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Nguyễn Du
Nguyễn Du was a Vietnamese poet and official, regarded as the greatest poet in the Vietnamese language. After serving the Lê court, he took office under Gia Long and led an embassy to China in 1813. His Truyện Kiều, or The Tale of Kieu, a verse novel of more than three thousand lines written in chữ Nôm, is the most celebrated work of Vietnamese literature.
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