Three books by journalist Le Xuan Son were published by the Writers Association Publishing House, including: The poetry collection “For a long time I have been a city person”, 49 poems, 100 pages with picture supplements; “White clouds still float”, literary portrait notes, 265 pages; “Like the water of the Me River”, notes, 330 pages.

Having worked as a manager at a newspaper for many years, journalist Le Xuan Son never stopped writing. His business trips were often marked by journalistic works, most of which were memoirs, reports, and notes with a strong literary quality. His persistence in writing and not being easy with his pen helped him accumulate a considerable amount of works over time. Thanks to that, he gathered manuscripts of several books, of which the three works above, according to him, were only the first edition.

Journalist Le Xuan Son shared the reason for being busy after a long time working in management, and only after retirement did he have time to write books.

Reading the new book series by author Le Xuan Son, I see that he belongs to the group of writers who are in the intersection between journalism and literature, when events and things on each step of the writer are viewed through the prism of culture, history and filtered by a soul that is easily moved and resonated. What makes him different as a writer is that he always thoroughly understands the depth of culture, history, and people of the place he will visit, so that he always has deep feelings and rich associations when immersed in the scene. Moreover, he often does not let those feelings and associations slip away but accumulates them into a thickness that at some point flows out into words in his works.

In the poetry collection “I have long been a city person”, is the nostalgia of a rural person who has been far away from his roots for a long time. The themes are quite diverse from love between men and women, homeland, country, to family, thoughts and worries about the changing times…

The memoir “White Clouds Still Floating” is associated with portraits of more than 20 writers, poets, painters, musicians... From To Huu, To Hoai, To Ngoc Van, Huu Loan, Quang Dung to Trinh Cong Son, Phu Quang, Duong Bich Lien,... are characters he had the chance to meet, talk to, interview or through stories told by the characters' families and relatives when writing. The author tries to reveal something about the quintessence of Vietnamese talents, about works like precious cultural sediments that will forever remain with the country. Values ​​like white clouds, forever floating.

“Like the Water of the River of Me” is a collection of essays, notes rich in literature and documents about 11 of the countries that the author has had the opportunity to visit across the continents. In the book, the author focuses on the depth of culture, history of the countries and their relationship with our country, especially the affections, which evoke and leave lingering emotions.

Colleagues, literary friends and family came to congratulate journalist Le Xuan Son on the launch of his trilogy of books.

Writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, sent his congratulations to journalist Le Xuan Son: “With two volumes of memoirs, travelogues and a collection of poems published at the same time, and Le Xuan Son himself being a true journalist, I still want to call him a poet because what he feels, what he writes and, importantly, what is contained in his lines has revealed his soul. The qualities of a journalist have given him the ability to discover and select details of life to bring into his works what is necessary and then establish a modern structure in each article. Details have helped him build character portraits that are both different and close, both generalizing the character and depicting the personality and complex layers of the character's soul. Details have helped him convincingly build the lands and cultures that he has experienced.”

Three books by journalist Le Xuan Son.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen The Ky, Vice Chairman of the Central Council of Theory, commented: "Three books, three genres, some published, some unpublished, quietly and humbly introduce to readers about journalist and poet Le Xuan Son from many angles, many levels of emotions, thoughts, sincerity, and a very lovable and precious humanity."

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