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Writer Tran Duc Tien has just been honored as the Knight of Cricket, the most important award in the 4th De Men Award, convincingly for his outstanding contributions to children in his writing career. me.
The writer was born in 1953, in Ha Nam and currently lives in Ba Ria - Vung Tau. He writes for both children and adults, with a series of works for both children and adults: "Stolen Souls", "Bad Dust", "Intestines and Hearts", "Night Storms", "Crickets of Seasons", autumn", "The Kingdom without a smile", "The moon is buried in the grass", "The Hedgehog Hamlet"… Many of his works have been included in textbooks such as "Night dew drops", "Flying fish learn to fly", "Flying fish learns to fly". Little friends in the house", "Button flowers"…
His Cricket Award-nominated work this time is "Hello!… Are you there?", a continuation of his famous work released in 2019: "Xom Bo Giau", which won the National Book B Prize. The collection has 2019 stories, written about the normal and unusual days of the trio in Bui Truc hamlet, including Soc, Toad Tia and Lizard. Together they spend their days traveling and eager to discover new things, but there is a kind of love that is always constant and urges them to return, that is the love of their homeland, where there is family, neighbors and loved ones. The popular, witty, deep meaning but easy to feel is the way that the author cleverly expresses in each sentence, so that after each page of writing, the world of childhood is pure and innocent. , are simple people, a soulful homeland reminiscent of…
Every page of his writing is worth reading. Many experiences, plus insight, have helped him create a journey that connects the characters, the space, bringing his characters to experience more than just memories, stories or engagement by journeys. Reading his stories helps readers feel the feelings from the depths of his soul in each of his words and characters. Whether writing for adults or children, he also cherished, by experience, by memory and by his love for his homeland, people, earnestness for life; with rich cultural capital and sophistication, feeling multi-dimensional life.
When writing children's books, he understands the games associated with children, understands the aimless anger, even the desire to explore. He tells in a natural way, following the flow of emotions, the imagination soars and full of poetry, making the reader feel as if he is lost in the innocent and dreamlike world of a child... following up, seriously identifying the difference between generations of writers to choose a topic, exploiting a problem with brief and meaningful messages. That is what makes the difference that readers of any age can read his works to feel the fullness of life, to find a little bit of themselves, to find the abode of the mind. soul after the fatigue in life...
Not only attracting readers with literary works, writer Tran Duc Tien is also attracted by the story of his life and literary career. Many people were surprised when he studied economics, worked for 10 years at the General Statistics Office before moving to live and work in Ba Ria - Vung Tau, still doing statistics. The Provincial Literature and Arts Association. This is also the time when he began to write stories for children and the first story to be presented to readers was "Snail Borrowing Soul", in 1989. In 1991, he was admitted to the Vietnam Writers Association and spread in many places. field of literature, bringing a memorable vivid world and making a name for itself in the contemporary Vietnamese literary scene.
He is blessed with many awards: twice the second prize for short stories of Military Arts magazine (1987, 1990), the B prize of the National Committee of the Vietnam Union of Literary and Arts Associations (2004), the first prize for writing. for children of Vietnam Writers Association (2005), B prize of Vietnam National Book Prize (2019). And with this prestigious award, adding to the collection of awards, he is worthy of what he has devoted to Vietnamese literature, especially pages written for childhood, a field where very few writers are successful. labour. He painted a poetic, peaceful scene, integrated into interesting stories. With his meticulous observation, subtle sense of humor, he entered the child's soul in a gentle but dignified way, enthusiastically received by young readers as rare and precious spiritual food for young people. expensive lesson…
THAO HUONG
