tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524574.post1624171224240672352..comments2024-03-26T03:24:09.287-07:00Comments on On The Other Side Of The Eye: Lao literature: Phaphutthahuup Saksit, the first modern Lao novelBryan Thao Worrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14250802784254875765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29524574.post-43306479889924074832023-06-16T07:38:21.407-07:002023-06-16T07:38:21.407-07:00Bonjour / Sabaidee,
I stumbled across your blog w...Bonjour / Sabaidee,<br /><br />I stumbled across your blog whilst looking for more information on Pierre Somchine Nginn. I am a Québécois professor of Francophone Studies and Sociolinguistics and I have been researching Laos for a while now in terms of looking for writings in French here, either before of after independence from France. As you denoted. Mr. Somchine Nginn is indeed the very first person to publish literature in Lao (and he has several publications, all of which he translated into French as well). In addition to that, he published in original French also (not translated from Lao). I stumbled across one such book and I am going to publish on it, and discuss writers from Lao who wrote in French (and who also may still be writing in French, either within Laos or in the Diaspora). As Laos is a full member of "la Francophonie" (a sort of French-language United Nations), it is time that the country be given greater recognition to its contributions to French, past and present. Anyways, I appreciate that you gave this important writer a shout out!!!! Best of luck. Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03849211306294693852noreply@blogger.com