(CLO) On the morning of February 6, 2025, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Writers Association held a press conference to inform about the 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day in 2025. Accordingly, the opening event will officially take place on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the year of At Ty (February 12, 2025) in Hoa Lu city, Ninh Binh province.
Speaking at the press conference, poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, said: "The 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day takes place in the context of us solemnly celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam and looking forward to the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday and the 50th anniversary of national reunification. Therefore, the organizing committee chose the theme of this year's Poetry Day as "The Fatherland flies up", inspired by the verse "The Fatherland flies up in the immense spring" in the poem "Vietnam's Posture" by poet and martyr Le Anh Xuan.
Participating in the Poetry Night "Flying Fatherland" are poets from: the generation of the resistance war against America to save the country; the generation after the country's reunification (1975) to the early years of renovation (2000) and young poets from the generation from 2001 to present.
Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu (left cover), Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, and poet Huu Viet (right cover), member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Writers Association at the event.
In particular, the public will be able to listen to poetry works by poets: Nguyen Dinh Thi, Nguyen Khoa Diem, Huu Thinh, Le Thu, Tran Dang Khoa, Phan Hoang, Nguyen Viet Chien, Tran Kim Hoa, Dinh Thi Nhu Thuy, Binh Nguyen... and poets who matured after Doi Moi and are making an impression on the literary world: Nguyen Bao Chan, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Nguyen Quang Hung, Phung Thi Huong Ly...
Besides the performance of the author reading poetry directly, there were also poetry recitations: "Nguyen Tieu" by President Ho Chi Minh, "Duc Thuy Son" by Truong Han Sieu, "Dang Cao Viet Nam" by Le Anh Xuan, "We fight for you to live forever, Viet Nam" by Nam Ha.
"Within the framework of the program, there will be songs set to poems by Vietnamese poets such as: "The Road We Travel" (poem by Xuan Sach, music by Huy Du), "The Fatherland Calls My Name" (poem by Nguyen Phan Que Mai, music by Dinh Trung Can)... Especially, this year's Poetry Day will have the participation of American veteran poet Bruce Weigl with the poem "To a Vietnamese Mother" - the President of the Vietnam Writers Association added.
Scene of the press conference of the 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day in 2025.
Along with the activities of Poetry Day, the Vietnam Writers Association organized a discussion: "Responsibility and aspiration of poets". As a writer, a poet must always have the aspiration to explore and conquer the artistic horizons that are set every day, even every hour when sitting in front of a blank page.
But as a citizen, through his works, the writer must show his responsibility to the country, the people and the progressive humanity in the world; because without those things, the literary work will no longer have much meaning. Hopefully, from this discussion, poets and poetry lovers will receive many interesting opinions with high academic content.
The Poetry Day space will display posters of 20 typical Vietnamese poets who received the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts; ancient and modern poems about Ninh Binh land.
Source: https://www.congluan.vn/ngay-tho-viet-nam-lan-thu-23-ton-vinh-cac-nha-tho-tren-khap-cac-vung-mien-to-quoc-post333277.html
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