The first autobiography of journalist and writer Tran Mai Hanh – Live until dawn (Truth National Political Publishing House) has just launched to readers.
At the launch ceremony, Ms. Pham Thi Thinh, Deputy Director – Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the National Political Publishing House The Truth expressed regret that the book was launched a bit slowly, when Mr. Tran Mai Hanh suddenly passed away nearly 1 year ago. month.
Ms. Thinh said that she had never read any manuscript as quickly as the one that journalist Tran Mai Hanh sent to the Publishing House.
“Journalist Tran Mai Hanh sent the manuscript to us after the Lunar New Year. I finished reading it in one night. It can be said that his works always have a smooth, flexible, and harmonious combination of writing and writing. The quality of journalism not only ensures the historical and topical nature of journalism but is also imbued with the lyrical and uplifting quality of literature. This creates a unique feature in his work that is not confused with any other writer “.
Choking with emotion when her father just passed away, Ms. Tran Mai Anh, the first daughter of writer and journalist Tran Mai Hanh said: “This is not the last book. In the manuscript, on my father’s computer, there is another book, written on the cover That day today. We will still meet each other, we will still see each other in my father’s future works. One day, the family will publish, completing what he is unfinished.”
Present at the launch ceremony, poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association affirmed: “Tran Mai Hanh chose the title of the work exactly as he lived with emotional, authentic writing pages, to leaves much to ponder for the reader.”
Autobiography Live with the dawn is a slice of the author’s memory about the events, stories, and circumstances that took place in the life and career of Tran Mai Hanh. Having spent many years as a war correspondent, experiencing the fierceness between life and death, being present to witness and writing the first report on the historic moment at noon on April 30, 1975 at Doc Palace. Lap, until he held the position of General Director of the Voice of Vietnam, General Secretary of the Vietnam Journalists Association… even after retiring, until the last moment of his life, he was always enthusiastic and responsible for journalism. , literary career.
However, as he once confessed, his life as a journalist was “not only glorious but also bitter”. Without avoiding it, the author addresses the adversities in his daily life with an attitude of respect for the truth and responsibility for what has happened.
The book is written in a journalistic tone combined with literary style, on the basis of distillation from daily diaries kept for the past half century about what happened, witnessed firsthand. Authors.
As a writer, journalist Tran Mai Hanh believes that the greatest attraction of War Minutes 1-2-3-4-75 is the truth.
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