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“I have written 22 books of prose, poetry and essay. You can find my books on Amazon, Tiki platforms,… bookshops in Vietnam, Italy, Canada, India, and the audio version on Youtube”
Please share your thoughts about the future of literature. When u start writing? Literature will develop to be a powerful creative industry. Writers will cooperate not only with artists but also with entrepreneurs. Literature come to every aspect of life, bring about the deeper and more attractive appearance and content for living things. For example, when a designer wants to make a new collection of costumes, he (she) can discuss the theme with a writer and they together create a story for the collection. The name of the collection is the title of the story which is written by the writer. By this way, the new collection of costumes will become more impressive, luxury, and attract more clients.
I started writing when I was a 6th grade pupil (12 years old). I loved reading books, especially literary books from Russia, China, France, America, and of course some wellknown works by Vietnamese authors, such as Nam Cao, Vu Trong Phung, Nguyen Tuan,… My first work was a series of ghost stories (Ghosts on that Hill) which were published in the Weekly Pioneer Teenage Newspaper.
The Good and the Bad. Who is winning in nowadays? The Good in this world for me is the Peace, Education and Health care for all, Jobs for everyone, Mutual understanding between people, Deep connecting and cooperation in all fields to develop personal ability and communal power, Sustainable production and environment care…
The Bad is the greedy willing, the fighting for positions, money, power, fame,… human rights violation.
The winners are the losers, we need to keep the balance in the challenged world. Only love, compassion, and deep connection by literature can make all of us being winners.
How many books have you written? And where can we find your books? I have written 22 books of prose, poetry and essay. You can find my books on Amazon, Tiki platforms,… bookshops in Vietnam, Italy, Canada, India, and the audio version on Youtube.
The book. E book or Hardcover book. What will be the future? We can have paperback, hard cover book, e-book also. In the future, e-book will be more popular. We can develop the e-book which include some parts of audio, film, animation, whatever we think out, we can make it real with e-book.
A wish for 2023. A phrase from your book. All wars and conflicts in the world will stop. Each one will be able to grow one young tree. Love will be paid by love…
My poem:
The divine emptiness
By Kieu Bich Hau
“Be present” (HJB)
Why we meet?
then be forced to part…
Why full moon?
then crescent moon…
Why you fill me?
then let me go
The emptiness
fills me again
The invisible tantra intimacy
reveals itself
at night
and I feel
I am the one.
I can be everyone
at day
Only the emptiness
appears
when it’s not night or day
when I am not here or there
I am divided
to be in three worlds,
three states
Awaken to be no one
What remains
the sensation of ever Samadhi
within my stillness.
What remains
just the scent of a fresh mint leaf
that stirs my spirit
Love in moonlight
Love in sunshine
Love is source of endless energy
Love is religion of all human beings.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Author KIEU BICH HAU (from Vietnam)
Member of Vietnam Writers’ Association
Born in 1972 in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam
Executive Expert of External Affairs Office of Vietnam Writer’s Association (From 2019 until now)
Editor of NEUMA magazine of Romania, HUMANITY magazine of Russia
Ambassador of Canadian Ukiyoto publishing in Vietnam.
Now living in Hanoi, Vietnam.
6 Awards in Literature
Published 22 poetry, prose, essay books
Participate in 12 international and national literary events.
