The English versions of Bien Su Nuoc (Water: A Chronicle) by Nguyen Ngoc Tu and Thang May Saigon (Elevator In Saigon) by Thuan. - Courtesy of Major Books and Tilted Axis Press
HANOI: Two titles translated from Vietnamese have been announced as winners of PEN Translates, a prestigious literary prize that honours the best translations of literary works from around the world into the English language.
This is the first time that two translated works from Vietnam – Bien Su Nuoc (Water: A Chronicle) by Nguyen Ngoc Tu, published by Major Books, and Thang May Saigon (Elevator In Saigon) by Thuan, published by Tilted Axis Press – have appeared in the same list. Both of them were translated by translator Nguyen An Ly.
