Nguyen Do


Nguyen Do is a Vietnamese American poet, editor, and translator.
Nguyen Do was born in Đông Thái village, Hà Tĩnh Province in December 16, 1959 and moved to Hanoi as a youth. After taking degrees in surveying from Hanoi Construction College and in literature from Vinh University, he taught at a high school in city of Pleiku then lived for many years in Ho Chi Minh City, where he worked as an editor and reporter for a literary review and other newspapers and magazines before moving to the United States to study English and journalism in 1999.
He has published thirteen books. His poetry collections include The Fish Wharf and The Autumn Evening, "The Empty Space", and New Darkness With Paul Hoover, he edited and translated Black Dog, Black Night, an anthology of contemporary Vietnamese poetry, Beyond the Court Gate Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai, 12+3 selected poetry of Thanh Thao, bilingual edition edited and Returning to Con Son Selected poetry of Nguyen Trai, bilingual edition edited and with photographs and poems in six-eight Vietnamese traditional version by poet Nguyen Duy He also edited and translated poetry of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams... into Vietnamese.
Nguyen Do's poetry and his translations have been appeared in many anthologies including Litfinder 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 poetry of the world”. In 2016 he was chosen one of five best Southeast Asia poets. He lives in San Francisco Bay, California.