At the seminar, students and the audience will hear author Nguyen Phan Que Mai share her experiences and secrets about nurturing dreams, preparing for future endeavors (foreign language learning skills, independence), determination to achieve dreams (hunting for scholarships and job opportunities), integration, and enjoying experiences in an international environment. Based on her own experiences, the author will recount these stories through the pages of her travelogue.
The audience will also have the opportunity to engage in a more in-depth discussion with the author and guests, including Ms. Khuc Thi Hoa Phuong - Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Women's Publishing House, and Mr. Graham Alliband - former Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, currently Director of the Vietnam-Australia Human Resource Development Program, about the obstacles to the journey of reaching out to the world and the integration of Vietnamese people into the international environment, as well as about the Australian government scholarship program – a scholarship that provided author Nguyen Phan Que Mai with the opportunity to step out into the world many years ago.
Mr. Graham Alliband will also provide the latest information on opportunities, requirements, and application experiences for current Australian Government Scholarship programs, as well as the skills needed to prepare for studying abroad.
The program's host is educator Phan Ho Diep, a lecturer in the Department of Special Education at Hanoi Pedagogical University, author of numerous educational books for children, and mother of young translator Do Nhat Nam. Phan Ho Diep has also initiated many educational support activities and has a significant influence in the community.
Nguyen Phan Que Mai is the author and translator of 16 books of poetry and prose. She has received numerous literary awards, including the Hanoi Writers Association Poetry Award 2010, the Hanoi Union of Literature and Arts Award, and first prize in the "Poetry about Hanoi 2008-2010" competition. Having lived, worked, and studied in many countries around the world, Nguyen Phan Que Mai is currently residing in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and two children. She is pursuing a PhD and working remotely for Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.
The seminar was held from 2:00 PM on August 1, 2016, in the auditorium on the 8th floor of building E, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 336 Nguyen Trai Street.
For further information, please contact:
Phone: 091.995.0698 Email:huyenanh02@yahoo.com
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SEAWEED SALTYEAH (Travel Diary)
The cover of the book "A Grain of Salt Wandering" Title of the work:Seaweed salt granulesyeah(travel diary)) Number of pages: 350 pages; Size: 13.5 x 20.5 cm Author: Nguyen Phan Que Mai Cover price: 92,000 VND The Women's Publishing House released it nationwide in August 2016.
You will encounter the image of a young Asian girl trembling before the majestic nature of the world, recoiling in fear at the first sight of a naked man, and excited about the opportunity to take her poetry... to foreign lands. You will meet Vietnamese people struggling across the globe, encounter witches in Siquijor, and experience the horrors of violence and drugs in Colombia. You will travel across borders in a car and witness truly strange things happening during the journey. ... There will be even more interesting and exciting things to discover as you join Nguyen Phan Que Mai in this travelogue.Salt grains drifting aimlesslyby this talented poet. Having lived and traveled to many countries around the world, four countries left an unforgettable impression on Nguyen Phan Que Mai: Australia, Colombia, Laos, and the Philippines. Wandering through the famous landmarks of these four countries, this Vietnamese girl broadened her horizons with stories of history, culture, and the lives of the local people.The forgotten Australians, living among theThe deceased, Encountering a witch in Siquijor, "Go to the Philippines, beware of being shot," Nearly dying in Laos, A message of peace from Colombia, Encountering a ghost in Villa de Leyava... Through various fortunate circumstances and her own tireless efforts, Nguyen Phan Que Mai has accumulated knowledge, skills, and wonderful experiences that not everyone is lucky enough to have. After reading this small book, you will love travel even more and empathize more with the author's thoughts: “I began my journeys with the enthusiasm and recklessness of a young horse eager to gallop across the grandeur and wonder of the world. The further I went, the more I felt myself sinking, until now I am a snail inching along the endless earth. Slowly, I walk and absorb the dust of the roads. The stories of the local people are the mirrors that illuminate my path, letting me know that I am just a tiny grain of salt, while the ocean is forever vast.” In her book, Nguyen Phan Que Mai humorously reveals that the reason she has been able to travel so much is because she has a very large mole on the middle of her right foot. Try looking down at your feet.
Poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai Nguyen Phan Que Mai is the author and translator of 16 books of poetry and prose. She has received literary awards such as: the Hanoi Writers Association Poetry Award 2010, the Hanoi Union of Literature and Arts Award, and first prize in the "Poetry about Hanoi 2008-2010" competition… Having lived, worked, and studied in many countries around the world, Nguyen Phan Que Mai is currently residing in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and two children. She is pursuing a PhD and working remotely for Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. After reading Nguyen Phan Que Mai's first travelogue (From Snow to Sun), writer Bich Ngan once wrote, "Due to her living and working environment, Nguyen Phan Que Mai often travels to, works in, and lives in many regions of many countries. Moreover, being a poet, wherever she goes, wherever she is, the poetic soul of a poet helps her not view people and life through a superficial lens. She quietly seeks deeper, broader dimensions." Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu once remarked, "There is one thing I have noticed, and this is extremely important for Nguyen Phan Que Mai. That is, each of her trips to a place is not the way of a tourist or a researcher, but the way of someone who comes there to live out their life. ...She recounts what she witnessed with such passion, so passionately that at times it seemed as if she and I were lost in those places, with no hope of ever finding our way back..." |
Author:Faculty of Journalism and Communication
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