August 27, 2011
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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January 20, 2010
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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January 9, 2010
Only 570 Vietnamese works that have been translated and introduced in foreign countries Vietnam needs to support foreign translators of local works if the country wants its literature to be appreciated overseas, intellectuals from Vietnam and around the world agreed at a six-day conference in Hanoi. About 13,700 literary works from writers around the world [...]
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November 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A meeting portends exciting happenings for Vietnamese literature, but it’s no time to get carried away. As Hanoi prepares to make the most of its 1,000th anniversary next year, the Vietnamese Writers Association is making a momentous move of its own. With blessings from the highest authority in the country, the association will [...]
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November 14, 2009
A Spanish translation of Truyen Kieu (Tale of Kieu) at Xuan Thu bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. A meeting portends exciting happenings for Vietnamese literature, but itâs no time to get carried away. As Hanoi prepares to make the most of its 1,000th anniversary next year, the Vietnamese Writers Association is making a [...]
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August 24, 2009
No matter what the contents are, the covers of contemporary fiction are sexy. Regrettably, some prestigious publishers have also been pursuing this trend. The second Vietnamese edition of Alessandro Barrico’s best-selling novel “Silk”, published by the Nha Nam company and the Vietnamese Writers’ Association Publishing House, has a half-nude girl on the cover. Also published [...]
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August 10, 2009
Confusion still reigns in publishing circles over Google’s offer to pay substantial copyright royalities in exchange for the right to digitize and sell electronic copies of over 4000 Vietnamese literary works. Meanwhile, the Vietnam Copyright Center is seeking writers’ proxies to negotiate with Google. Belatedly, Google’s royalties proposal is clarified Google is ‘digitizing’ printed books to [...]
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August 4, 2009
The cover of “The Old House by Stream” by Cao Duy Son.LookAtVietnam – The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has nominated writer Cao Duy Son’s “Ngoi Nha Xua Ben Suoi” short-story collection for the ASEAN Literature Awards 2009. This is the 13th Vietnamese author nominated for this award. “Ngoi Nha Xua Ben Suoi” (The old house by stream) comprises [...]
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July 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Some local newspapers last week, including this one, reported that Google would pay hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties to Vietnamese writers. It isn’t true. Google may digitize Vietnamese works for a fee An ‘urban legend’ of sorts has swept through the Vietnamese literary world. On July 10 and 11, a number of Vietnamese newspapers, including [...]
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February 20, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Four Vietnamese writers received the Mekong River literary prize at the annual gathering of writers’ associations from Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam. Poet Trinh Thanh Phong. LookAtVietnam – Four Vietnamese writers received the Mekong River literary prize at the annual gathering of writers’ associations from Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam.The event opens in [...]
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