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

Works in English language

References

  1. Web site: Fukukoa Prize . Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Arts and Culture Prize 2005). 2005 . 2013-10-11.
  2. Web site: Igunma . Jana . 11 January 2021 . Inspiring women writers of Laos: (1) Dara Viravong Kanlagna and Douangdeuane Bounyavong . 10 April 2024 . British Library.
  3. 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
  4. Edeltraud Tagwerker: Siho and Naga – Lao Textiles. Reflecting a People’s Tradition and Change. Frankfurt am Main 2009,, p. 27
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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