Writer from Nghe An Province honored with ASEAN Literature Award

On the night of November 25th, at the Royal Palace in Thailand, educator and writer Nguyen The Quang was honored to receive the Southeast Asian Literature Award.

Writer Nguyen The Quang receives the ASEAN Literature Prize in Thailand.

The award-winning work by writer Nguyen The Quang is the historical novel "Thong Reo Ngan Hong," a 600-page work about the historical figure Nguyen Cong Tru. This work also received the Vietnam Writers Association Award in 2016.

Writer and teacher Nguyen The Quang was born in 1942 in Thanh Tuong commune, Thanh Chuong district. He taught Literature at junior and senior high schools in Thanh Chuong and Vinh City. After retiring, he became a writer and joined the Vietnam Writers Association in 2014.

Writer Nguyen The Quang (far left) during a visit to his hometown of Thanh Chuong.

Writer Nguyen The Quang is the author of many valuable historical novels such as:Dangerễn Du(Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House, 2010);The songwomanng dOhng sUmbrellangHe wrote about Mrs. Hoang Thi Loan, President Ho Chi Minh's mother (Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House, 2013); most recently, in October 2019, he released the book...Roadng vèSilkeatng Long(Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House) writes about General Vo Nguyen Giap.

On this occasion, the writer from Nghe An, along with two other Vietnamese writers, Le Minh Khue and Tran Hung, received the Southeast Asian Literature Award in Bangkok.

The ASEAN Literary Prize has been awarded annually to poets and writers from Southeast Asia since 1979. Many Vietnamese writers have won this prize, including To Huu, Ma Van Khang, Huu Thinh, Bang Viet, Do Chu, and others.

The awards ceremony is usually presided over by a member of the Thai Royal Family. This year, the Princess of Thailand presided over the ceremony.

Huy Thu