Poetry lovers from within and outside the country flocked to Van
Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi on March 5 to join
in National Poetry Day, the biggest poetry festival in the country,
spotlighting the national sea and islands.
An agreement was signed between the Vietnam Literature Copyright Centre
(VLCC) and the Korean Society of Authors (KOSA) in Hanoi on
September 23, aiming to promote bilateral cooperation on literary
authority.
The first-ever poetry collection by late Polish poet Wislawa
Szymborska-Wlodek, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, has
just been released here.
The author of the famous children's tale, De Men Phieu Luu Ky
(Adventures of a Cricket), To Hoai, passed away in Hanoi on July 6 at
age 94, according to the Vietnam Writers' Association.
The Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA) on May 26 launched a translation
centre in Hanoi as part of the association’s efforts to promote the
nation’s literature across the globe.
The 12th annual Vietnam Poetry Day, themed “Nation’s Spring – From
Dien Bien to Truong Sa” opened in Hanoi’s Temple of Literature on
February 14 with a series of poetry recitals by writers from across the
city.
They read varied verses on Vietnam’s seas and islands, the beauty of nature, love and modern living.
The 12th Vietnamese Poetry Day, to take place at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (
Temple of Literature ) in Hanoi on February 13-14, is being
eagerly anticipated by poetry lovers.
The 12th Vietnamese Poetry
Day is scheduled to take place at Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) in
Hanoi on February 14 (the 15th day of the first lunar month), according
to the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) online newspaper.
Nearly 40 publications highlighting the time-honoured friendship between
Vietnam and Russia are on display in the Hanoi-based Centre for
Russian Science and Culture.
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.
A agreement on literature cooperation between Vietnam and Egypt was
inked on August 26 in Hanoi, the first one between the two member states
of the Afro–Asian Writers’ Association.
The year’s most-anticipated poetry festival will take place at the
Temple of Literature in Hanoi this weekend, when the 11th National
Poetry Day coincides as usual with first full-moon of the year with the
theme Tuoi Tre Voi To Quoc (Youth and Nation).
The English version of Mai Van Phan's award-winning poems Bau Troi Khong
Mai Che (Firmament without Roof Cover) has been released both online
and in print across Canada, the US and Britain.
A conference of writers from Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia and a ceremony to present the fourth Mekong River Literature Awards took place in the central city of Da Nang on Sept. 11.
The Vietnam Writers' Association will launch a translation centre next
month to help promote Vietnamese literature abroad, according to the
association's chairman Huu Thinh.
Vietnamese writer Bui Ngoc Tan won the grand prize at the French
literature festival Livre&Mer (Book&Sea) for his novel Bien va
Chim Boi Ca (The Sea and the Kingfisher).
The Vietnam - US literature forum, themed “Look back and develop”,
took place on Mar. 9 in Hue City , with the participation of many
poets and writers from Vietnam and the US .
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