Hồ Xuân Hương
Hồ Xuân Hương | |
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Portrait of female poet Hồ Xuân Hương on the cover of the book Giai nhân dị mặc by scholar Nguyễn Hữu Tiến, 1916 | |
| Born | July 10, 1772 Quỳnh Lưu district, Nghệ An province, Đàng Ngoài, Đại Việt |
| Died | February 3, 1822 (aged 49) Thăng Long, Đàng Ngoài, Vietnam |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Vietnamese |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Period | Classical poetry |
| Genre | Nôm poetry Thất ngôn bát cú (lit. 7 characters, 8 lines) |
| Spouse | Nguyễn Bình Kình Phạm Viết Ngạn |
| Relatives | Hồ Phi Diễn (father) |
Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香; 1772–1822) was a Vietnamese poet born at the end of the Lê dynasty. She grew up in an era of political and social turmoil – the time of the Tây Sơn rebellion and a three-decade civil war that led to Nguyễn Ánh seizing power as Emperor Gia Long and starting the Nguyễn dynasty. She wrote poetry using chữ Nôm (Southern Script), which adapts Chinese characters for writing demotic Vietnamese. She is considered to be one of Vietnam's greatest classical poets. Xuân Diệu, a prominent modern poet, dubbed her "The Queen of Nôm poetry".