Poet Lam Thi My Da was born in 1949, in Le Thuy, Quang Binh . Her mother was from An Cuu - Hue. She had a disadvantaged childhood, and that was the reason she wrote poetry from a young age. At the age of 8, My Da had nearly 40 poems, unfortunately they were lost due to the war. Memories of the war years are often deeply imprinted in her. She said that in 1972, a female volunteer came home to visit her beloved house, but the floor of her beloved house was only a deep bomb crater. A brutal bomb fell on her poor thatched roof right during her family meal in a remote village. All the most beloved and flesh-and-blood things were wiped out by the enemy, the extreme pain made her unable to bear it and she decided to put on her backpack and return to the battlefield. The poem "Khoong troi, ho bom" was born in such circumstances. The poem was later awarded the First Prize of the Literature and Arts Newspaper in 1972-1973, marking the maturity of the artistic career of poet Lam Thi My Da.
After the country was reunified, she and her husband, writer Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong, lived and wrote in Hue for a long time. She became a member of the Vietnam Writers Association in 1978, a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Writers Association for the 3rd and 4th terms. The poet was a member of the Editorial Board of the Huong River Magazine, and a member of the Executive Board of the Binh Tri Thien and Thua Thien Hue Literature and Arts Association from 1994 to 2005. In addition to the Literature and Arts Newspaper Award, poet Lam Thi My Da was also awarded the Vietnam Writers Association Award 1981-1983 for the poetry collection “Bai Tho Khong Nam May”, the A Poetry Prize 1999 from the National Committee of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations for the poetry collection “De Mot Mo”, the Ancient Capital Literature Award – A Poetry Prize (1998-2003) for the poetry collection “Hon duong hoa dai dai”. In 2007, poet Lam Thi My Da was awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts by the President for three collections of poetry: “The Birth of the Heart” (1974), “The Poem Without Years” (1983) and “Dedicating a Dream” (1988). In 2005, her collection of poems “Green Rice” was translated into English, printed and published in the United States. Some of her poems have been included in textbooks, taught in the general literature program, becoming familiar to many generations of readers.
Poet Lam Thi My Da is also very interested in children's topics. She has published children's stories: "Danh ca cua dat" (1984), "Nai con va dong xuong" (1989), "Nhac si Phuong Hoang" (1989) and "Anthology of poems and children's stories" (2006).
Since taking care of her husband, she had no conditions to go out to compose, she knew she could no longer pursue poetry and had to drop the white flag, in the poem "The White Flag", she wrote: "I-the desert-before poetry". That was the impasse that forced her to find another direction to survive with literature and art. Coincidentally, one bright sunny autumn morning, suddenly remembering musician Trinh Cong Son, she suddenly sang out loud a line that had just come to her: "One autumn morning, my heart misses someone far away...". Then emotions overflowed, she sang it all at once. So the song "Reciting song of missing someone" was completed that morning. From then on, the poet began to write music. There are songs that many people like very much such as "Ru Tay Nguyen", "I miss my village"... The music exchange session of the three sister cities Hue - Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi at the City Cultural House. Hue, the song “Niem khuc nho nguoi” was performed very successfully by young singer Dong Nghi with the music arranged by musician Ton That Lap. The “Public People” section of Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV1) devoted a program to introduce some of her songs, including the song “I miss my village” performed by People’s Artist Quang Tho,... She once intended to make a CD of her songs.
Thinking about the writing profession, poet Lam Thi My Da once wrote: “No poem can be used as a standard of truth for poetry. Every true poet has his own “sparkle”, no two are alike. A person with poetic talent is someone who knows how to accept the challenge of time and not accept any other challenge. Passion for poetry, passion for beauty is half the success of a poet.”
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