Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ (18 September 1949 – 6 July 2023) was a Vietnamese poet.Six Vietnamese PoetsFrank Stewart, Brent Fujinaka -Beyond Words: Asian Writers on Their Work 2006 p105 "Lam Thi My Da was born in 1949 in Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province, in the central part of Viet Nam. She graduated from the Writers' College in Viet Nam in 1983 and received a certificate for advanced ..." In 2007, she was awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts.
Lâm was born in Lệ Thủy, Quảng Bình, on 18 September 1949, and died on 6 July 2023, at the age of 73.
Biography Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ was born on September 18], 1949, in Lệ Thủy, Quảng Bình (now part of Quảng Trị). She worked at the Quảng Bình Department of Culture and, from 1978 to 1983, studied at the Nguyễn Du School of Writing. She later worked as a reporter and editor for Sông Hương magazine, published by the Thừa Thiên–Huế Union of Literature and Arts Associations.
Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ was a member of the Executive Committee of the Thừa Thiên–Huế Literature and Arts Association and a member of the Vietnam Writers' Association. She served on the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Writers' Association during its third term and on its Poetry Council during its fifth term. Her husband, Hoàng Phủ Ngọc Tường, was also a well-known Vietnamese writer and poet. Works Collection: Green Rice (English translation)Green Rice: poems Thị Mỹ Dạ Lâm, Martha Collins, Đinh Thúy - 2005 "When Edward Hirsch reprinted Da's "Garden Fragrance" and "Night Harvest." (from Six Vietnamese Poets) in his column in The Washington Post, he gave special praise to the simultaneous clarity and complexity of Da's poetry."
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