Douangdeuane Bounyavong Explained
| Douangdeuane Bounyavong |
| Native Name: | ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ໌ |
| Birth Name: | Douangdeuane Viravong |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1947 |
| Nationality: | Laotian |
| Other Names: | Dok Ked |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Notable Works: | Kam Pha Phi Noi ('The Little Orphan and the Spirit’) |
| Spouse: | Outhine Bounyavong |
| Father: | Sila Viravong |
Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao: ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ໌; Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong; born 11 June 1947,[1] also known by her maiden name Douangdeuane Viravong), pen name Dok Ked (Dō̜kkēt), is a Laotian writer. Her best known story is Kam Pha Phi Noi ('The Little Orphan and the Spirit’).
Life
She was born in 1947. Her father, Sila Viravong, was a prominent Lao scholar who designed the flag of the country. He had fourteen children and three children, Douangdeuane Bounyavong, Dara Viravong[2] and Pakian Viravong are prominent Laotian writers.
She married Outhine Bounyavong, a contemporary Laotian fiction writer.[2]
She 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’).[3] [4] She is engaged in literacy,[5] e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project,[6] and participates on running a publishing house and a shop providing children's books in the Lao language.
In 2005, Peace Women Across the Globe[7] selected her as one of the thousand peace women from the Asia Pacific region. She was awarded with the Fukukoa Art and Culture Prize. She is also a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award.
Bibliography
Works in Lao language
- Dō̜kkēt 'Athan hǣng phongphai Viangchan: Bō̜risat Phainām Kānphim læ Khō̜mphiutœ, 1995 (novel)
- Dō̜kkēt Dō̜k sutthāi lư̄ ngām [Vientiane]: Kom Vannakhadī læ Vatthanatham Mahāson, 1995 (biography of Mari Viravong, the mother of the author)
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Phǣnphan lāi nai sin sāimai = Infinite Design: The Art of Silk Vientiane: Lao Women's Union, 1995 (Lao/English)
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong Thao Hung Khun Cheuang, Weeraburut song phang khong [the Hero of the Two Sides of the Mekong River Banks] Bangkok: Phikkhanet Printing Center, 1995
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong Vatchanānukom pakō̜p hūp Vientiane: K. S. Kanphim, 1998 (pictorial dictionary for children)
- Dō̜kkēt Chotmāi nī khō̜ fāk thœng ʻāi: hōm lư̄angsan Vientiane: Dokket, 2004 (Collection of short stories)
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Thao Hung Thao Cheuang Epic: Adaptation into Modern Prose Vientiane: The National Library of Laos, 2000 (text in Lao, parts in English)
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong, Inkiane Dejvongsa Mư̄a mǣ khao khuk: lưangching khō̜ng phūying khonnưng = When Mother Was In Prison Vientiane: Dokked, 2004 (Lao/English)
Works in English language
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong, Othong Khaminxu Traditions and rites in Thao Hung epic Vientiane: Vannasin, 1991
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong A comparative study on the political ideology expressed in the Thao Hung Thao Cheaung epic, with reference to local chronicle of Lao-Thai groups Tokyo: Institute of Asian Cultures – Sophia University, 1995
- Duang Deuane Bounyavong, Kham Pin Phiatheb Report on the survey and situation regarding the trafficking of children in Lao PDR Vientiane: PDR, 1995 (abridged version of a UNICEF report)
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong et al. Legends in the Weaving Vientiane: Dokked, 2001
- Douangdeuane Bounyavong Lao textiles: prayers floating on fabric Fukuoka-shi: Fukuoka Art Museum, 2005 (English/Japanese)
References
- Web site: Fukukoa Prize . Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Arts and Culture Prize 2005). 2005 . 2013-10-11.
- Web site: Igunma . Jana . 11 January 2021 . Inspiring women writers of Laos: (1) Dara Viravong Kanlagna and Douangdeuane Bounyavong . 10 April 2024 . British Library.
- Arne Kislenko: Culture and Customs of Laos (Culture and Customs of Asia). Westport, CT (USA) 2009,, p. 76, there she is named Lao’s best-known female literary figure
- Edeltraud Tagwerker: Siho and Naga – Lao Textiles. Reflecting a People’s Tradition and Change. Frankfurt am Main 2009,, p. 27
- Web site: Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V.. Friedensfrauen weltweit – Douangdeuane Bounyavong. 2013-10-11. German. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014034800/http://buchdeutsch.1000peacewomen.org/druck_friedensfrauen.php?ID=1235. 2013-10-14. dead.
- Web site: Anke Timman . iley.de . Bildung in Laos: Die Maus kommt groß raus – endlich mehr Lesestoff für die Kleinen. 2007-01-15 . 2013-10-11. German.
- Web site: "Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao Peoples Dem. Republic)". wikipeacewomen.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518194011/https://wikipeacewomen.org/wpworg/en/?page_id=3072 . 2021-05-18 .
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