How can a 200-year-old poem resonate with the Vietnamese diaspora today?
Tracing Kiều is an independent, artist-initiated project exploring The Tale of Kiều through contemporary art, literature, and public dialogue.
KIỀU LESEN – READING KIỀU
Băng lối vườn khuya – Crossing the Night Garden
Session 2 · Saturday, 31 October 2026, 17:00–19:00
Music, poetry, and shared reading on freedom, love, and constraint.
The Poem
A Living Text
Written by Nguyễn Du in the early 19th century, The Tale of Kiều (Truyện Kiều) is Vietnam’s most celebrated literary work – recited, praised, censured, quoted, translated, and reinterpreted ever since.
FROM THE TALE OF KIỀU
Hoa trôi man mác biết là về đâu?
Where would this flower end, adrift and lost?
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The Project
What we’re building
The Kiều Complex exhibition, Kiều Salon, and Kiều Reader – three developing strands in dialogue with Nguyễn Du’s epic.
Resources
Take a deep dive
Explore a growing collection of translations, essays, and conversations that follow Kiều across languages and generations.
People & Contact
Get involved
Readers, contributors, and collaborators are welcome. Get in touch with an idea, a question, or a story about the poem.