Lưu Quang Vũ (17 April 1948 – 29 August 1988) was a

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and

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. His wife Xuân Quỳnh was a Vietnamese poet. Both parents and their 12-year-old son Lưu Quỳnh Thơ were killed in a

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in 1988. In 2000 he was

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awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for his play ''The Ninth Pledge'' (''Lời thề thứ 9'').Lara D. Nielsen, Patricia Ybarra eds
Neoliberalism and Global Theatres: Performance Permutations, p. 155.
2012. He is the father of Lưu Minh Vũ, who is known as one of the hosts in the Vietnamese version of ''

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Works

Poetry

*''Hương cây'' - Scents of the tree (1968) *''Mây trắng của đời tôi'' - White clouds of my life (1989). *''Bầy ong trong đêm sâu'' - Bees in a late night (1993) * other works in collections

Theatre

*Sống mãi tuổi 17 - Forever 17 *Nàng Sita - Sita *Hẹn ngày trở lại - We'll see each other again *Nếu anh không đốt lửa - If you didnt light a fire *Hồn Trương Ba da hàng thịt - Truong Ba's soul in the Butcher's skin *Lời thề thứ 9 - The ninth oath *Khoảnh khắc và vô tận - An instant and the eternity *Bệnh sĩ - Egotism *Tôi và chúng ta - Me and Us *Người tốt nhà số 5 - The good man at the 5th *Chiếc ô công lý - The justice umbrella *Ông không phải là bố tôi - You're not my father *Lời nói dối cuối cùng - The last lie

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luu, Quang Vu Vietnamese dramatists and playwrights Vietnamese male poets 1948 births 1988 deaths Road incident deaths in Vietnam 20th-century Vietnamese poets 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Vietnamese male writers People from Phú Thọ province