Song Nhi

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Song Nhi, born in Ha Tinh (Central of VN) in 1938, was a high school teacher, a newspapers columnist, the Director of Studies of Truong Minh Giang Center of Adults Education in Saigon (1967-1972), editor-in-chief of Huong Di Magazine published by the Federation of Student Associations of Van Hanh University (Saigon: 1965-1968), editor-in-chief of Mau Lua Magazine (1968), staff-writer of the Infantry Periodic (Thu Duc Infantry Academy, 1969-1970), a military officer seconded to the Administrative and Personnel Service at the Presidency, Chief of the Press Bureau (1971-1975), and staff writer of Quat Cuong Daily  Newspaper. Emigrated to the US where he resettled in California in 1993, he resumed his writing career as a columnist for and contributor to Vietnamese daily newspapers and magazines in the US and Canada, including Duyen, Dat Dung, Vietnam Daily News, Thoi Bao, Chanh Dao, Chien si QG, Saigon Nho, Vien Xu, Dan Ta, Huong Viet, Saigon Post, Dien Dan PN. Co-founder and Executive Director of Coi Nguon Foundation of Poetry and Prose since 1995, Song Nhi is also the editor-in-chief of Trang Van Hoc Coi Nguon (Vietnam Times, Northern California), editor-in-chief of the electronic magazine Van Nghe Coi Nguon at the website: http://www.coinguon.org

Mot Doi Khong Nguoi /A lifetime without Solace, poetry, is his first collection published in 1968, followed by several others: "Truong Ca Nguoi Viet Su" /The long symphony of a historian (1972), Tinh Con Trong Lang Quen / Love remains in forgetfulness (co-authored with Huynh Ngoc Diep, 1975), Tieng Hon Chien Ma / The hatred of combat cavaliers (US: 1996; 2nd edition 2002), Ve Loi Di Xua / Back to the path of reminiscence (US: 1999), Luu Dan Thi Thoai / A Selected Works of Stray Immigrants’ Poetry Critique (co-authored with Dien Nghi – CA: Coi Nguon, 2003), and Loi Tinh Tu – an audio book of his poems. Song Nhi has taken part or edited 12 anthologies of poetry and prose in the overseas.

Publications:

1- Mot Doi Khong Nguoi /A lifetime without Solace, poetry, 1968.
2-
Truong Ca Nguoi Viet Su  (1972),

3- Tinh Con Trong Lang Quen (co-authored with Huynh Ngoc Diep, 1975)

4- Tieng Hon Chien Ma / The hatred of combat cavaliers (US: 1996; 2nd edition 2002)

4- Ve Loi Di Xua / Back to the path of reminiscence (US: 1999),

5- Loi Tinh Tu -  poetry audio book.

6- Luu Dan Thi Thoai / A Selected Works of Stray Immigrants’ Poetry Critique (co-authored with Dien Nghi – CA: Coi Nguon, 2003).

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E-mail : songnhi_2000@yahoo.com

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