Ba'o VN: tin va('n quanh the^' gio+'i

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Ddo.c nhanh

5 ta'c gia? ddoa.t gia?i thu+o+?ng va(n ho.c My~ 1997, ddo' la`: 

- Frank McCourt, ddoa.t gia?i ta'c pha^?m tu+. thua^.t vo+'i cuo^'n "Angela"
Ashes". 

- Gina Berriault, ddoa.t gia?i ta'c pha^?m hu+ ca^'u vo+'i cuo^'n "Women in
their beds" go^`m 35 truye^.n nga('n. 

- Jonathan Raban, ddoa.t gia?i ta'c pha^?m hie^.n thu+.c vo+'i cuo^'n "Bad
land: An American Romance" ke^? la.i qua' tri`nh xa^y du+.ng khu ddi.nh cu+
Montana. 

- William Gass, ddoa.t gia?i ta'c pha^?m tie^?u lua^.n vo+'i cuo^'n "Finding
a form". 

- Robert Hass, ddoa.t gia?i thu+o+?ng da`nh cho tho+ vo+'i ta'c pha^?m "Sun
under wood". 

Ddu+o+.c bie^'t gia?i va(n ho.c My~ 1997 mang te^n National Book Critics
Circle (NBCC) do 650 nha` phe^ bi`nh va` bie^n ta^.p cu`ng tuye^?n cho.n. 

120 tay tha? die^`u chuye^n nghie^.p tu+` 26 quo^'c gia dda~ to+'i Tha'i Lan
dde^? tham du+. nga`y ho^.i tha? die^`u quo^'c te^' la^`n thu+' na(m, die^~n
ra ra^'t ngoa.n mu.c do nhu+~ng con die^`u ddu+o+.c la`m co^ng phu va` mang
nhie^`u hi`nh da'ng ngo^. nghi~nh. 

Gia?i vo^ ddi.ch tru+o+.t ba(ng nghe^. thua^.t the^' gio+'i 1997 dda~ die^~n
ra so^i no^?i ta.i Lausanne (Thu.y Si~) vo+'i ke^'t qua? ca(.p Oksana Grishuk
va` Evgeny Plato cu?a Nga ba?o ve^. tha`nh co^ng chu+'c vo^ ddi.ch "Mu'a
ddo^i tre^n ba(ng" ma` ca(.p na`y dda~ ddoa.t ddu+o+.c tu+` ho^`i na(m
ngoa'i. Gia?i nhi` thuo^.c ve^` ddo^i Anjelika Krylova va` Oleg Ovsyannikov
cu~ng cu?a Nga. Gia?i ba thuo^.c ve^` ddo^i Shae Lynn Bourne va` Victor
Kraatz cu?a Canada. 

Vie^.n Ha`n la^m a^m nha.c hoa`ng gia Anh, tha`nh la^.p ca'ch dda^y 175 na(m,
vu+`a trao ta(.ng chu+'c ho^.i vie^n danh du+. cho sie^u sao nha.c rock Elton
John nha^n di.p ca si~ kie^m nha.c si~ du+o+ng ca^`m na`y tro`n 50 tuo^?i. 

Mo^.t chie^'c a'o nhung ma`u dden va` mo^.t chie^'c a'o khoa'c ma` John
Lennon dda~ ma(.c trong tho+`i hoa`ng kim cu?a ban Beatles dda~ ddu+o+.c ddem
ba'n dda^'u gia' 17.000 ba?ng Anh (tu+o+ng ddu+o+ng 27.000 USD) ta.i London
(Anh). Ngu+o+`i mua kho^ng ai kha'c ho+n la` chi'nh con trai cu?a John Lennon
te^n la` Julian Lennon. Mo^.t chie^'c a'o kha'c cu~ng dda~ ddu+o+.c ba'n
dda^'u gia' nhu+ng dda~ va`o tay ngu+o+`i ngoa`i bo+?i vi` ngu+o+`i ddo' dda~
chi.u mua vo+'i gia' qua' cao: 22.000 ba?ng Anh. Ddu+o+.c bie^'t toa`n bo^.
nhu+~ng va^.t ky? nie^.m cu?a ban Beatles ddu+o+.c ddem ba'n dda^'u gia' dda~
thu ddu+o+.c 836.000 ba?ng Anh (khoa?ng 1,3 trie^.u USD). 

Ta^m Vu~

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