| Author Nguyen Nhat Anh talks about his recent book, Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh, with readers - Photo: Tuong Vi |
In mid January, Nguyen Nhat Anh signed a contract with Thai publisher Nanmeebooks Co., Ltd. to allow them translate into Thai his teen novel, Cho Toi Xin Mot Ve Di Tuoi Tho (Give me a ticket back to childhood), which won the Vietnam Writers’ Association award in 2009 and a Southeast Asian Writers Award.
Another of Anh’s teen novels, Co Gai Den Tu Hom Qua (The girl from Thursday), will be translated into Russian for possible inclusion in the Vietnamese Studies curriculum at Moscow State University in Russia.
Doctor Maxim Syunnerberg, the author of Russian-Vietnamese Dictionary and associate professor of Vietnamese studies at the Asia and Africa Institute of the university nominated the book for translation to help Russian students learn Vietnamese.
Doctor Montira Rato will be in charge of the translation for Cho Toi Xin Mot Ve Di Tuoi Tho into Thai with the Thai version to be published in Thailand in August, to mark 35 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Thailand. Four years ago, Rato translated a war diary by Dang Thuy Tram that was kept by American veterans for 35 years with the intention of eventually returning it to Tram’s family.
Anh’s most recent novel, Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (I saw a yellow flower on the green grass), had a 5,000 copy reprint released on Thursday following the sell-out of 30,000 copies here and overseas since it was first released 50 days ago.
