The book, measuring 1.8x1.4m with an iron base, was created by calligrapher Vu Dang Hoc to celebrate the 200th birth anniversary of poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822-2022). It took Hoc five months to complete the book, after which he presented it to Nguyen Dinh Chieu Library.
The book includes a carved wooden portrait of poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu along with 209 pages featuring Nguyen Dinh Chieu’s verses in calligraphy.
Nguyen Dinh Chieu (1822 – 1888), also known as teacher Chieu, Trong Phu and Hoi Trai, was born in Binh Duong District, Gia Dinh Province (now District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).
He was a patriotic teacher, physician and poet of the south of Vietnam during the second half of the 19th century.
He is best known for his most prominent epic “Luc Van Tien” (The Tale of Luc Van Tien), written in “Nom” (the old Chinese-based Vietnamese script) in the 1850s. The work has been translated into multiple languages, including French, English and Japanese.
