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Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong, born 11 June 1947,[1] also known by her maiden name Douangdeuane Viravong), pen name Dok Ked (Dō̜kkēt), is a Laotian writer. She is the widow of Outhine Bounyavong and 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’).[2][3] She is engaged in literacy,[4] e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project,[5] and participates on running a publishing house and a shop providing children’s books in Lao language.

In 2005, she was awarded with the Fukukoa Art and Culture Prize.[1]

Bibliography

Works in Lao language

  • Dō̜kkēt 'Athan hǣng phongphai Viangchan: Bō̜risat Phainām Kānphim læ Khō̜mphiutœ, 1995 (novel)
  • Dō̜kkēt Dō̜k sutthāi lư̄ ngām [Vientiane]: 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 [the Hero of the Two Sides of the Mekong River Banks] 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. ^ a b "Douangdeuane BOUNYAVONG (Arts and Culture Prize 2005)". Fukukoa Prize. 2005. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Edeltraud Tagwerker: Siho and Naga – Lao Textiles. Reflecting a People’s Tradition and Change. Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3631586891, p. 27
  4. ^ "Friedensfrauen weltweit – Douangdeuane Bounyavong" (in German). Frauennetzwerk für Frieden e.V. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  5. ^ 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.