Mai Văn Phấn


Mai Văn Phấn is a Vietnamese poet.

Biography

Mai Văn Phấn was born 1955 in Ninh Bình, Red River Delta in North Vietnam. He joined the army infantry in 1974. Mai Văn Phấn left the army in 1981 and entered Hanoi College of Foreign Languages, Department of Linguistics and Russian culture. Continued learning in 1983 at Maxim Gorky Pedagogics School, Minsk,. Winner of numerous awards for poetry in Viet Nam: “Poetry contest” of Weekly Người Hà Nội in 1994. “Poetry contest” of Weekly Văn Nghệ 1995. “Literature” of celebrity culture Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995. Recipient of the prestigious “Vietnam Writers' Association” Award in 2010, The Cikada Literary Prize of Sweden in 2017, The Award of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2019 and The Literary award from Association of Literary Translators of Montenegro in 2020.

Notable works

He has published 16 poetry books and one book, Critiques - Essays in Vietnam. 21 of his poetry books are published and released in foreign countries.
NATIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS:
INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS:
Poems of Mai Văn Phấn are translated into 33 languages.
His poems have appeared in more than 50 anthologies, including Poetry NZ 36 Poetry Kit Magazine 5 & 6 ; Poesy Magazine 33, Fulcrum 3, The Writers Post volume 6, 7 & 8, Wordbridge ; Poem and Comment Magazine ; Softblow Poetry Journal, Literature Newspaper ; Tranan.