The covers of three books in the collection Đời Sống Xã Hội Việt Nam Đương Đại (Việt Nam’s Contemporary Social Life), winner of the 2018 Good Book Awards in the category of research. Photo courtesy of the organisersViet Nam News HCM CITY — A collection of three books entitled Đời Sống Xã Hội Việt Nam Đương Đại (Việt Nam’s Contemporary Social Life) was named one of 14 winners of the 2018 Good Book Awards at an awards ceremony in HCM City on Sunday. The awards were given to original Vietnamese literary works and Vietnamese translations from other languages in seven categories: research, education, economy, governance, children’s books, literature and new discoveries. The books were reviewed and evaluated by a panel of seven eminent researchers, educators, translators, writers and journalists The three books, written by a group of … [Read more...] about Good Book Awards of 2018 announced in HCM City
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Best Vietnamese books of 2018 announced
“Day con trong hoang mang” (Teaching Children in Anxiety) by Le Nguyen Phuong is honoured in the education category. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn) HCM City (VNA) – Fourteen winners of the annual Good Books Awards were announced at a ceremony held by the Institute of Education (IRED), Phan Chau Trinh Fund and OpenEdu Initiative in Ho Chi Minh City on September 10. “Day con trong hoang mang” (Teaching Children in Anxiety) by Le Nguyen Phuong, and “Day con thanh cong hon ca me ho” (Beyond the Tiger Mom) by Maya Thiagarajan and translated by Huyen Trang and Thuy Tien were honoured in the education category. Educator Gian Tu Trung, a member of the awarding council, said both books are moving stories about education in families, which is seen as increasingly important for a child’s development. Three volumes of the “Doi song xa hoi Viet Nam duong dai” (Vietnam Contemporary Social Life), which give an insight into Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Best Vietnamese books of 2018 announced
Bùi Xuân Phái awards honour love for Hà Nội
Bùi Xuân Phái Award winners take a photo with the organisers. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Elder Nguyễn Bá Đạm won the Grand Prize for his books on Hà Nội at the 11th Bùi Xuân Phái Awards ceremony held yesterday at the Vietnam News Agency. Born in 1922 in Mọc Village, Thanh Xuân District, Hà Nội, Đạm is a retired history teacher. He has published two books entitled Thuở Ấy Hà Nội (Hà Nội Moment in Time) and Hà Nội Những Câu Chuyện Kể Từ Cuối Thế Kỷ 19-20 (Hà Nội - Stories from the Period of the 19th - 20th Centuries). The books are highly regarded by Hà Nội researchers and readers because the simple and compact writing style and it tells many unknown stories about Hà Nội Capital. He is writing another book … [Read more...] about Bùi Xuân Phái awards honour love for Hà Nội
First Vietnamese translator receives Hans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Award Committee has announced three winners of this year’s global Hans Christian Andersen Award, including Vietnam’s renowned children’s book translator Tran Thi Minh Tam. The awarding ceremony will be held on April 3 in the celebrated Danish poet’s native town of Odense. Translator Tran Thi Minh Tam Tam has translated Hans Christian Andersen fairytales for Vietnamese children and after 20 years with the work, in 2003, she published 88 Andersen fairytales, then later, it was updated to 100 fairytales. The book has been re-printed 16 times and the latest edition will be published this year. Besides Tam, the two other award-winners are Dr. Phil. Klaus Müller-Wille from Switzerland for his groundbreaking studies on the material aesthetics of Hans Christian Andersen and singer/composer Sebastian from Denmark for his interpretations of Hans Christian Andersen for the Danish musical scene. The Hans Christian Andersen Award is … [Read more...] about First Vietnamese translator receives Hans Christian Andersen Award
Budapest international book festival awards grand prize to Turkish writer Pamuk
Turkish winner of Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk (right) receives the Budapest Grand Prize on the opening day of the 24th Budapest International Book Festival in Budapest, Hungary on April 20, 2017. — XINHUA/VNA Photo Viet Nam News BUDAPEST — The 24th Budapest International Book Festival was inaugurated on Thursday with the attribution of the Budapest Grand Prize to Turkish winner of Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk. "I write novels so that I can sympathise and understand the souls of people who think in completely different ways from mine," Pamuk said, when receiving the award. Pamuk is the honourary guest of the festival this year. "Everywhere in the world, people want to be modern and state-of-the-art, but they also want to keep their identity and heritage, which gives birth to many contradiction, and I am a man who loves these paradoxes," the author added. The prize was given to him by deputy mayor of Budapest, Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky, and … [Read more...] about Budapest international book festival awards grand prize to Turkish writer Pamuk