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Ngo Tu Lap

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Ngo Tu Lap

Ngo Tu Lap is the winner of seven literary prizes in Vietnam, where he has published four books of fiction, two books of poetry, three books of essays, and many translations. He returned to Hanoi in 2006, after completing a PhD in English at Illinois Normal State University, where he also worked for Dalkey Archive Press. He now teaches film theory and criticism at Vietnam National University.

Articles by Ngo Tu Lap

Hai Phong
By Ngo Tu Lap
Yellow lamps, prostitutes’ eyesLines of sad provincial poemsOn a farewell afternoon, yellow leaves are fallingOcean winds have no ports or bordersOcean clouds go their own wayLike dates, the harbors…
Translated from Vietnamese by Martha Collins & Ngo Tu Lap
From behind a Closed Window
By Ngo Tu Lap
Is there, out there, a nothingness / With no future, and no past?
Translated from Vietnamese by Martha Collins & Ngo Tu Lap
The Utopian
By Ngo Tu Lap
A sleepwalker with nothing to lose or gain
Translated from Vietnamese by Martha Collins & Ngo Tu Lap
A Bullet Fired into the Night
By Ngo Tu Lap
No one knows he used to be a man
Translated from Vietnamese by Martha Collins & Ngo Tu Lap
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