Writer Pankaj Mishra's A Great Clamour: Encounters with China and Its Neighbours explores a country of considerable interest. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das,...
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The Chinese just love to read - both books originally written in Chinese and works translated from foreign languages: China Daily J. K. Rowling tops the list with 8.5 million yuan ($1.4 million), Haruki Murakami follows with...
It's been a blockbuster year for the leading names of Chinese literature. But if one trend hasmade 2013 a milestone in the world of books, says veteran literary critic Meng Fanhua, it is ashift in Chinese literary writing away from the traditional focus on rural life. “The collapse of rural civilization together with the construction of a new one centered on theurban culture is the basic feature of the society today,” Meng says. “The variety of newreleases proves the creative power of Chinese writers.” (more…)
Perfect World Co., Ltd. ("Perfect World" or the "Company"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today...
At ChinaFile, the author of the upcoming book, Internet Literature in China, Michel Hockx, emphasizes the need for “archiving ‘born-digital’ books” as huge numbers...
Polish poet Adam Zagajewski is this year's foreign recipient of the fourth Zhongkun International Poetry Prize awarded by Peking University Institute of Poetry Studies. The 68-year-old poet is a teacher at the University of Chicago. Maciej Gaca, culture counselorof the Polish embassy in Beijing, accepted the award on Zagajewski's behalf. Zagajewski is known as the poet who helped soothe thousandsof wounded American hearts after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.Two weeks after the tragedy, The New Yorker magazinepublished his work, Try to Praise the Mutilated World on its backpage, instead of the normal cartoons. The poem struck a chordwith readers and was widely circulated. Read More
There are various reasons why people read modern Chinese literature. The works are crowned and affirmed by big literary awards,...
Chinese writer Han Han’s novel 1988 will be published by Amazon Publishing, according to a statement by the author’s agents,...
Veteran translator Liu Fang won one of the top prizes at the Fu Lei Translation and Publication Awards ceremony held...
Rankings create false impression many writers are being paid big royalties, but they're distorted by celebrities' earnings: Mandy Zuo in...
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