Award launched to honour Afro-Asian writers
The Afro-Asian Writers’ Association (AAWA) has decided to set up a Hoa
Sen (Lotus) Award to honour writers who have made great contributions to
the development of Afro-Asian literature.
The Afro-Asian Writers’ Association (AAWA) has decided to set up a Hoa
Sen (Lotus) Award to honour writers who have made great contributions to
the development of Afro-Asian literature.
The establishment of the award was one of the focuses at the first meeting of the AAWA Standing Committee, said the association’s Secretary General Mohamed Salmawy at a press conference in Hanoi on August 29.
At the August 27-28 meeting, representatives from more than 50 member states debated the expansion of AAWA members and the publication of the “Lotus” magazine in English, French and Arabic languages.
The Committee issued a Hanoi Declaration expressing support for Asian and African countries’ struggles for national independence and freedom, and condemnation against the use of force, terrorism, religious conflicts and factionalism.
The meeting re-elected writer Mohamed Salmawy, President of the Egyptian Writers’ Association (EWA), as the AAWA Secretary General. Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Vice Presdinet of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA), was elected as the first Deputy Secretary General of the AAWA.
In the framework of the meeting, the AAWA held a roundtable conference on the role of Asian and African writers in the globalisation period and witnessed the signing of a bilateral cooperation agreement between the Egyptian and Vietnamese associations.-VNA
The establishment of the award was one of the focuses at the first meeting of the AAWA Standing Committee, said the association’s Secretary General Mohamed Salmawy at a press conference in Hanoi on August 29.
At the August 27-28 meeting, representatives from more than 50 member states debated the expansion of AAWA members and the publication of the “Lotus” magazine in English, French and Arabic languages.
The Committee issued a Hanoi Declaration expressing support for Asian and African countries’ struggles for national independence and freedom, and condemnation against the use of force, terrorism, religious conflicts and factionalism.
The meeting re-elected writer Mohamed Salmawy, President of the Egyptian Writers’ Association (EWA), as the AAWA Secretary General. Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Vice Presdinet of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA), was elected as the first Deputy Secretary General of the AAWA.
In the framework of the meeting, the AAWA held a roundtable conference on the role of Asian and African writers in the globalisation period and witnessed the signing of a bilateral cooperation agreement between the Egyptian and Vietnamese associations.-VNA
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