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William Shakespeare used the plot of the Iliad as source material for his play Troilus and Cressida but focused on a medieval legend, the love story of Troilus, son of King Priam of Troy, and Cressida, daughter of the Trojan soothsayer Calchas. The play, often considered to be a comedy, reverses traditional views on events of the Trojan War and ...
Translators and scholars have translated the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, from the Homeric Greek into English, since the 16th and 17th centuries. Translations are ordered chronologically by date of first publication, with first lines provided to illustrate the style of the translation.
Nguyễn Thái Học, founder and leader of the VNQDD, 1930. Nguyễn Thái Học (chữ Hán: 阮 太 學; 1 December 1902 – 17 June 1930) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and independent activist who was the founding leader of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, namely the Vietnamese Nationalist Party.
15 February – Vietnam lifts its COVID-19-related curbs on international passenger flights with no limitation on the number of flights in order to restore the travel to pre-pandemic level. [ 2 ] 6 September – A karaoke bar fire near Ho Chi Minh City kills at least 32 people.
The name Việt Nam (Vietnamese pronunciation: [viə̀t naːm], chữ Hán: 越南) is a variation of Nam Việt (南越; literally "Southern Việt"), a name that can be traced back to the Triệu dynasty of the second century BC. [8]
September 9 – Cánh Diều Awards 2023; September 10–11 – Joe Biden visits Vietnam; 12 September – 2023 Hanoi building fire: A fire at a 9-story apartment building in Hanoi, kills at least 56 people and hospitalizes 37 others. [7] 29 September – Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City.
He also works as a teacher, poet and correspondent. His works include approximately 30 novels, 4 essays, 2 series and some collections of poems. He is regarded as one of Vietnam's most successful writers. His best-known series, Kính Vạn Hoa (Kaleidoscope), which contains 54 volumes, has been made into 3 drama series of the same name.
Việt Nam vong quốc sử (越南亡國史), by Phan Bội Châu in Japan in 1905 Some of these Literary Chinese texts are still taught in school. For example, the poem Nam quốc sơn hà ( 南國山河 ) by Lý Thường Kiệt , is in the textbook used by schools in Vietnam. [ 3 ]