Nha Nam launches special book series to celebrate 20th anniversary

(CLO) On November 6, in Hanoi, Nha Nam Culture and Communication Joint Stock Company held a ceremony to introduce a limited edition book series commemorating Nha Nam's 20th anniversary.

The book series is a miniature picture of 20 years of Nha Nam's participation in publishing life, from the first goal of promoting and bringing Vietnamese and international literature closer to the public, to expanding different book genres such as: history, culture, philosophy, psychology, economics, management, business, science, technology, geopolitics , art studies...

Nha Nam representative said that each work is carefully selected based on a number of basic criteria: the value of opening up knowledge, cultivating the lasting spirit of the book; wide reception by readers; representative of each genre; has a prominent role in each development stage of the Nha Nam brand.

Book series celebrating 20 years of Nha Nam. Photo: nhandan

Right from the first day of appearing on the Vietnamese publishing market, Nha Nam created a big buzz with “Dang Thuy Tram’s Diary”, the book broke the domestic publication record in the post-renovation period, with half a million copies printed in 2005 alone.

Over the past two decades, Nha Nam has published 20 million copies of books, an average of more than 200 new titles each year, ranging from literature, history, philosophy to science, economics , politics, geography, spirituality... Hundreds of Vietnamese authors and nearly 100 authors who won the Nobel, Goncourt, Renaudot, Man Booker, Pulitzer, Akutagawa... prizes have also been introduced to Vietnamese readers by Nha Nam.

In addition, Nha Nam is also honored to receive many domestic awards, including 7 National Book Awards, 6 awards from the Vietnam Writers Association, 9 awards from the Hanoi Writers Association, and many annual Good Book Awards, marking its persistent dedication to reading culture.

General Director Nha Nam Company Nguyen Nhat Anh shares about the commemorative book series. Photo: congthuong

Sharing at the event, General Director of Nha Nam Culture and Communication Joint Stock Company Nguyen Nhat Anh said that each book in the past 20 years is a philosophical language, carefully crafted by bookmakers, with the wish to share and resonate with readers.

Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, said that the 20 books introduced today can be considered a DNA gene chain that establishes Nha Nam's ideology, attitude, viewpoint, aesthetics, spirit, and aspirations about books.

Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu shares about Nha Nam. Photo: Nhan Dan

" In the 4.0 era when science and technology are developing very strongly, Nha Nam's existence to the 20th year is truly admirable. That shows courage and determination to go in the right direction, never backing down on the path you have chosen," poet Nguyen Quang Thieu emphasized.

Twenty special publications celebrating 20 years of Nha Nam

Dang Thuy Tram's Diary (Author: Dang Thuy Tram, first published July 2005)

Norwegian Wood (Author: Murakami Haruki, translator: Trinh Lu, first published July 2006)

Encouragement of Learning (Author: Fukuzawa Yukichi, translator: Pham Huu Loi, January 2008)

Tran Dan - Poetry (Author: Tran Dan, February 2008)

Thus spake Zarathustra (Author: Friedrich Nietzsche, translator: Tran Xuan Kiem, July 2008)

The Story of the Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly (Author: Luis Sepúlveda, translator: Phuong Huyen, May 2009)

The Universe (Author: Carl Sagan, translator: Nguyen Viet Long, November 2011)

Lolita (Author: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, translator: Duong Tuong, March 2012)

A Thousand Years of Clothing and Hats (Author: Tran Quang Duc, May 2013)

The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translator: Trac Phong, May 2013)

The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho, translator: Le Chu Cau, October 2013)

Once upon a time (Nguyen Tuan, May 2014)

Autobiography of a Yogi (Paramahansa Yogananda, translator: Thien Nga, June 2014)

History of Vietnam from its origin to the mid-20th century (Le Thanh Khoi, translator: Nguyen Nghi. Editor: Nguyen Thua Hy, August 2014)

How much is youth worth? (Rosie Nguyen, October 2016)

Slow Down in a Hurrying World (Hae Min, translator: Nguyen Viet Tu Anh, August 2016)

Vietnamese Civilization (Nguyen Van Huyen, translator: Do Trong Quang, December 2016)

Prisoners of Geography (Tim Marshall, Phan Linh Lan, November 2020)

My Sweet Orange Tree (José Mauro de Vasconcelos, translator: Nguyen Bich Lan, November 2020)

A moment of brilliance in the human world (Ocean Vuong, translator: Khanh Nguyen, December 2021)

Source: https://congluan.vn/nha-nam-cho-ra-mat-bo-sach-dac-biet-ky-niem-20-nam-10316920.html