Conference and festival promote Vietnamese literature, poetry
The 4th international conference on Vietnamese literature and the 3rd international poetry festival opened in Hanoi on February 16 with the participation of nearly 200 poets, writers and translators from 46 countries and territories around the world.
Poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 4th international conference onVietnamese literature and the 3rd international poetry festival opened in Hanoion February 16 with the participation of nearly 200 poets, writers andtranslators from 46 countries and territories around the world.
Delegates said since the first conference on Vietnamese literature washeld in 2002, more Vietnamese literature works have been translated andpublished in many countries and territories, receiving warm response from foriegnreaders.
For example, the “Prison Diary” poetry of late President Ho Chi Minh wasfirst translated and published in Latin American countries.
Apart from literature books, works by late General Vo Nguyen Giap, andParty General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong have been translated andintroduced to the public in some countries.
Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Huu Thinh said Vietnameseliterature has been changing day by day to reflect the country’s land, people,and traditional culture.
The conference on Vietnamese literature and the poetry festival arebeing held along with the 17th Vietnam Poetry on February 16-21 in Hanoicapital city, Quang Ninh and Bac Giang provinces.
On this occasion, three publications namely “10 the ky van hoc Viet Nam”(A General Overview of 10 Centuries of Vietnamese Literature), “Tuyen tap thoViet Nam” (Vietnamese Poems Collection), and “Tuyen tap truyen ngan Viet Namhien dai” (Modern Vietnamese Short Stories Collection” will be released inVietnamese and English to introduce to domestic and foreign readers.-VNA
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Poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (Photo: VNA)
