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Vietnam – US literature exchange shows love, peace

The Vietnam Writers' Association held a workshop in Hanoi on October 28, spotlighting 30 years of exchange between Vietnamese and American literatures.
Vietnam – US literature exchange shows love, peace ảnh 1Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations and the Vietnam Writers' Association, presented insignia for the Vietnamese art and literature cause. (Photo: vietnamnet)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Writers' Associationheld a workshop in Hanoi on October 28, spotlighting 30 years of exchangebetween Vietnamese and American literatures.

Chairman of the association Huu Thinh said the event marksthree decades of cooperation between his association and the US-based WilliamJoiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences.

The collaboration has contributed significantly to culturalexchanges between the two countries, he added.

William Joiner Institute Director Thomas T. Kane said literatureexchange through Vietnamese and US writers’ creativity has helped deepen mutualunderstanding and heal war wounds.

In the past 30 years, nearly 100 Vietnamese writers visitedthe US to attend conferences of William Joiner Institute, while US writers cameto Vietnam for seminars and promoted Vietnamese literature to the world. The WilliamJoiner Institute has so far published 14 Vietnamese poetry books.

Kane said his institute will continue translating andintroducing Vietnamese literature works, hosting seminars on the subject, andorganising exchange visits between the two establishments.

The institute is considering the making of a documentary on Vietnam– US cultural cooperation, Kane added.

On the occasion, the Vietnam Alliance of Arts and LiteratureAssociations presented insignia for the Vietnamese art and literature cause toThomas T. Kane, poet Kevin Bowen, and writer Nguyen Ba Chung for theircontribution to the Vietnamese art and literature.-VNA
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