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Nguyễn Du

Vietnamese poet (1765-1820)
Person Human Q313322

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
January 3, 1765, January 3, 1766[7]
Date of death
September 16, 1820, August 10, 1820[8]
Place of birth
Hà Tĩnh
Place of death
Huế
Country of citizenship
Vietnam, Dai Viet[10][11]
Occupation
poet, writer
Notable work
The Tale of Kieu[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Chinese, Vietnamese[17][18]
Birth name
Nguyễn Du, 阮攸[19][20]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[22]
Courtesy name
素如[21]
Family name
Nguyễn[14]
Given name
Du[15]
Place of burial
Nghi Xuân[9]
Pseudonym
To Nhu[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nguyễn Du cs Nguyễn-Du cs Nguyen Zu cs Dy Ngyjen da Nguyen Du es /Nguyễn Du es Du Nguyen es /Du Nguyen es Du Nguyễn es /Nguyen Du es Nguyen Du fi Nguyen Du fr Nguyên Du fr Nguyen Du hi गुयेन ज़ू ja グエン・ズー ja 阮攸 ko 완유 ko 응우옌두 ko 응우옌주
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000116917196
VIAF cluster ID
100223098, 3995158915868850000009
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82001493
GND ID
119056925
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tượng đài cụ Nguyễn Du.jpg ↗
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
nguyen-du
BAnQ authority ID
0000073672
BIBSYS ID
7072571
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120131041
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00546145, cnp01321831
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12079759
CiNii Research ID
1140000791728385536
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DDB person (GND) ID
119056925
De Agostini ID
Nguyên+Du
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
3xB8DR
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
233872
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Nguyen-Du
Evene ID
nguyen-du-2059
FAST ID
84998
Freebase ID
/m/02x0xm
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Nguyen_Du
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2650655
HKCAN ID
9811113006403406
IdRef ID
028258274
J9U entity ID
987007266085305171
KBR person ID
14750871
Larousse ID
litterature/Nguyên_Du/175607, personnage/Nguyên_Du/135169
Lex ID
Nguyen_Du
Libraries Australia ID
36074900
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02063828
NDL Authority ID
00335225
NL CR AUT ID
xx0068622
NLA Trove people ID
1207395
NLP ID
a0000001699444
NUKAT ID
n2004089587
National Library of Greece ID
137129
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000099449
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200801322
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Cv7d;=B0
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810567988105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5441530, XX1744938
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072522542
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3947082
Open Library ID
OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A, OL1534745A, OL313930A, OL4929556A, OL4585550A, OL6262358A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003638574
SBN author ID
LO1V027611
Topic's main category
Category:Nguyễn Du
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11939497
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/234961
WikiTree person ID
Nguyễn-602
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwCV3qHVkG6ghdFtYtHYP
Yale LUX ID
person/547513e9-eb0c-4258-9382-9d87d29bcd6b

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 2
Vietnam, Dai Viet
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Chinese, Vietnamese
Occupation 2
writer, poet
Family name 1
Nguyễn
Instance of 1
human
Notable work 1
The Tale of Kieu
Place of birth 1
Hà Tĩnh
Place of burial 1
Nghi Xuân
Place of death 1
Huế
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
The Tale of Kieu
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Summary

Nguyễn Du was born on January 3, 1765[1], in Hà Tĩnh[2]. He died on September 16, 1820[3], in Huế[4]. He worked as a poet[5] and writer[6].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include The Tale of Kieu[23], an epic poem[24].

FAQs

Where was Nguyễn Du born?

Nguyễn Du's place of birth was Hà Tĩnh[2].

Where did Nguyễn Du die?

Nguyễn Du died in Huế[4].

What did Nguyễn Du do for work?

Nguyễn Du worked as a poet[5] and writer[6].

Related Entities

Vietnam

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Open Library ID, deprecate Open Library ID redirect(s) OL6262358A → OL84919A, OL4929556A → OL84919A, OL313930A → OL84919A, OL1534745A → OL84"
  2. 23d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pseudonym → To Nhu
    "pseudonym, source for place of death from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  3. 26d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A +5
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL6262358A, batch #290734"
  4. 26d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A +5
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL4585550A, batch #290734"
  5. 26d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A +5
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL4929556A, batch #290734"
  6. 27d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A +5
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL1534745A, batch #290734"
  7. 27d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL6925998A, OL84919A, OL6396744A +5
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL6396744A, batch #290620"
  8. 5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57699: add P1810 to P396"
  9. 5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → LO1V027611
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: LO1V027611, Matched to Nguyên Du (#326648315) in SBN persons with dat…"
  10. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 3xB8DR
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  11. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Chinese, Vietnamese
    Notable work → The Tale of Kieu
    Family name → Nguyễn
    Instance of → human
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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