Vietnamese poet

Nguyễn Thị Hinh, popularly known as Bà Huyện Thanh Quan (chu Nom: 婆縣清觀, Lady of the Thanh Quan District Chief) (Vĩnh Thuận, 1805–1848) was a Vietnamese woman poet.

One of Bà Huyện Thanh Quan's most famous poems, Qua đèo Ngang.

Biography

Nguyễn Thị Hinh was born in Nghi Tàm ward, Vĩnh Thuận district, near Hồ Tây (now Quảng An ward, Tây Hồ district), Hanoi. Her father, Nguyễn Lý (1755-1837), was the valedictorian in 1783, during the reign of King Lê Hiển Tông.

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