Five winners announced for Highest Literary Award in China
1 min readChina Writer’s Association announced five winners of the highest literary award in China called the Mao Dun literary awards.
Mao Dun was the pen name of Shen Dehong, a 20th-century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and the Minister of Culture for his country from 1949 to 1965. He initiated this award in 1982. A four yearly affair, the prizes will be given out in Beijing this October.
The award winning novels and writers are The World by Liang Xiaosheng, The Story of Leading the Wind by Xu Huaizhong, Beishang by Xu Zechen, The Protagonist by Chen Yan and Brother Ying Wu by Li Er.
