Douangdeuane Bounyavong

Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong, born 11 June 1947,[1] also known by her maiden name Douangdeuane Viravong), pen name Dok Ked (Dō̜kkēt), is a Laotian writer. She is the widow of Outhine Bounyavong and has written poems, several textiles books and novels and transcribed numerous traditional stories, of which the best-known is Kam Pha Phi Noi ('The Little Orphan and the Spirit’).[2][3] She is engaged in literacy,[4] e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project,[5] and participates on running a publishing house and a shop providing children’s books in Lao language.

In 2005, she was awarded with the Fukukoa Art and Culture Prize.[1]

Bibliography

Works in Lao language

Works in English language

References

  1. 1 2 "Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Arts and Culture Prize 2005)". Fukukoa Prize. 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  2. ↑ Arne Kislenko: Culture and Customs of Laos (Culture and Customs of Asia). Westport, CT (USA) 2009, ISBN 978-0313339776, p. 76, there she is named Lao’s best-known female literary figure
  3. ↑ Edeltraud Tagwerker: Siho and Naga – Lao Textiles. Reflecting a People’s Tradition and Change. Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3631586891, p. 27
  4. ↑ "Friedensfrauen weltweit – Douangdeuane Bounyavong" (in German). Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  5. ↑ Anke Timman (2007-01-15). "Bildung in Laos: Die Maus kommt groß raus – endlich mehr Lesestoff für die Kleinen" (in German). iley.de. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

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