Nguyễn Dữ

Vietnamese writer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroVietnamese writer
PlacesVietnam
isWriter
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
Religion:Confucianism
Notable Works
Truyền kỳ mạn lục 
The details

Biography

Nguyễn Dư (chữ Hán: 阮餘), also called Nguyễn Dữ (阮與), was a 16th-century Han Tu poet of Vietnam known for the Truyền kỳ mạn lục (傳奇漫錄, Collection of Strange Tales).

Nguyễn Dữ was born in Đỗ Tùng village, Gia Phúc district, Hải Dương province, Việt Nam. He was a student of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (1491-1585), a well-known Vietnamese educator, philosopher, and poet.

Truyền kỳ mạn lục was his only publication.

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