#  Prof. Uyen T. Nguyen to publish the first-ever English translation of a critical Vietnamese work! 

 





October 06, 2026

 

 

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 ![Crossroads and Lampposts by Trần Dần](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/2026-10/crossroads_and_lampposts.jpg)

 

Prof. Uyen T. Nguyen has translated *Crossroads and Lampposts*, a novel and an important piece of Vietnamese wartime biographical literature. The book has also won the **2011 Hanoi Literature Association Prize.**

The book will be published by Major Books, a publisher of Vietnamese literature in English translation. See the publisher's page [here](https://major-books.com/products/crossroads-and-lampposts).

[Read Prof. Nguyen's research article in the Journal of Vietnamese Studies about this book! ](https://online.ucpress.edu/jvs/article-abstract/21/1/1/217560/Writing-and-PolicingRethinking-Memories-and?redirectedFrom=fulltext)

 ![Back cover of Crossroads and Lampposts with blurb](/sites/g/files/omnuum3106/files/2026-10/crossroads2.png)

 



 

 

 



 

 

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