Winners of second “De Men” Award announced

Winners of the second “De Men” (Cricket) Award for Children were announced at a ceremony on June 1 on the occasion of International Children’s Day.
Winners of second “De Men” Award announced ảnh 1Series of stories 'Khac biet moi tuyet lam sao' by Nguyen Hoang Vu and Ga’s little world artists (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Winners of the second “De Men” (Cricket) Award forChildren were announced at a ceremony on June 1 on the occasion of InternationalChildren’s Day.

The judging panel could not determine a winnerof the major “Cricket Knight” prize, so instead decided to grant five “CricketDesire” awards instead of four.

The five winning works were the novel “Di tron”(Seeking shelter) by writer Binh Ca, the cartoon “Khuc go muc” (A rotten log)directed by People’s Artist Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa, a series of paintings on natureand life by Xeo Chu (born in 2007), the comic “Ly & Chun - Tet la nhat,nhat la Tet” (Ly & Chun - Tet is the best) by Meo Moc, and a series ofstories “Khac biet moi tuyet lam sao” (How great is the difference) by NguyenHoang Vu and Ga’s little world artists.

Winners of second “De Men” Award announced ảnh 2Writer Binh Ca (C) receives Cricket Desire award (Photo: VNA)
Poet Tran Dang Khoa, Vice President of the VietnameseWriters’ Association and head of the judging panel, said the winners all stand out among works for children.

This is the second edition of the award, whichwas held last year for the first time by the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao& Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper. It received 120 entries - 20more than in the first edition.

The Cricket Knight prize of 30 million VND(1,300 USD) last year went to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh for his work “Lam ban voibau troi” (Make Friends with the Sky).

The organisers also presented four CricketDesire awards of 10 million VND each to a collection of paintings from10-year-old Nguyen Doi Chung Anh, a long story from 12-year-old Cao Khai An, acollection of short stories by writer Nguyen Chi Ngoan, and a collection ofsongs about children by composer Nguyen Van Chung./.
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