VN poet’s works published in South Korea (Viet Nam News) – Lê Hương
15/01/2019
VN poet’s works
published in South Korea
Lê Hương
Update: January, 14/2019 - 17:22
Viet Nam News
HÀ NỘI —
Works by Vietnamese poet Mai Văn Phấn have been published in a collection with
South Korean writer Ko Hyung Ryul.
The
collection, titled "Sinh Đôi Trong Đại Dương" ("Born as Twins in an Ocean"), by
Poetry and Expression Publishers, features 60 poems by both poets in Korean.
Phấn’s
poems were translated by Bae Yang Soo, a lecturer from Busan Foreign Language
University.
Phấn and
Ryul met in December 2010 when Phấn was attending the ASEAN Poetry and
Literature Festival in South Korea.
Ryul,
who is now the editor-in-chief of Modern Poetry magazine, at that time acted as
the head of the festival’s organising board.
Since
then, the magazine has introduced nearly 20 poems and five critical essays on
poetry by Phấn.
Last
year, the publishers asked Soo to translate 30 more poems by Phấn for the book.
Phấn,
who is based in northern city of Hải Phòng, has won a domestic and
international awards, including the Vietnamese Writers’ Association Prize in
2010 and the Swiss Cikada Literature Prize in 2017.
He has
published 14 collections, a collection of critiques and an essay on Việt Nam.
His poetry has been published overseas and is available on Amazon.
(Nguồn:
Báo Viet Nam News)