Vietnamese Poetry
Poetry and poets have always been held in high esteem in Vietnam and ‘The Tale of Kieu’, an epic poem of over 3000 verses, written by Nguyen Du in the 19th century, is regarded as the supreme masterpiece of Vietnamese literatures. English translations are available, a 30 year old American Vietnamese, Ocean Vuong, has won lots of poetry prizes, including the 2017 T.S. Elliot Prize
