Tạ Minh Châu

Tạ Minh Châu (13 December 1949 - 13 November 2024) is a Vietnamese poet, translator, and diplomat. He was ambassador of Vietnam to Poland between 1998 and 2002, and later to Laos between 2009 and 2012.

Biography Tạ Minh Châu was born on 13 December 1949 in an educated family in Phú Thọ province. He began writing in 6th grade, and had his first work published on Thiếu niên Tiền phong in 1965. By 1967, he received first prize in a provincial poem contest, and was awarded by Bút Tre.

Châu's spouse and him both had an educational history in Polish People's Republic, with Tạ graduating from the University of Warsaw in 1973, and later defended his thesis at the Polish Academy of Social Sciences between 1986 and 1990. He died on 13 November 2024 in Hà Nội.

Between 1998 and 2002, he was appointed ambassador of Vietnam to Poland. During his term, he co-founded the Viet Nam – Poland Friendship Association. After this appointment, he returned to diplomatic work between 2009 and 2012, as Ambassador to Laos. Tied to (Viet-Lao bilingual poem) Anchored words in the night (poem, 2001)