Nguyễn Đình Thi (December 20, 1924 – April 18, 2003) was a famous Vietnamese writer, poet and composer, most notable for writing
Diệt phát xít, the song that became the official daily theme tune of the
Voice of Vietnam.
Biography
He was born on December 20, 1924, in
Luang Prabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...
,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
. His home, Vũ Thạch Village, is now known as Bà Triệu street, Tràng Tiền ward,
Hoàn Kiếm District,
Hanoi,
Vietnam. His father was an official in the Indochina Post Office, who moved to Laos to work.
He came back to Vietnam in 1931, to study in
Haiphong City and joined the Youth Rescue nation in 1941. He belonged to the generation of artists who were involved in the
French defeat in the 1950s. He wrote essays on philosophy, poetry, music and drama.
After the
August Revolution (1945), Nguyễn Đình Thi became the general secretary of the national culture association. From 1958 to 1989 he was secretary of the Vietnamese Writers association. From 1995, he was chairman of the
Vietnam Union of Literature and Art Association. In 1996, he received the
Ho Chi Minh Prize
Ho (or the transliterations He or Heo) may refer to:
People Language and ethnicity
* Ho people, an ethnic group of India
** Ho language, a tribal language in India
* Hani people, or Ho people, an ethnic group in China, Laos and Vietnam
* Hiri Mo ...
for literature. He died on April 18, 2003, in Hanoi.
Works
Philosophy
* Triết học nhập môn ("Introduction to philosophy") 1942
* Triết học Căng ("Kant's philosophy") 1942
* Triết học Nitsơ ("Nietzsche's philosophy") 1942
* Triết học Anhxtanh ("Einstein's philosophy") 1942
Musical compositions
* Diệt phát xít ("Annihilate Fascist"), was composed in 1945, first performed in the meeting - the starting event of
August Revolution in
Hanoi - other two songs performed in the meeting were ''Tiến quân ca'' of
Văn Cao
Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, ; 15 November 192310 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include '' Tiến Quân Ca'', which became the national anthem of Vietnam. He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely consid ...
and ''Du kích ca'' of
Đỗ Nhuận Đỗ Nhuận (December 10, 1922 in Hải Dương – May 18, 1991 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical composer. He is known for the first homegrown Vietnamese opera - ''Cô Sao'' "Miss Sao." This and other more-or-less revolutionary themed mus ...
. ''Diệt phát xít'' was chosen as the official daily theme tune of the
Voice of Vietnam.
* Người Hà Nội ("People of Hanoi"), was composed and first performed in 1947, completed in 1948, a typical song of
Nhạc đỏ, associated with singer
Lê Dung NSND Lê Dung (5 June 1951 in Hòn Gai, Quảng Ninh – 29 January 2001 in Hanoi) was a Vietnamese soprano opera singer. She was a student at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and toured and performed widely in Eastern Europe. She won prizes at Sof ...
's career. ''Người Hà Nội'' is the official daily theme tune of the
Hanoi Radio Television since its first formed day.
Novels
* Xung kích ("Vanguard") 1951
* Bên bờ sông Lô ("On the Lô river bank") 1957
* Vào lửa ("Come in fire") 1966
* Mặt trận trên cao ("Aerial battle") 1967
* Vỡ bờ ("Broken Edge") section 1 - 1962, section 2 - 1970
Essays
* Mấy vấn đề văn học ("Some matters of literature") 1956
* Công việc của người viết tiểu thuyết ("Work of novel writer") 1964
Poems
* Đất nước ("Country") 1948-1955
* Người chiến sĩ ("The soldier", poetry collection) 1956
* Bài thơ Hắc Hải ("Black Sea Poem") 1958
* Dòng sông trong xanh ("Pure Blue River") 1974
* Tia nắng ("Sunbeam") 1983
Plays
* Con nai đen ("Black Deer") 1961
* Hoa và Ngần ("Hoa and Ngần") 1975
* Nguyễn Trãi ở Đông Quan ("
Nguyễn Trãi in
Eastern Gate") 1979
* Rừng trúc ("Bamboo Forest") 1979
* Người đàn bà hóa đá ("Petrified woman") 1980
* Giấc mơ ("Dream") 1983
* Tiếng sóng ("The sound of waves") 1985
Memory
A street along the southern bank of the
West Lake (Hanoi) was named after Nguyễn Đình Thi since 2015.
In 2020, writer Nguyễn Đình Chính - a son of writer Nguyễn Đình Thi - established the ''Nguyễn Đình Thi Prize for Art and Literature'', covering many fields that Nguyễn Đình Thi has devoted himself to, including literature, music, theater, fine arts, and art criticism, mainly for authors who have made many contributions to the country and rising young talents.
References
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1924 births
2003 deaths
Writers from Hanoi
Musicians from Hanoi
Vietnamese writers
Vietnamese composers
Vietnamese songwriters