Lưu Trọng Lư is a Vietnamese poet, writer, play writer. He was born in 1912 at Cao Lao Hạ village, Bố Trạch

Bo Trach

Bố Trạch is a rural district in Quang Binh province. The district capital is Hoan Lao townlet. Bo Trach borders capital city of Dong Hoi to the south-east and Tuyen Hoa district and Quang Trach district to the north, Quang Ninh to the south and Minh Hoa to the north-west. Bo Trach is home to...

 district, Quang Binh Province

Quang Binh Province

Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Le Trung Hung of the Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam....

, Bac Trung Bo

Bac Trung Bo

Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

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. He attended Quốc học Huế school, then moved to Hanoi

Hanoi

Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

 to work as a writer and journalist. He wrote many famous poems. He was one of the founders of the New Poetry Movement (Phong trào Thơ mới) in Vietnam.