Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 53 (2020) Fellowship
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Edition 212 (2020, held 5 times in year) Fellowship
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
グエン・ファン・クエ・マイ
Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1973-08-12 （Vietnam (place of birth not specified)）
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Languages
- Vietnamese, English
- Residence History
- Vietnam → United Kingdom (Lancaster)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, non-fiction writer
- Active Years
- 2000-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster University | — | Creative Writing | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Lancaster University
Creative Writing
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
PhD in Creative Writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Poetry of the Year (Hanoi Writers Association) | — | — | Hanoi Writers Association | 受賞 |
| — | Poetry about 1,000 Years of Hanoi (First Prize) | — | — | — | 受賞（第一賞） |
| — | Capital's Arts & Literature Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | BookBrowse Best Debut Award | The Mountains Sing | — | BookBrowse | 受賞 |
| 2021 | International Book Awards | The Mountains Sing | — | International Book Awards | 受賞 |
| 2021 | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award | The Mountains Sing | — | PEN Oakland | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞（フェローシップ） |
| 2021 | Dayton Literary Peace Prize (runner-up) | The Mountains Sing | — | Dayton Literary Peace Prize | 準優勝 |
| 2024 | Dayton Literary Peace Prize (nominated) | Dust Child | — | Dayton Literary Peace Prize | ノミネート |
| 2021 | Forbes Vietnam - 20 Inspiring Women of 2021 | — | — | Forbes Vietnam | 選出 |
Poetry of the Year (Hanoi Writers Association)
2010
Organization:
Hanoi Writers Association
Result:
受賞
Poetry about 1,000 Years of Hanoi (First Prize)
Result:
受賞（第一賞）
Capital's Arts & Literature Award
Result:
受賞
BookBrowse Best Debut Award
2020
Work:
The Mountains Sing
Organization:
BookBrowse
Result:
受賞
International Book Awards
2021
Work:
The Mountains Sing
Organization:
International Book Awards
Result:
受賞
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
2021
Work:
The Mountains Sing
Organization:
PEN Oakland
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction
2020
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞（フェローシップ）
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (runner-up)
2021
Work:
The Mountains Sing
Organization:
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Result:
準優勝
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (nominated)
2024
Work:
Dust Child
Organization:
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Result:
ノミネート
Forbes Vietnam - 20 Inspiring Women of 2021
2021
Organization:
Forbes Vietnam
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Mountains Sing
2020 family saga / historical fictionA multi-generational family saga that gives voice to rarely documented events in Vietnam's modern history, exploring memory, trauma, and resilience across generations.
war and memoryfamily historyreconciliation and healinggiving voice to the marginalized
Dust Child
2023 historical / social novelFocusing on the Amerasian experience—children born to Vietnamese mothers and American military fathers—the novel examines identity, prejudice, and the aftermath of occupation.
identitysocial exclusionaftermath of warfamily and recovery
Bibliography
- The Mountains Sing (2020)
- Dust Child (2023)
- Multiple poetry collections and non-fiction (approximately 12 books in Vietnamese and English)
Translations of Works
- Translated into more than 20 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, history-focused narrationmulti-generational storytelling
- Recurring Motifs
- memorylegacy of warfamily bondstestimony of the voiceless
Legacy
Her works probe modern Vietnamese history and personal memory, earning international recognition. Writing in English has brought Vietnamese narratives to a global readership and contributed to the internationalization of Vietnamese literature.
Academic Societies
- Hanoi Writers Association
Trivia
- Holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University.
- The Mountains Sing became an international bestseller and received/were shortlisted for multiple awards.
- Her works have been translated into over 20 languages.
- Named one of Forbes Vietnam's '20 Inspiring Women of 2021.'