This year, the Viet Nam Writers’ Association will present posthumous Devotion Awards to Vietnamese literary works that have not received any awards by the association, the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations. 

The translated version of the literary masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don by writer and translator Nguyen Thuy Ung is among Vietnamese literary works to receive Devotion Awards, granted for the first time by Vietnam Writers’ Association this April.

According to poet Huu Thinh, the chairman of Viet Nam Writers’ Association, Devotion Awards will be granted every five year to works by authors who significantly contributed to the development of the country’s literature.

He added that the first award will be delivered on the occasion of the association’s 60th anniversary (1957-2017), which falls on April 4.

For the first time, works by 22 late writers who made great contributions to Viet Nam’s literature over the past 60 years will be posthumously granted Devotion Awards.

Some of the works include Hai Tran Tuyen (Two Front Lines), Trong Long Ha Noi (In the Heart of Hanoi), Vao Doi (Make Way in the World) all by writer Ha Minh Tuan (1929-1992). 

In addition, the association will honour the translated version of the literary masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don by writer and translator Nguyen Thuy Ung (1926-2007) and the poem collection Thom Ngat Huong Cau (Fragrant the Areca Flowers) by writer Vo Hong (1921-2013). 

VNS