On the afternoon of November 31 in Ho Chi Minh City, the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and Chibooks Culture Joint Stock Company organized a meeting and presented books by famous Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun. This was his first visit to Vietnam.
The audience for the exchange with Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun was full.
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Writer Luu Chan Van was very happy to come to Vietnam for the first time.
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With books translated into more than 30 languages in the world , he has visited as many countries and met readers, and this time it was Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).
"We believe that, with his rich life experience and unique literary perspective, writer Liu Zhenyun will inspire thoughts and spread wisdom in sincere dialogues with everyone, thereby inspiring and being helpful to young people in facing challenges and directions for the future," said Mr. Tu Chau - Deputy Consulate General of China in Ho Chi Minh City.
Writer Liu Zhenyun: Vietnamese and Chinese cuisines are very similar.
Talking about the relationship with the famous Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun, translator Nguyen Le Chi said: "In 2023, I was studying directing in Beijing so I watched the movie Mobile Phone - a movie adapted from the work of the same name by writer Liu Zhenyun. The movie was so good. So out of curiosity, I went to look for his works and contacted him to meet this famous Chinese writer. At that time, he had many books made into movies and stage plays. Luckily, he did not refuse but accepted immediately and we met for lunch. He came with his daughter and we discussed many things, including my wish to introduce the writer's books to Vietnam."
The new work I am Liu Leap Forward by the writer is published by Chibooks and Lao Dong Publishing House.
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Having only been in Ho Chi Minh City for 2 days, writer Luu Chan Van said he has known Vietnamese cuisine "six sentences" since he arrived in Germany. He is a regular customer of this Vietnamese restaurant owner here. "Vietnamese people work hard and are very industrious. When I finished a bowl of pho, which was so delicious, they also gave me a plate of fried spring rolls, and right after I finished eating, they gave me a plate of salted meat. Vietnamese food is very delicious. For the past two days in Ho Chi Minh City, I have only eaten pho and fried spring rolls but I still don't get bored," he said, laughing.
Enjoying Vietnamese pho in many places around the world, eating it in Vietnam, according to writer Luu Chan Van, is still the 'most authentic'. "Through eating, I realized that the cuisines of Vietnam and China are very similar. The integration of countries in international exchange has promoted the development of culture, including cuisine," writer Luu Chan Van emphasized.
The writer enthusiastically shares stories about his life and literary career.
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Translator Nguyen Le Chi and guests received books as gifts from writer Luu Chan Van
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There is a sentence that the author of Mobile Phone thinks he is most afraid of when thinking about: "You are me, I am me", when people lack connection with each other in life. And his favorite sentence? "I like the sentence: In me there is you, in you there is me" the most", he shared.
Writer Luu Chan Van also did not hide his happiness when his work was published in many countries around the world, especially in Vietnam. According to translator Nguyen Le Chi, the book that Chibooks is "conceiving" is his 9th work, preparing to be released soon. "The same story, but translated into the language of each country, readers have different understanding and feelings. Therefore, the emotions between people between the stories are also different and very interesting," writer Luu Chan Van confided.
Writer Liu Zhenyun was born in 1958 in Yanjin, Henan Province. He graduated from the Faculty of Literature - Beijing University and is considered a representative face of "new realism" in Chinese literature. With a humorous yet profound writing style, his outstanding works include One Sentence Against Ten Thousand Sentences, I Am Not Pan Jinlian, Yellow Flowers of Homeland, Mobile Phone, City Tower... He received the Mao Dun Literature Award and the French Knight of the Order of Literature and Art. His writings help readers realize the absurdities of life in laughter, and at the same time feel the warmth of human love through literature.
Writer Liu Zhenyun famous and yet so familiar to Vietnam
Previously in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association and Chibooks organized a meeting and exchange between Ho Chi Minh City writers, Vietnamese writers and Chinese writer Liu Zhenyun and a literary seminar Looking back at 10 years of Chinese literature in Vietnam .
President of the Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association Trinh Bich Ngan was delighted to welcome writer Luu Chan Van to visit the Association with all respect. "A famous writer that many Vietnamese colleagues and readers feel very close and familiar with, because for nearly 20 years now, many of his literary works have been translated, published in Vietnam and warmly received by readers. In the journey of cultural exchange, including literature between the two countries, there have been positive changes, the exchange is gradually moving towards the goal of establishing a two-way relationship, in which literature is always the bridge connecting the depth of culture, the depth of the human soul", writer Trinh Bich Ngan shared.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/den-viet-nam-nha-van-noi-tieng-trung-quoc-luu-chan-van-chi-thich-an-pho-185251031183955047.htm
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