French writer to visit and write about Vietnam

17:18' 09/07/2007 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – After several works about Africa and other Asian places, Eric Nonn has won the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Stendhal Missions sponsorship to write about Vietnam and experience life in the country. The Stendhal Missions is an award conferred annually to authors who have been published and need to spend time abroad for a writing project. Born in 1948, Eric Nonn is a French actor, director, scriptwriter and author. His works include Butterfly II (2006), Quinze Etudes de nu Museum (2005), and N’Gomo (1999). Eric Nonn will visit Vietnam for the first time on July 10 to talk with Vietnamese readers. In the talk, he will bring up an important question that has been on his mind for many years past: What can an author from the old Europe write about Vietnam? (Source: Viet Nam Net)