Posts Tagged ‘ Short Stories ’

Found in translation 

August 27, 2011
Found in translation 

  Guenter Giesenfeld and Marianne Ngo, who won a notable award in Germany this year for their translation of a short story collection by Vietnamese author Le Minh Khue I first met Professor Guenter Giesenfeld at an international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature more than a year ago. Our paths crossed again after Le Minh [...]

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Profiling Vietnamese literature’s growth and popularity overseas

January 20, 2010
Profiling Vietnamese literature’s growth and popularity overseas

To mark the international conference introducing Vietnamese literature to the world (January 5-10), Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan reviews the impact Vietnamese literature is making internationally. From the left: writers Phan Thi Vang Anh, Le Minh Khue, Ho Anh Thai and Nguyen Huy Thiep at the Gothenburg International Book Fair in Sweden 2003. In the early 1990s, [...]

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Bao Ninh’s new novel in ‘final stage’

January 17, 2010
Bao Ninh’s new novel in ‘final stage’

When Noi buon chien tranh (The Sorrow of War) was published in 1991, it brought Bao Ninh literary fame Bao Ninh keeps his cell phone off. He’s on indefinite unpaid leave from his post as editor at Van Nghe (Literature) newspaper. He’s focused on his new novel, his first since The Sorrow of War, which [...]

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Broadband literature

October 20, 2009
Broadband literature

LookAtVietnam – Blogs have been rewriting the authors’ manual as readers respond positively to e-literature.  LookAtVietnam – Blogs have been rewriting the authors’ manual as readers respond positively to e-literature.  They are still finding their way, but sure-footed e-authors have made a major impact on Vietnamese literature over the past three years.More Vietnamese in their twenties [...]

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Handicapped girl dreams of angelic feet

June 27, 2009
Handicapped girl dreams of angelic feet

Leaning against the metal walker, Tran Tra My moves slowly towards her old computer. She lays her hands on the keyboard and begins to write. Each word appears slowly on the screen. And one by one her emotions are revealed… Tra My signs her book Giac Mo Doi Chan Thien Than (Dream of the Angel’s [...]

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Five contemporary Vietnamese books to be translated into Japanese

April 1, 2009
Five contemporary Vietnamese books to be translated into Japanese

Female writer Do Hoang Dieu’s 15-day trip to Japan, sponsored by the Japan Foundation (JF), has just finished (each year an Asian writer is invited to talk in Japan). She talked with Sports and Culture Newspaper about this trip. Writer Do Hoang Dieu and her Japanese colleague Hosino Tomoyuki.  What impressed you the most during [...]

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War diary still inspires modern readers

March 8, 2009
War diary still inspires modern readers

LookAtVietnam – Non-fiction work Be Troc, based on writer Pham Viet Long’s experience of war, is still a popular read in Viet Nam. Long spoke about his muse and motivations. LookAtVietnam – Non-fiction work Be Troc, based on writer Pham Viet Long’s experience of war, is still a popular read in Viet Nam. Long spoke [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...