Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud''s debut novel Meursault, Contre-Enquete (The
Meursault Investigation) won the Goncourt Prize (the most prestigious
French literary award) for a first novel in May, and several other
important awards.
The tale of a Vietnamese woman''s difficult journey from war-torn Sai Gon
to a crowded Malaysian refugee camp and then to Quebec, where she
struggled to adjust to a new life, has won the Canadian Broadcasating
Commission''s book competition called Canada Reads.
Sweet childhood memories, amazing feelings of vital
springs, nostalgia for her native land, and a great passion for
charming Paris – those are the different emotions that female writer and
poet Vi Thuy Linh reveals in her newly-published book, Ho Chieu Tam Hon...
Short stories penned by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, who has
millions of young fans in Viet Nam, were featured in a publication that
was recently released in Japan.
An exchange between Mikhail Samarsky and
visually-impaired students at Nguyen Dinh Chieu Blind School on Friday
was the first of several activities of the 17-year-old Russian writer
during his first visit to Viet Nam.
Noted French writer Patrick Deville will meet with Vietnamese audiences
to discuss his novel "Plague and Cholera" (Peste et Cholera), which has
just been published by Tre (Youth) Publishers.
