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Nguyễn Đức Mậu

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Nguyễn Đức Mậu (born 14 January 1948 in Nam Trực District, Nam Định) is a Vietnamese poet.[1] His 'The Old Soldier' is one of many war poems to carry the idea of a nation that has been at war for generations.[2]

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  1. ^ Six Vietnamese Poets "The three male poets are, [..] Nguyen Duc Mau (b. 1948)"
  2. ^ Adam Piette The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-century British and American War Literature p.218 "The Horrors of War - With the poetry of Nguyen Quang Thieu, Trinh Cong Son, Nguyen Duc Mau, Ngo Vinh Long and Xuan Quynh we enter a poetic terrain that is more nuanced and less rhetorical." "Nguyen Duc Mau repeats the idea of a nation that has been at war for generations in 'The Old Soldier':"