Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh poses next to his works. (Source: tuoitre.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - A best-seller novel by Nguyen Nhat Anh is liste🔯d among books to read outside studying hours at secondary and high schools in Thailan🌞d.
The book Give Me a Ticket to Childhood tells a story of the innocent but full of mischief childhoods of four kids. It was published in Thailand in 2011. Previously, it was translated into English and Korean.
With this book, Anh received the South East Asian Writers Awards, which was introduced in 1979 by the Thai Royal Family. This is the second book of writer Anh brought to schools abroad.
Chulalongkorn University also allows its students to write an essay about the book for the Introduction to Literature subject.-VNA
The Executive Board of the Vietnamese Writers’ Association has nominated a literature work entitled “Cho tôi xin một vé đi tuổi thơ” or “Give me a ticket to childhood” by renown writer Nguyen Nhat Anh for the 2010 ASEAN Literature Award.
The book Give Me A Ticket to Childhood by Vietnamese write Nguyen Nhat Anh has just been published in the Republic of Korea by Dasanbooks publishing house.
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