Th A MAGAZINE P	eWriters Post OF LITERATURE AND LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION ublished biannually – ISSN: 1527-5469 US-based, founded 1999. Founder & Editor-in-chief: N. Saomai
	Contents Page Copyright © The Writers Post 1999-2010. Nothing in this website may be downloaded, distributed, or reproduced without the permission of the author/ translator/ artist/ and The Writers Post. Creating links to place The Writers Post or any of its pages within other framesets or in other documents is copyright violation, and is not permitted. Current issue Volume 12 – Number 1 – Jan 2010 Please click here or above for the front page of current issue This front page contains Biographical Introduction to contributing Poets/ Writers /Translators by TWP’s editor N. Saomai, based on the biographical information submitted by the author/ translator, and selected literary pieces in a variety of genres: fiction (short stories, excerpts from unpublished novel), poetry (rhymed poems, free verse, blank verse), translations, reviews, literary critiques, and essays on literature and art. News and events News and events includes NEWS, PRESS RELEASES and UPCOMING EVENTS, and may be updated between issues whenever news or events fall. -- IN THE NEWS OF SORROW We’re very sorry to bring you the news that SONG HO, poet and a journalist, died May 20, 2009. Born 1932, Song Ho began his writing career in 1952 in Hanoi (North Vietnam) and became a journalist after his resettling in 1954 in Saigon (South Vietnam), where he contributed to numerous newspapers, radio broadcast. His most recent book of poems, Da va Hoa, was published by Huong Duong Publisher (1992), after Tho Song Ho, a collection of poems, published by Khai Tri Publisher (Saigon, 1964). Hai Canh Hoa Tim, his first book of poetry, was published in 1960. Rock and Flower, an English-language version of Da va Hoa translated by Song Ho is published in 2000. more about Song Ho in current issue VO DINH, real name VO DINH MAI, artist, poet and writer, died on May 31, 2009 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Born in 1933 in Hue Vietnam, he went to Paris in 1950 to study, in Literature at University of Sorbonne, in painting at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and School of Art in Paris. In 1960, he moved to the US. Vo Dinh is a man of broad cultural interests, and is author of several works in different categories, including poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Vo Dinh achieved fame as a painter for his paintings having been showcased in Vietnam and abroad. As a translator, he translated into English a number of literary works by Vietnamese author living in the US. more about Vo Dinh in current issue PHAM CHI LAN, writer and editor, died of cancer on November 21, 2009 in Dallas, Texas, US. Born in 1962 in Vietnam, she came, in 1975, to the US where she was educated and subsequently worked as a computer system analyst. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the electronic literary magazine Van Hoc Nghe Thuat (Texas) launched in 1995. Van Hoc Nghe Thuat is the first ever Vietnamese electronic magazine published in the Vietnamese literary community abroad. Her short stories and translations appeared in the magazines Van, Van-Hoc, Hop-Luu, Tram Con, Song-Van. Her collection of short stories Mien Tham Lang was published in 2002 by Van Moi Publisher.Pham Chi Lan died of cancer on November 21, 2009 in Dallas, Texas, US. more about Pham Chi Lan in current issue] -- THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2009. Press Release, 8 October 2009: [The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009 is awarded to the German author Herta Muller, "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"– The Swedish Academy]. More information about NPW Herta Muller is available on the Nobel web site. Links Links provide access to literature and the arts. Click HERE for Links To Lit & Art Submission guidelines A note on submissions Useful sections · Author Biographies Archived Biographical Introduction to contributing Poets/ Writers by editor N. Saomai which is printed on our front page, along with the author’s photograph. Constantly updated for being as complete and accurate as possible. · Author Index This index includes all works published in The Writers Post. Each entry starts with the author, then title. Translator entry starts with the translator, title, and original author. · Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad Factual biographical information on Vietnamese Poets and Writers living abroad. The list is compiled and listed in Vietnamese by poet Luan-Hoan. Listings are edited, rewritten in English and given added information to where need be by The Writers Post’s editor N. Saomai. First published in 1999, the list has since regularly updated for being as complete and accurate as possible. · VIETLINKS Inside links to original versions of the translations published in The Writers Post. [under construction]. · Selected literary magazines Selected Vietnamese language magazines published abroad. Factual information on respective literary magazines published in the USA and Australia. · WORDBRIDGE magazine (ISSN: 1540-1723) letter from the editor Past issues Volume 1, Number 1 July 1999 Volume 2, Number 1 Jan, 2000 Volume 2, Number 2 July 2000 Volume 3, Number 1 Jan. 2001 Volume 3, Number 2 July 2001 Volume 4, Number 1 Jan. 2002 Volume 4, Number 2 July 2002 Volume 5, Number 1 Jan. 2003 Vol 5, double iss. Jul.03 -Jan.04 Volume 6, Number 2 July 2004 Volume 7, Number 1 Jan. 2005 Volume 7, Number 2, Jul. 2005 Volume 8, Number 1 Jan. 2006 Volume 8, Number 2, Jul. 2006 Vol 9, double iss. Jan –Jul 2007 Volume 11, Number1, Jan 2009 Selected literary magazines: VAN HOC NGHE THUAT – Founder and Publisher Vo Phien, HOP LUU - Editor-in-chief Khanh Truong, SONG VAN – Editor-in-chief Nguyen Sao Mai, TAP CHI THO - Editor-in-chief Khe Iem, THE KY 21 - Editor-in-chief Vuong Huu Bot, VAN - Editor-in-chief Nguyen Xuan Hoang, VAN HOC - Editor-in-chief: Nguyen Mong Giac, VIET (with an emphasis on criticism) - Editor-in-chief Nguyen Hung Quoc… Selected literary magazines for selected Vietnamese literary magazines abroad. Factual information on respective literary magazines published in the USA and Australia. HOME
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Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad
The 'Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad’ listing aims to provide factual biographical information on Vietnamese poets and writers living abroad, ranged from little- known to famous, giving individuals or literary groups a mean to approach useful information on Vietnamese authors via The Writers Post’s highly informative listings. The ‘Vietnamese Poets and Writers’ listing first published in 1999 contained information on about 250 writers and poets mostly living in the US, Canada, Australia, and France. The list has since regularly updated for being as complete and accurate as possible. Vietnamese Poets and Writers Abroad
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