Her prized work is “My Olga Bertgolts” that is translated into Vietnamese and published in Hanoi in 2010 on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Russian poet Olga Bertgolts (1910-1975). Living and working in Russia for 17 years, Nguyen Thuy Anh had learnt about the life of poet Olga Bertgolts for 10 years before deciding to publish the translated work. She expressed her belief that more classic and contemporary Russian literary works will be brought to Vietnamese readers in the future. The annual award, presented on February 16 in Moscow, was initiated by the Russian Writers’ Association and the Literature Foundation “Road of Life” of Saint Petersburg city in 2015 with an aim to honour translation of Russian and foreign literature and strengthen ties between cultures.The award is not open to entries featuring violence, drug abuse, crimes and anti-social activities.
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - This year, the Việt Nam Writers' Association will present posthumous Devotion Awards to Vietnamese literary works that have not received any awards by the association, the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations. According to poet Hữu Thỉnh, the chairman of Việt Nam Writers' Association, Devotion Awards will be granted every five year to works by authors who significantly contributed to the development of the country's literature. He added that the first award will be delivered on the occasion of the association's 60th anniversary (1957-2017), which falls on April 4. For the first time, works…... [read more]
HCM City, September 29 (VNA) - The best books of 2015 were announced at the Good Books Awards, held in HCM City on September 27. The awards were divided into seven categories. In each category, awards were given to the best original Vietnamese literary works or translations to Vietnamese from other languages in seven different areas: life values or new discoveries, education, research and economics, as well as management, literature and children's books. This year, the categories of economics and administration had no Vietnamese winners. Instead, the organiser granted awards for the books Liberalism: The Classical Tradition by Ludwig von…... [read more]
(Cinet) - On the afternoon of February 05, Vietnam Writers’ Association honoured some awards of the Association 2010 and 2011 for 11 authors and works. Accordingly, some awards of the Association 2010 honoured 4 novels and short stories such as “ Linh tran”( Trung Trung Dinh – Hanoi), “ Minh su” ( Thai Ba Loi, Da Nang); “ Long va tuot” ( Tran Duc Tien, Vung Tau), “ Giua dong chay lac” ( Nguyen Danh Lam, HCM City) and two poetry books of “ Bau troi khong mai che” ( Mai Van Phan, Hai Phong), “ Song va khoang lang”…... [read more]
(Cinet) - On January 12, National Committee of Union of Vietnamese Association of Culture and Arts organized a honouring ceremony on culture and arts in 2011. An author Huu Thinh, a chairman of National Committee of Union of Vietnamese Association of Culture and Arts attended. The Council stated that some awards on culture and arts have reflected a creative quality and quantity to encourage some artists, especially some writers of the Association in the past years. Through that, some artists try to work hard in writing some creative works and bring some interesting works. However, there are still other limitations…... [read more]
The best books of 2015 were announced at the Good Books Awards, held in HCM City on September 27. The awards were divided into seven categories. In each category, awards were given to the best original Vietnamese literary works or translations to Vietnamese from other languages in seven different areas: life values or new discoveries, education, research and economics, as well as management, literature and children's books. This year, the categories of economics and administration had no Vietnamese winners. Instead, the organiser granted awards for the books Liberalism: The Classical Tradition by Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), translated by Pham Nguyen…... [read more]
