Recently, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee offered literature and art awards to the province's artists and writers, who created outstanding and impressive works in 2020. These awards were the rewards and recognition for the hard work of Khanh Hoa artists and writers.
Recently, Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee offered literature and art awards to the province’s artists and writers, who created outstanding and impressive works in 2020. These awards were the rewards and recognition for the hard work of Khanh Hoa artists and writers.
The number of literature and art works that was announced, published and exhibited last year reflected the hard work and efforts of Khanh Hoa artists and writers in the challenging year. In literature sector, 13 works of 12 Khanh Hoa writers were printed; hundreds of poems, short stories, memoirs, etc. were published on newspapers and magazines. In photography sector, there were more than 200 art photographs of Khanh Hoa photographers displayed at the national and regional exhibitions. Hundreds of music compositions were introduced to the public. Last year, Khanh Hoa painters and sculptors held many exhibitions to debut their new works; many of the works were selected to display at the national and regional exhibitions. The artists and writers of folk culture and music also produced researches and compilations; some of them were given prizes. In theater sector, the artists introduced many new plays to the audience.
Reportedly, in 2020, the province’s Literature-Art Association selected and nominated 29 works for the literature-art awards. 23 out of 29 works were the award winners. These works had been published, introduced at the national and regional exhibitions and well received by the public and experts. They were the ideological and artistic works of art.
There were three prizes A, seven prizes B, and 13 prizes C given at the 2020 literature and art awards of Khanh Hoa Province. The winning works were diverse in genres and rich in content. Specially, many works were closely associated with life and well reflected the local traditional cultural characteristics. The work about Cam Ranh Town of writer Bach Le Van was given prize B at the writing contest on national security and peace of life, 2017 - 2020 period, jointly organized by the Vietnam Writers' Association and the Ministry of Public Security. This work was honored again with a prize A at Khanh Hoa Province’s literature and art awards. To him, this award showed the recognition and support of the provincial leadership to the artists and writers in the province. With the encouragement and support offered by the province, hopefully Khanh Hoa writers and artists can produce many works with better quality, added writer Bach Le Van.
Speaking at the awarding ceremony of Khanh Hoa Literature-Art Awards 2020, Dinh Van Thieu, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, said that in the renovation process, writers and artists need to perform their roles well and continue to create high quality works to contribute to socio-economic development.
Giang Đinh
Translated by H.N