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Playing Guzheng in Rose Garden — POEM 𝒃𝒚 Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh

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NGUYỄN THỊ THÙY LINH

Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh, born in 1991, is a poetess and literary translator. She currently lives in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Hanoi National Economic University.

She was awarded “The Gold Moon of 6-8 poetry Prize,” the highest prize given by The Elder Newspaper and Website lucbat.com (co-organizer), under the auspices of Vietnamese Fatherland Front Central Committee and Buddisht Sangha of Vietnam. She won the Second Prize in a poetry contest awarded by “𝘝ă𝘯 𝘯𝘨𝘩ệ 𝘲𝘶â𝘯 độ𝘪” literary magazine for the years of 2015-2016.

She has translated and published two books — a children’s book titled “The Twin Dolls to the Earth” , 2016 (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association) written by Milutin Đuričković (Serbia) and a poetry collection called “Wings of the Darkness” , 2018 (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association) composed by Raed Aljishi (Saudi Arabia).

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Where the petals gather many tears,
Where mist shadow is gently shaking the guzheng’s rhythm,
The wind flows through slender fingers, sobbing,
Ask the morning if the spring of the past,