Thousands of poetry lovers in Hanoi flocked to Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) on February 17 to enjoy a variety of activities to celebrate the 9th Vietnam Poetry Day 2011.
The annual Poetry Day featured three stages on which different types of poetry were read including traditional, modern and children’s poetry.
This year’s Poetry Day was also an occasion to mark the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh leaving the country in 1911 to seek for ways to save the nation.
Visitors to the event had the chance to view portraits of famous Vietnamese writers who won the Ho Chi Minh Award in a temporary statue garden honouring men of letters. President Ho Chi Minh’s poems written in calligraphy and translated into different languages were also on display at Thien Quang Tinh.
The stage for modern poetry this year attracted familiar young poets such as Vi Thuy Linh, Nguyen Vinh Tien, Phan Huyen Thu, Pham Van Anh, Nguyen Thuy Quynh, Mai Van Phan, and Lo Cao Nhum. Some new faces were also introduced including Luong Dinh Khoa, Hoang Anh Tuan, Phung Hai Yen, Nha Thuyen, and Dam Thuy Duong.
The organising board of the Vietnam Writers’ Association also selected 50 outstanding verses by 50 poets attached to red balloons to release into the sky.
For the first time, poetry clubs from Hanoi and nearby areas were invited to join the Poetry Day. They set up their own booths to introduce books and poems, and also organised various exchanges.
More information here.
The annual Poetry Day featured three stages on which different types of poetry were read including traditional, modern and children’s poetry.
This year’s Poetry Day was also an occasion to mark the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh leaving the country in 1911 to seek for ways to save the nation.
Visitors to the event had the chance to view portraits of famous Vietnamese writers who won the Ho Chi Minh Award in a temporary statue garden honouring men of letters. President Ho Chi Minh’s poems written in calligraphy and translated into different languages were also on display at Thien Quang Tinh.
The stage for modern poetry this year attracted familiar young poets such as Vi Thuy Linh, Nguyen Vinh Tien, Phan Huyen Thu, Pham Van Anh, Nguyen Thuy Quynh, Mai Van Phan, and Lo Cao Nhum. Some new faces were also introduced including Luong Dinh Khoa, Hoang Anh Tuan, Phung Hai Yen, Nha Thuyen, and Dam Thuy Duong.
The organising board of the Vietnam Writers’ Association also selected 50 outstanding verses by 50 poets attached to red balloons to release into the sky.
For the first time, poetry clubs from Hanoi and nearby areas were invited to join the Poetry Day. They set up their own booths to introduce books and poems, and also organised various exchanges.
More information here.
