According to information from relatives, poet Lam Thi My Da passed away at 5am on July 6, at the age of 74. The passing of the poet from Quang Binh has left her family, colleagues and audience with regret.
Sharing with Dan Tri reporter, poet and screenwriter Nguyen Thi Hong Ngát said that she met poet Lam Thi My Da from the 1973-1974 poetry contest organized by Van Nghe newspaper. At that time, poet Vy Da won first prize, screenwriter Hong Ngát won second prize. The two poets have been close since then and have many memories together.
Poet Lam Thi My Da has just passed away at the age of 74 in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Facebook character).
"I often went to Vy Da's house in Hue. When Da moved to Ho Chi Minh City, I also went to her house. Vy Da had two daughters, the youngest daughter studied in the US and settled there. In her last years, Vy Da and her husband, poet Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong, moved to the South to live with their eldest son.
The daughter bought Vy Da and her husband an apartment next to her house, with two maids to help with the housework. Da's husband has been bedridden for many years now, but is still lucid and still recognizes people. In the last years of his life, Vy Da suffered from Alzheimer's disease (memory loss - PV) so he did not recognize me," screenwriter Hong Ngát recounted.
Screenwriter Nguyen Thi Hong Ngát added that Lam Thi Vy Da is a kind and benevolent person. Friends have never seen Vy Da blame or be angry with anyone.
"I can talk to Da about everything in the world without fear of anything. Vy Da is a reserved person, knows how to keep secrets. Da is a trustworthy and kind person," Ms. Hong Ngát commented about her friend.
The female screenwriter added that when poet Lam Thi Vy Da entered Nguyen Du Writing School, she also received an admission notice from this school, but because she was more passionate about theater, she chose to study at Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema.
The poet from the Central region often told Hong Ngát: "If you studied at Nguyen Du's writing school, we would have more memories and more fun." But the two female poets still often met each other even though they studied at different schools. At that time, poet Vy Da had to bring her child to Hanoi to study, but she tried very hard to both take care of her child and complete her studies.
Former Deputy Director of the Cinema Department Hong Ngát did not forget the memories with poet Lam Thi My Da in Hanoi: "When I was still healthy, Vy Da went to Hanoi every year to visit. Da often stood on Thuy Khue street, I often drove out to pick her up to visit my house.
When I went to pick up Da, I often bought a chicken and hung it in the car, boiled it, and then we ate and chatted together. Da often slept at my house, sometimes at the houses of Phan Thi Thanh Nhan, Tran Thi Truong, Doan Thi Lam Luyen... Da was an honored guest so we welcomed her very warmly.
Poet Doan Thi Lam Luyen commented that Lam Thi My Da was an excellent poet. In 1997, poet Lam Luyen had a business trip to Nha Trang, visited Vy Da's house in Hue, she was warmly welcomed. The two had many beautiful memories of each other,
"Not only does Vy Da write good poetry, she is also a very beautiful, enthusiastic, and sociable person. Her poetry reflects her true personality. Vy Da's compositions are natural but very artistic," poet Lam Luyen confided.
Lam Thi My Da was born in 1949, from Le Thuy district, Quang Binh. She worked at the Quang Binh Department of Culture, from 1978 to 1983 she studied at Nguyen Du Writing School. Later she became a reporter and editor of the Huong River Magazine of the Thua Thien Hue Literature and Arts Association. Her husband is poet Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong.
In 2007, poet Lam Thi My Da was awarded the State Prize for Literature and Arts by the President for three collections of poetry: The Birth of the Heart (1974), The Poem Without Years (1983), and Dedicating a Dream (1988). In 2005, her collection of poems Green Rice was translated into English, printed and published in the United States.
Mission accomplished
(Written for poet Lam Thi My Da)
The Three Realms - a temporary destination
Everyone has to move.
Completed poet mission
She turned around and went back.
Many friends here
Stunned with grief
A noble soul
To return to the holy place
Your poems used to comfort me
How many difficult fates
Her poetry was once refined
Life needs to be opened up
She filled the "bomb crater"
With the vast "sky"
Those who are discouraged
Keep your head up and keep walking
Now she has come
Not a high-rise yet
Not paradise yet
But far from the mortal world
Surely where you come from
No more suffering
Her poet soul
Fresh in the beginning!
6/7/2023
Doan Thi Lam Luyen
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