Hanoi (VNA) - The ceremony for the second “De Men” (Cricket) Award forChildren will be held on International Children’s Day on June 1, according tothe organiser, the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports& Culture) newspaper.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitionwas only kicked-off at the end of March. It still managed to receive 120entries, however, or 20 more than in the first edition last year.
Sixteen outstanding works were selected for thefinal round.
From May 20-27, a judging panel led by poetTran Dang Khoa, Vice President of the Vietnamese Writers’ Association, selectedone major prize, called “Cricket Knight”, and several “Cricket Desire” prizes.
Last year, the Cricket Knight prize, worth 30million VND (1,300 USD), was presented to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh for his work“Lam ban voi bau troi” (Make Friends with the Sky).
The organiser also granted four CricketDesire awards, each worth 10 million VND, to a collection of paintings from10-year-old Nguyen Doi Chung Anh, a long story from 12-year-old Cao Khai An, acollection of short stories by writer Nguyen Chi Ngoan, and a collection of songsabout children by composer Nguyen Van Chung.
Images of crickets and the “Adventures of aCricket” by writer To Hoai were part of the childhood of many generations ofVietnamese.
Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu said that “De Men”was initiated in the hope of bringing the deepest and purest spiritual life tochildren. It is not only a prize but also an attitude towards the future, hesaid./.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitionwas only kicked-off at the end of March. It still managed to receive 120entries, however, or 20 more than in the first edition last year.
Sixteen outstanding works were selected for thefinal round.
From May 20-27, a judging panel led by poetTran Dang Khoa, Vice President of the Vietnamese Writers’ Association, selectedone major prize, called “Cricket Knight”, and several “Cricket Desire” prizes.
Last year, the Cricket Knight prize, worth 30million VND (1,300 USD), was presented to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh for his work“Lam ban voi bau troi” (Make Friends with the Sky).
The organiser also granted four CricketDesire awards, each worth 10 million VND, to a collection of paintings from10-year-old Nguyen Doi Chung Anh, a long story from 12-year-old Cao Khai An, acollection of short stories by writer Nguyen Chi Ngoan, and a collection of songsabout children by composer Nguyen Van Chung.
Images of crickets and the “Adventures of aCricket” by writer To Hoai were part of the childhood of many generations ofVietnamese.
Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu said that “De Men”was initiated in the hope of bringing the deepest and purest spiritual life tochildren. It is not only a prize but also an attitude towards the future, hesaid./.
VNA
