in the print or electronic magazines based
in Vietnam, Australia, Germany, and the US: Nguoi Ha Noi, Ngay Nay, Khao Cuu
Van Hoa Phuong Dong, Khoa hoc va Doi song, Nhan Dan, eVan, Song Cuu Long,
Talawas, Tien Ve, Tan Hinh Thuc, Tap chi Tho, and Gio-O. Apart from published
work in Vietnamese, his poems written in English or in English translation
have appeared, in the US, in such anthologies of poetry: The Colors of Life,
Eternal Portraits, and Who’s Who in International Poetry, which were
published by Watermark Press and The International Library of Poetry; and in
the UK, in such anthologies: Colours of the Heart and Labour of the Heart
published by Noblehouse Publisher. Dang
Than has in preparation an anthology of poetry entitled ‘Tao’s Poetry
– or the Poetic Pursuit of the Truest-self’. He is living in Hanoi, Vietnam. Typical Works: · Prose: - The Shock to
Root - I Bathe... - The Language
Guru - Hanoian for 20
Years - Teacher of
Declarations - King Nam
Viet's Night - On Prickology - The Giaochi's Footprints · Poetry: - The Po-mo Human Dictionary - Tao's Poetry - or the Poetic Pursuit of the
Truest-self (Poetry Collection)
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