June 11, 2011
Author, playwright and director plays all the roles in her plays Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, a well-known writer, director, playwright and actress, in an act at the University of Phan Thiet, the central province of Binh Thuan last month. Ngoc held a mini-tour of her monodramas around three universities. Last month, Nguyen Thi 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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December 28, 2009
Jan Cempirek has become famous in Czech after he was revealed as the author of White Horse, Yellow Dragon, which had won a prestigious annual award under the name of a Vietnamese girl. Writer Jan Cempirek and the Vietnamese girl who played Pham Thi Lan in the video clip sent to the jury of the [...]
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December 14, 2009
“White Horse, Gold Dragon” is a trenchant account of discrimination endured by Vietnamese who live in the Czech Republic. But it was not written by a Vietnamese author. So who did write it? The book “White Horse, Gold Dragon”. The story began when a 19-year-old Vietnamese girl who is living in the Czech Republic won a prestigious literary [...]
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December 2, 2009
John Minihan, known for his photos of the Nobel laureate winning writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), is in HCM City to attend a Beckett exhibition. Writer Beckett in Minihan’s photo. Minihan said a friendship with the famous writer was struck up when Beckett saw pictures he had taken of a funeral. It meant he was able to [...]
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November 15, 2009
Detective and horror-story writer Di Li has brought out a new book called Dao Thien Duong (Heaven Island). LookAtVietnam – Detective and horror-story writer Di Li has brought out a new book called Dao Thien Duong (Heaven Island).The book was launched at a press conference at the Goethe Institute in Ha Noi on Thursday.Dao Thien [...]
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October 10, 2009
Foreigners at a bookstore in downtown Ho Chi Minh City For Vinh Quyen and Edward OâConnell, there is no such thing as a language barrier. They did not exactly make this claim.But what they have done â“ the former has written a novel about postwar life in southern Vietnam in English and the latter has [...]
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September 12, 2009
The short story collection “The Old House by the Stream” by Cao Duy Son has been nominated for the Southeast Asian Writers Award. Son talked about the book. LookAtVietnam – The short story collection Ngoi Nha Xua Ben Suoi (The Old House by the Stream) by Tay ethnic writer Cao Duy Son has been nominated [...]
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August 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Drama troupes from Japan and China will perform in Viet Nam during November at the invitation of the Le Quy Duong Theatre. Modern twist: The Japanese theatrical troupe, the Tokyo Engeki Ensemble, performed Bertold Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan earlier this year.The troupes shone at the Shanghai International Experimental Theatre Festival in [...]
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August 16, 2009
A collection of photos depicting the life of late writer Son Nam is on display in HCM City. LookAtVietnam – A collection of photos depicting the life of late writer Son Nam (photo) is on display in HCM City.The exhibition, 03 Ngay Phuc Kich Ong Gia Nam Bo (Three-day Meeting with Old Southern Man), features [...]
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