Reporting on the summary evaluation of the 2023 Vietnam Writers Association Annual Awards and the 3rd Young Authors Award 2023, Vice President of the Vietnam Writers Association Nguyen Binh Phuong shared: From their mettle, literary people have moved forward to establish their own values through their creations and research works.
From the announcement of the submission deadline until the end of the deadline, the Association's Creative Committee received 179 nominations. After a very serious qualifying round, 6 works were finally selected to be included in the 2023 Annual Awards of the Writers' Association.
Vice President of Vietnam Writers Association Nguyen Binh Phuong speaks at the ceremony
The Vice President of the Vietnam Writers' Association also commented: "The number of works participating in the Association's annual awards is stable, with a fairly even distribution in the two genres of poetry and prose; theory and criticism have decreased slightly compared to previous years. The works awarded this year show the writers' mettle, each author brings a distinct mark in their writing. Many authors have reached maturity in all aspects, both in terms of philosophy and performance techniques. Some authors dare to take big steps towards mixing genres to find their own formula or break the sentence structure, renewing the language..."
The Vietnam Writers Association's literary awards were presented in four categories: Prose, Poetry, Critical Theory and Children's Literature. Specifically, the prose award was given to the novel "From the Sixth Hour to the Ninth Hour" by writer Nguyen Mot; the novel "Absolutely No Trace" by writer Nguyen Viet Ha; and the short story collection "A Summer Under the Shade of Trees" by writer Nguyen Tham Thien Ke.
The poetry prize was awarded to the collection "Dong Sen Tan" by poet Nguyen Phuc Loc Thanh. The theory and criticism prize went to the work "Literary autonomy and the mission of freedom" by two authors Phung Ngoc Kien and Doan Anh Duong. And the children's literature prize went to the collection of stories "Ca Linh goes to school" by writer Le Quang Trang.
Awarding the authors whose works won the Vietnam Writers Association Award in 2023
In addition, this year's Young Author Award was given to the novel "Double Life: Living Two Lives" by author Duc Anh. According to the Judging Council, through this work, it can be affirmed early that Duc Anh is a courageous author, conscious of finding his own unique path - something extremely important in artistic creation.
Regarding the Campaign for writing literature on children's topics, the first round, the organizing committee received 246 entries, of which 102 were poetry entries and 144 were prose entries. And at the ceremony, the organizing committee honored 16 authors and entries. Of which, the first prize went to the prose manuscript "Cats are not born just to be caught" by author Duong Thi Thao Nguyen.
Awarding the Young Author Award 2023 to author Duc Anh
Sharing about the Children's Literature Creation Campaign, Mr. Nguyen Binh Phuong said: The success is first of all in the large number of participants spread across regions, with many Vietnamese authors currently living or studying and working abroad also enthusiastically participating. The ages of participating authors are also wide, from 10-95 years old. In particular, there are many famous writers and poets and many new authors appear. In terms of content as well as form of expression, the participating works were written in a very diverse, lively, and aesthetic way with a mix of many genres, escaping the constraints of standards and stereotypes, to move towards the best and most accurate expression and communication. And there is a flourishing of the fantasy and science fiction genres....
"It can be affirmed that the first phase of the Basic Creative Movement was successful, bringing new authors with new values, contributing to enriching the souls of children and enriching literary life" - Mr. Nguyen Binh Phuong affirmed.
Winning the prose award for his work "From the sixth hour to the ninth hour", writer Nguyen Mot expressed: "Receiving this award, we feel extremely proud but also full of responsibility. We will continue to strive, continue to write meaningful stories containing the mood of life in the era we are living in to serve as a bridge between people, making the world closer and more loving. I believe that, through each page of the book, people can understand each other better, sympathize and share with each other more".
Awarding first prize in the Children's Literature Writing Campaign, Phase 1 to author Duong Thi Thao Nguyen.
Receiving the Young Author Award for the detective work "Double Life: Living Two Lives", author Duc Anh said: "I feel extremely honored and happy to receive this award. The award has great significance in my writing process, helping me gain a new class of readers and new expectations. That has also caused many changes in my writing plans in the coming time. It can be said that the works of authors under the age of 35 like me often have themes reflecting the loneliness of youth, the confused, deadlocked ego, and not finding a way out. Therefore, if there is no breakthrough or expansion of the readership, we may still be stuck in those themes."
On this occasion, the Vietnam Writers Association also awarded the 2023 Impressive Female Writer Award to two authors, Tran Thi Truong (Hanoi) and Le Thi Kim (Ho Chi Minh City)./.
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