Nguyễn Khắc Hiếu (阮克孝), pen name Tản Đà (

chữ Hán Chữ Hán (𡨸漢, literally "Chinese characters", ), Chữ Nho (𡨸儒, literally "Confucian characters", ) or Hán tự (漢字, ), is the Vietnamese term for Chinese characters, used to write Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese ...

: 傘沱, 19 May 1889 – 7 June 1939) was a Vietnamese poet. He used both traditional Sino-Vietnamese forms and European influences and was a transitional figure between the turn of the 1890s such as Tú Xương and

Nguyễn Khuyến Nguyễn Thắng, pen name Nguyễn Khuyến, (15 February 1835 in Ý Yên, Nam Định – 5 February 1909 in Yên Đổ) was a famous Vietnamese Ruist scholar, poet and teacher living in the 19th century. Early life Nguyễn Thắng was bor ...

and the "New Poetry" movement of the 1930s. Late in his life he published a literary magazine in Hanoi, ''An Nam Tạp Chí'' ( Annam Magazine), but when this got into financial difficulty, he readily accepted an invitation to come South and write for the new '' Đông Pháp Thời Báo'' (Indochina Times) in

Saigon , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...

. Although popular with the newspaper-buying public, his poetry was criticised by the young poets of the Hanoi-based Thơ mới "New Poetry" movement influenced by French poets such as

Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited fro ...

.Kim Ngoc Bao Ninh - ''A World Transformed: The Politics of Culture in Revolutionary Vietnam'' - Page 23 2002 "New Poetry began its life with a clear demarcation between itself and the old form; its supporters vilified poets in the old tradition. The targets of this devastating attack included the venerable Tan Da, himself a transitional figure between the ..."

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