Nguyễn Tuân (10/7/1910 – 28/7/1987) was a poet born in Hàng Bạc, in the old quarter of Hanoi, his family is from Thuong Dinh hamlet, Nhan Muc commune (Normally known as Moc village), now in Nhan Chinh ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi. He grew up in a Confucian family when Kanji studies ended. He completed the common rank at Nam Dinh citadel before he was expelled for participating in a class strike against French teachers who spoke ill of Vietnamese people (1929). Shortly after that, he was imprisoned again for crossing the border to Thailand without a permit. When he got out of prison, he started writing for the local newspapers.
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