Nguyễn Dữ

For the later poet 1766–1820 writing in the Vietnamese language, the author of The Tale of Kieu, see Nguyễn Du.

Nguyễn Dữ (chữ Hán: 阮嶼), was a 16th-century poet of Vietnam known for the Truyền kỳ mạn lục (傳奇漫錄, Collection of Strange Tales).^[1][2]

Nguyễn Dữ was born in Đỗ Tùng village, Gia Phúc district, Hải Dương province, Việt Nam. He was a student of Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (1491-1585), a well-known Vietnamese educator, philosopher, and poet.

Truyền kỳ mạn lục was his only publication.^[3]

References

1. Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: new histories of the national past 2002 Page 134 "In the sixteenth century, Nguyễn Dữ and other scholars compiled Anthology of the Supernatural."
2. "Tân Biên Truyền Kỳ Mạn Lục". ibrary.yale.edu.
3. "Truyền Kỳ Mạn Lục by Nguyễn Dữ". goodreads.