Vietnamese translator receives Czech prize

      Vietnamese translator Duong Tat Tu received the Premia Bohemica prize for the promotion of Czech literature at the 15th International Book Fair in Prague, the Czech Republic.
The translator plans to publish a collection of works by writer Bozena Nemcova (1820 – 62) and philosopher Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937).
The first Vietnamese citizen to graduate from Charles University in Prague in the early 1960s, Tu said he loved Czech culture and literature and had tried to introduce Vietnamese readers to the beauty of the Czech spirit through his translations.
Tu, 73, did not come to Prague for health reasons. His daughter accepted the prize on his behalf.