VietNamNet Bridge – A unique poetry book made by calligrapher Tran Quoc An is expected to be recognised by the Guinness Book of Viet Nam.

The 300-page book took An eight months to compile, and contains 143 poems written by Professor Hoang Quang Thuan.

Titled Thi Van Yen Tu (Yen Tu's Poetry and Cloud), the book's covers are made from gu (sindora) wood and are illustrated with an image of the Dong Pagoda with a lotus pattern.

General Vo Nguyen Giap's praise for the collection, "the poems were written by a human poet", has been carved by An in the front cover of the book.

The poems are presented in two styles of print and calligraphy and each one is partnered with a photo by photographer Pham Tu.

The book will be given to the Truc Lam Zen Monastery to display during the upcoming Yen Tu Festival.

An is already in the Guinness Book of Viet Nam for a 54kg book of poetry, a calligraphy version of Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary, and the country's longest parallel sentences.

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