On October 8, the National Book Award Council announced the list of 60 book titles selected by the Award Final Selection Council to propose for the 7th National Book Award - 2024.
Accordingly, the 7th National Book Awards recorded a large number of publishers participating and a significant increase in the number of books submitted. 51/57 publishers submitted books to the award, 10 more than the 6th award.
Some book titles nominated for the National Book Award. Photo: Q.Minh
There are a total of 372 titles and book series, including 455 books participating in this year's award, 60 more titles and book series, 20 more books than last year's award.
60 book titles were selected by the Final Jury to be nominated for the 7th National Book Award in the following fields: Politics - Economics; Social Sciences and Humanities; Natural Sciences and Technology; Culture, Literature and Arts; Children's Books; Books loved by readers.
In the Political - Economic book category, there are 12 nominated works: "Philosophical stories - The lives and thoughts of great Western philosophers"; "True leadership in the north"; "Lean startup"; "Economics in difficult times"; "History of Western philosophy" (3 books); "Vo Van Kiet - Intelligence and creativity" ...
The Social Sciences and Humanities section has 9 nominated works: "Fatherland Newspaper and Intellectual Forum (1954-1988)"; "Gia Dinh-Sai Gon-Ho Chi Minh City: Long Mile of History (1698-2020)" (2 volumes); "Journey to Explore Indochina"; "An Nam Art"...
The Natural Science and Technology book category has 14 nominations: "What does the human skeleton tell us?"; "Handbook of diagnosis and treatment of internal medicine"; "Vietnam National Pharmacopoeia" (2 volumes)...
The Culture, Literature and Arts book category has 13 nominations: "Uncle Hana"; "Complete Works of Nguyen Dinh Chieu" (2 volumes); "Modern Vietnamese Female Visual Artists"; "Youth of Patriotic New Music"...
The Children's Book category has 9 nominations: "Bedtime Stories: The Handsome Cat with a Tile Roof and the Blue Pea Flower Farm"; "The Rebirth of the Eagle"; "I Love My Vietnam - Flying in the Flower Season"; "The Journey of Creating the National Language"...
Notably, this year, the new regulations allow each book category to have a maximum of 2 A prizes, including books written in Vietnamese and translated books. The addition of this award helps diversify and accurately reflect the richness of book genres.
For the first time, the National Book Awards has a category for Books that are loved by readers. Photo: VH
The 7th National Book Awards is also the first time there is a Readers' Favorite Book category, with 4 nominations: "The Story of the Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly" by Luis Sepúlveda (translator: Phuong Huyen); "Nameless Summer" by Nguyen Nhat Anh, "The Teacher" by Nguyen Chi Vinh; "How Much Is Youth Worth" by Rosie Nguyen.
The 7th National Book Awards ceremony is expected to take place in November 2024.
The Vu
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