Nhật Nguyệt

Knowledge / Celebrities

Xuân Diệu

Romantic lyric poet, a prominent figure of the Thơ mới (New Poetry) movement, known as the 'King of Love Poetry' in Vietnamese literature

Introduction

Xuân Diệu, whose real name was Ngô Xuân Diệu (1916 - 1985), was born in his maternal hometown in Gò Bồi, Tùng Giản village, Phước Hòa commune, Tuy Phước district, Bình Định province. His paternal hometown was Trảo Nha village, Can Lộc district, Hà Tĩnh province. He is known as a romantic lyric poet and one of the prominent figures of modern Vietnamese poetry.

Literary career

Xuân Diệu is regarded as "the newest poet among the New poets" and a major influence in the Thơ mới (New Poetry) movement. He is widely referred to as the "King of Love Poetry". According to records, he left behind around 450 love poems, along with numerous short stories, essays, prose sketches, and literary criticism. Beyond writing, he was also an active cultural and social figure.

Legacy and commemoration

To commemorate him, the People's Committee of Tuy Phước district built the Xuân Diệu Memorial House on the site of the poet's maternal grandparents' home in Tùng Giản village, which opened in 1995. In December 2010, the Bình Định provincial People's Committee ranked the Xuân Diệu Memorial House in Gò Bồi (Tuy Phước) as a provincial-level historical relic.

After nearly 29 years of use, the memorial house deteriorated, so the Tuy Phước district People's Committee invested in building a new one on the old foundation. Construction began in April 2024 and the new memorial house was inaugurated on December 15, 2024, with a total area of up to 720 m2, of which the garden and internal walkways account for 550 m2. The project had a total investment of more than 9.8 billion VND from the district-managed state budget and other lawful sources. On this occasion, representatives of Can Lộc district (Hà Tĩnh) donated artifacts of the poet Xuân Diệu for display at the memorial house.

Key milestones

  • Born in 1916 in his maternal hometown in Gò Bồi, Tuy Phước, Bình Định.
  • One of the founders of the Revolutionary Press Union of Vietnam, now the Vietnam Journalists' Association.
  • Left behind around 450 love poems along with numerous short stories, prose sketches, essays, and literary criticism.
  • The Xuân Diệu Memorial House in Bình Định was ranked as a provincial-level historical relic in December 2010.

At a glance

Birth date (solar)2/2/1916
Birth-year stem-branchBính Thìn
Zodiac animal
Life Path number3

Notable achievements

  • Known as the 'King of Love Poetry' in Vietnamese literature
  • Regarded as 'the newest poet among the New poets', a prominent figure of the Thơ mới movement
  • Left behind around 450 love poems along with numerous short stories, prose sketches, essays, and literary criticism
  • One of the founders of the Revolutionary Press Union of Vietnam (now the Vietnam Journalists' Association)
  • The Xuân Diệu Memorial House in Bình Định was ranked as a provincial-level historical relic (December 2010)

Destiny & Fortune Analysis

Based on Pythagorean numerology, computed from the name and sourced birth date above.

Life Path Number

Click this number or the ones below to see the full meaning.

Number Life Path: 3

Calculated from the sum of your full birth date (day + month + year), the Life Path Number is the most important figure in numerology: it outlines your central path, biggest life lesson, and the personality tendencies that run through your whole life.

Strengths: Creative, expressive, optimistic, inspiring.

Watch out for: Scattered focus, talks more than acts, avoids deep emotions.

Pythagorean Grid

3
61 ×
91 ×
222 ×
5
8
112 ×
4
7

Try a Tử Vi chart

Change the birth hour to see how the chart shifts. If you know the real hour, pick it for an accurate chart.

Building the chart...

This profile does not show a physiognomy reading or a Tử Vi chart; physiognomy needs verified facial features (no source available), and Tử Vi needs an exact birth hour self-disclosed by the individual (no reliable source found). To try those tools yourself, use face reading or cast a Tử Vi chart with your own information.

This content is for cultural reference and entertainment, not an official assessment of the individual.

References

  1. Báo Thanh Niên: Khánh thành nhà lưu niệm 'Ông hoàng thơ tình' tại Bình Định

Is this your profile, and would you rather it were not here? Send us a request and we will take it down, no questions asked.

Frequently asked

When was Xuân Diệu born?

Xuân Diệu was born on 2/2/1916, in the year Bính Thìn.

What is Xuân Diệu's zodiac animal?

Xuân Diệu is a Rồng, from the year Bính Thìn in the sixty-year stem-branch cycle.

What is Xuân Diệu's Life Path number?

Xuân Diệu's Life Path number is 3, obtained by reducing the digits of 2/2/1916.

What is Xuân Diệu's Expression number?

The Expression number is 9, computed from the full birth name rather than the birth date, so it changes if the name does.

Where does Xuân Diệu's birth date come from?

Toàn bộ thông tin trong hồ sơ được đối chiếu từ bài viết trên Báo Thanh Niên về lễ khánh thành Nhà lưu niệm nhà thơ Xuân Diệu tại Bình Định. Every astrological and numerological figure on this page is computed from that date and name, not copied from a table.