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