Poet Duong Ky Anh (Duong Xuan Nam) passed away

Poet Duong Xuan Nam was born in 1948 in Xuyen Cam village (now Tran Phu village) Ky Xuan, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province. He is a poet, writer, journalist, former Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong newspaper, member of the Vietnam Writers Association.

In 1972, after graduating from the University of Literature, he joined the Vietnam People's Army as a missile control officer. In 1975, he worked at Tien Phong Newspaper until his retirement.

He is one of the rare Vietnamese poets and journalists whose name is listed in the dictionary "World Cultural Celebrities" (Asia-Pacific region).

Poet Duong Xuan Nam is known as the initiator of the Miss Tien Phong Newspaper contest, the predecessor of the current Miss Vietnam contest, so he is called "The Father of Vietnamese beauty contests". He held the role of Head of the Organizing Committee and Chairman of the Jury of the Miss Vietnam contests from 1988 to 2008.

When writing prose and poetry, he took the pen name of his hometown - Duong Ky Anh (Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province). His typical works include:And he waited(1987),Through Time (1992), Strange Flower (1994),Reportage (2000), Memory Land (2001), The Second Photo (2001), Sister Hue of Tao Trang Village (2003), Poetry of Duong Ky Anh (2005),Tho Dia (2006), Coi Ta Ba (2008), Miss and side stories of Miss Vietnam contests (1998), Little-told stories in the heart of Europe (2000), Who is the richest person in Vietnam (2006)...

NovelXuyen CamHis work was awarded the Special Prize of Nguyen Du Literature and Arts Award. For poetry, he has received awards from the Army Literature Magazine, Nhan Dan Newspaper... In total, he has nearly 20 books of poetry, short stories, novels... published.

During his retirement years, poet Duong Xuan Nam lived with his family in Soc Son (Hanoi) in a house filled with trees.