The first Kim Dong Literary Award (2023-2025) is an award organized by Kim Dong Publishing House with the desire to discover more writers for children, with new, quality literary works. quality, conveying many meaningful messages about the people and country of Vietnam.
In recent times, the Organizing Committee of the Kim Dong Literary Award has organized creative campaigns for children through meetings and exchanges with authors at the Literature and Arts Association of Binh Dinh province, Gia Lai province. Lai, Dak Lak and An Giang.
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| Covers of the first 5 works participating in the Kim Dong Literary Award. (Source: Kim Dong Publishing House) |
After a period of launching, the Organizing Committee of the first Kim Dong Literary Award received more than 200 manuscripts from authors from all over the country.
The first 5 works participating in the Award were published and introduced to readers by Kim Dong Publishing House, including: Tet gifts from the green forest (Hong Chien), Kite shaped like musical notes (Nie Thanh Mai), Forest movement season (Suong Nguyet Minh), Jump up and scream (Phong Diep) and Great chaos at my grandfather's house (Nguyen Xuan Thuy).
Collection of stories Tet gifts from the green forest by author Hong Chien includes 14 short stories full of the flavors of the mountains and forests of the Central Highlands. The author has skillfully exploited materials from the indigenous cultural identity to the richness of nature here.
Forest movement season is the latest novel by writer Suong Nguyet Minh. The 20-chapter novel tells the story of Golden Dog's reluctant adventure among the vast pristine Tam Diep mountains and forests with hunters and wild animals.
The work is a song praising the wild beauty and majestic nature of Tam Diep mountains and forests and rings a loud and fierce warning bell about the need for humans to protect, respect and live in harmony with nature. nature and animals on earth to protect their own lives.
Kite shaped like musical notes is a long story by writer Nie Thanh Mai with 9 year old Headlight as the main character in the story.
The simple stories surrounding the life of Headlight are told by author Nie Thanh Mai with fresh and lively emotions, from the story of his father building a chicken coop, his grandmother raising rabbits, growing vegetables, his grandfather working as a security guard, his mother knitting clothes... Through Headlight's eyes, it's all very interesting and loving. The boy's pure heart is constantly nourished and expanded by beautiful little stories that happen every day.
While, Jump up and scream , and Great chaos at my grandparents' house are two long stories written about the context of the epidemic season hitting the city, giving readers the opportunity to have "a ticket back to childhood".
