Phan Nhiên Hạo

'Phan Nhiên Hạo is a Vietnamese poet and translator, living in the United States.

He was born in Vietnam, came to the US in 1991 and now lives in Illinois. He has a BA in Vietnamese Literature from Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University, a BA in American Literature from UCLA, a MLIS in Library Science, also from UCLA, and a MA in Anthropology from Northern Illinois University. He is the author of three collections of poems written in Vietnamese: Radio Mùa Hè [Summer Radio], (Nhân Ảnh, 2020), Chế Tạo Thơ Ca 99-04 [Manufacturing Poetry 99-04], (Văn, 2004), and Thiên Đường Chuông Giấy [Paradise of Paper Bells], (Tân Thư, 1998). His poems have been translated into English and published in many literary journals and anthologies. His collection of poems, Paper Bells, translated by the poet Hai-Dang Phan, (The Song Cave, 2020), was listed among the ten books of the PEN America Literary Awards Longlists for poetry in translation 2021. He is also the founder and editor of the online literary magazine litviet.

• The Freedom of Secret Selves — Poet Phan Nhiên Hạo (and four translated poems)
• Poems by Phan Nhien Hao, Brooklynrail
• [1] PEN America Literary Awards Longlists 2021
• Review: Phan Nhien Hao's Paper Bells, review of Paper Bells by Spencer Hupp, The Sewanee Review
• Writing Home, review of Paper Bells by Michael Freeman, The Mekong Review
• Review of Paper Bells in The Paris Review
• Open Secret: An Interview with Phan Nhien Hao, by Sarah Timmer Harvey, Asymptote
• "Three Vietnamese Poets", a PDF file, featuring poems by Nguyễn Quốc Chánh, Phan Nhiên Hạo and Văn Cầm Hải
• Three poems by Phan Nhiên Hạo