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Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao: ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ໌; Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong; born 11 June 1947, 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 and Pakian Viravong are prominent Laotian writers.

She married Outhine Bounyavong, a contemporary Laotian fiction writer.

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’). She is engaged in literacy, e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project, 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 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 : 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 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

1. ^ "Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Arts and Culture Prize 2005)". Fukukoa Prize. 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
2. ^ Igunma, Jana (11 January 2021). "Inspiring women writers of Laos: (1) Dara Viravong Kanlagna and Douangdeuane Bounyavong". British Library. Retrieved 10 April 2024.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
3. Arne Kislenko: Culture and Customs of Laos (Culture and Customs of Asia). Westport, CT (USA) 2009, ISBN 978-0313339776, 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, ISBN 978-3631586891, p. 27
5. "Friedensfrauen weltweit – Douangdeuane Bounyavong" (in German). Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
6. Anke Timman (2007-01-15). "Bildung in Laos: Die Maus kommt groß raus – endlich mehr Lesestoff für die Kleinen" (in German). iley.de. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
7. ""Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao Peoples Dem. Republic)". wikipeacewomen.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18.

External links

• "Introduction of Laureates: Brief Biography" (PDF). Fukukoa Prize. 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
• "Modern Lao literature since 1975". culturalprofiles.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2013-10-11.

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• Laotian women writers
• Laotian poets
• Laotian novelists
• Laotian women poets
• Laotian women novelists
• 20th-century poets
• 20th-century novelists
• 21st-century poets
• 21st-century novelists
• 20th-century women writers
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