Nguyen Duy's Poetry: "Finding Relatives" - Celebrating 50 years of national reunification

Nguyen Duy is one of the great poets, representative of modern Vietnamese poetry, an author widely known among students, researchers, literary critics and the public. Nguyen Duy has many outstanding poems and poetry collections that are closely associated with the Vietnamese soul, accompanying the nation's steps throughout the historical journey to peace, unification and construction. Nguyen Duy's poetry is also the reconstruction and modernization of the eternal, enduring, profound but also extremely fresh values ​​of the Vietnamese people and nation in the form of expression.
The seminar was honored to welcome poets and literary critics from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi Pedagogical University, the Specialized School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam Women's Publishing House, poets, poetry lovers and many students from the schools.
In her opening speech, Dr. Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang - Deputy Head of the Faculty of Literature affirmed the position and important contributions of Nguyen Duy's poetry to the poetic life and spiritual life in general of the Vietnamese people. According to her, “Having won first prize in the 1972-1973 poetry contest of the weekly Van Nghe, the 1985 A-level Poetry Award of the Vietnam Writers Association (collection Anh Trang), the State Prize for Literature and Arts in 2007, but perhaps the greatest award and reward for poet Nguyen Duy is that his works are always in the memory, love and respect of generations of readers. From those who once held guns to fight for peace, to the people who are attached to straw nests, thatched roofs, bamboo banks, to couples on dates, and children sitting in school chairs, who has not recited verses about the simple yet resilient beauty of the tree species that “refuses to grow crooked” and “when we love each other, bamboo does not live alone, from there the ramparts are built, oh people”, who has not pondered “Looking up at the face, there is something that makes me cry, Like the fields, the sea, Like the rivers, the forests...”, then mischievously remembering a time of “Studying "The devil's son, The fairy's daughter, The teacher of the fairy sits next to the devil", when dating, "Hearing the regret of a normal day passing", or feeling wistful because "I have gone through my entire human life, Still not gone through all the lullabies my mother sang"..."
Particularly for the Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Faculty of Philology - Hanoi University), Nguyen Duy is not only a poet on the burning pages of poetry, Nguyen Duy is also a member of the close-knit common home. After years of fighting in the resistance war against the US to save the country, poet Nguyen Duy was a student of the 16th class of the Faculty of Philology - Hanoi University of Science, and he always reserved his love and close attachment to his teachers, friends, generations of students of the Faculty of Literature, and to the University of Science and Humanities. And his return in the discussion "Finding relatives" is also a testament to that precious affection. The discussion took place enthusiastically under the guidance of researcher Tran Hinh, researcher Nguyen Hung Vi and Dr. Nguyen Thi Nam Hoang. Poet Nguyen Duy brought the audience to many levels of emotions through his burning verses, along with sharing about his journey of poetry, his journey of fighting and composing. Although his health was not good, the poet still maintained a cheerful spirit, full of inspiration when reading poetry, telling stories about the circumstances of the poems' creation as well as his emotions and thoughts about the country, the nation, and poetry. Researchers, students and pupils attending the discussion had many interesting questions and discussions about modern Vietnamese poetry and literature, about empathy and creativity in poetry, about specific poems of poet Nguyen Duy. Many students expressed great happiness after reading poetry, "meeting" the poet in textbooks and on writings for many years, and now coming to the discussion to meet him directly and be strongly inspired by the poet.   Ms. Khuc Thi Hoa Phuong - representative of Vietnam Women's Publishing House and poet Nguyen Duy presented some poetry collections of Nguyen Duy published by Vietnam Women's Publishing House to students who had quality questions and opinions exchanged during the discussion.
Summing up the discussion, Dr. Do Thu Hien - Head of the Department of Vietnamese Literature - the professional unit that directly proposed and organized the discussion, thanked the presence of poet Nguyen Duy, researchers, critics, teachers and students. Dr. Do Thu Hien said that the discussion showed that although contemporary life has many worries and concerns, poetry and literature are still an important source of values ​​and spiritual nourishment for young people and for human life. Discussion on Nguyen Duy's Poetry: "Looking for Relatives" - Celebrating 50 years of national reunification is a bridge connecting a literary author, researchers, literary critics with readers; connecting people who love poetry, love literature, love peace, for the beautiful human values ​​of the country, of the people, of the nation, as in the poem Looking for Relatives Nguyen Duy wrote when the war had just ended:

Hey, who hasn't met relatives yet? who do not see relatives lost wife i lost you lost mother and father who else? who lost

Oh who does not see relatives please come with me to share a warm home sing this song with me the big thing left today is intact People Fatherland!