BANGKOK Duong Tuong, a prolific translator who for more than half a century introduced a wide range of Western literature to Vietnamese readers, died on Feb. 24 in Hanoi, Vietnam.He was 90.His daughter, Tran Phuong Mai, confirmed the death, from respiratory infections, at a military hospital.A poet who turned to translation to support his family, Mr. Tuong translated more than 50 books, large and small, from English and French, as well as performing secondary translations from Russian, German and several other languages.
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