VietNamNet Bridge - Evie Wyld, one of the 20 outstanding novelists of England in 2013 will go to Vietnam to see Vietnamese readers.

This is the first time writer Evie Wyld will visit Vietnam, to participate in the program "European Literature Days 2013" in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Wyld will have a talk about British contemporary literature and her works with students of the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities at 9.30am on May 20 and with Hanoi students at 9.30am on May 16.

She will also meet and talk with Vietnamese readers together with Vietnamese writer Di Li at 6pm on May 17 at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

The British writer will also participate in a talks entitled "Writing fiction books today" with Danish, Spanish and Vietnamese writers at 5pm on May 18 at the Goethe Institute.

From the debut novel “After the Fire, A Still Small Voice,” Evie Wyld has been known quickly and was awarded many literary prizes. This book was warmly welcomed by the critics, as reviewed by the Daily Mail: "With this work, Evie Wyld can rub shoulders with the best contemporary writers, with great technique and extremely sharp tone. "

Evie Wyld was also named in the 2013 Granta list, which honors 20 outstanding writers of under 40 years old in the UK. The list was announced on April 15 at the London British Council.

Granta is a literary magazine and a prestigious publishing brand in the UK. In 1983, Granta introduced the first list of 20 best young novelists of England.

Since then, every 10 years Granta makes this list. Granta List is compared to "prophetic choice" because at least 12 writers selected by Granta were short listed or even honored by the prestigious literary awards such as the Man Booker Prize or Whitbread Prize (the most prestigious literary awards in the UK).

Ian McEwan, the author of “Atonement,” or Kazuo Ishiguro, the author of “Never Let Me Go,” or Julian Barnes, the author of “England, England” are the evidence for Granta’s "prophetic choice."

P. Linh