Literature Discussion with Japanese Writer Ono Masatsugu

Literature Discussion with Japanese Writer Ono Masatsugu

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Tue 31 Oct 2017, 10 am
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam

From Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam:

You are invited to the literature talk “Viet khong dau ve noi dau” (translation: Write painlessly about pains) with the participation of:

– Japanese writer Ono Masatsugu
– PhD. in Literature Tran Ngoc Hieu

Moderator: Editor Dang Thanh Giang

Not only in “A Prayer Nine Years Ago” but also in his other works, including “The Ship Piggybacked by Jolly Bay” and “The Song of Mermaid” published in Vietnam, Ono Masatsugu has always been interested in and mentioned ordinary people with their very personal yet humane pains. Each story is like a sad painting, yet gentle and poetic, as if pain is a part of life. This makes the readers wonder, so how should we perceive, talk and write about pains?

In Hanoi, at the end of October 2017, Japan Foundation in Hanoi and Nha Nam Publishing House will co-organize the meet-up and discussion with Japanese writer Ono Masatsugu on his works with the topic of “Write painlessly about pains”.

ABOUT ONO MASATSUGU

Ono Masatsugu was born in 1970 in Oita, Kyushu Island in the southwest of Japan. He studied Education at University of Tokyo, then went on to pursuit a PhD. at University of Paris VIII. In 2001, he was awarded the Asahi New Writers’ Award for his first novel Mizu ni Umoreru Haka (Graves Buried in Water) and in 2002, the Mishima Yukio Prize for second novel Nigiyaka na Wan ni Seowareta Fune (The Ship Piggybacked by the Jolly Bay). His other significant works include At the Outskirts of the Woods (2006), Micro Bus (2008). He is currently the associate professor in Literature department of Rikkyo University.

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Translated by Hanoi Grapevine

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Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung
Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội
Tel: 3944 7419
www.jpf.org.vn

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