Qilu Evening News Qilu one-point reporter Qu Peng
Irish writer Colm Tobin recently won the British David Cohen Literary Prize for £40,000. Upon learning of the award, he said: "When I was in London in 1993 at the David Cohen Prize ceremony, I could not have imagined that one day my own writing would receive such an honor. Past winners have been artists I respect, and I'm proud to be among them. ”
Colm Tobin
Established in 1993, the David Cohen Prize for Literature is one of the most important literary awards in the UK, recognising British or Irish writers who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of fiction, poetry, prose, theatre and other literary fields. This literary prize was won by the late British Jewish art philanthropist David Cohen through his family's John. Sponsored by the S. Cohen Foundation, it is managed by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Among the winners of the years are V.S. Naipaul, Harold Pinter, William Trevor, Doris Lessing, Shemmers Heaney, Julian Barnes, Hillary Mantel and other famous writers.
Hermiona Lee, chair of the jury and a professor of literature at oxford university, said Colm Tobin was the unanimous choice of this year's judges. "I think he was a Renaissance man who could write anything, he wrote everything brilliantly: he was a novelist, a short story writer, a playwright, an essayist, a travel writer, a critic, a teacher, a journalist, a gay rights activist," she said. He imagines the lives and psychology of others with deep empathy and writing skills in his novels and short stories. He is a writer with deep insight, and he can also write with great humor and astonishing scale. He was a truly international man, a keen historian of our time, a writer who wrote very beautifully about loss, sorrow, silence and tranquility. He writes with the linguistic density of poets and the lyrical rhythms of musicians. I read none of his books. Each one is a revelation to me. He was one of the most important writers of his time. ”
Colm Tobin's works focus on Irish society, the lives of emigrants, and the exploration and persistence of personal identity. His masterpieces "Master" and "Brooklyn" have won him many fans in China, including Writers such as Wang Anyi and Su Tong.
It is reported that the Shanghai Translation Publishing House is working with Archipelago Books to publish a series of works by Colm Tobin, in addition to the already published works such as "Famous Doors", "The Master", "Brooklyn", "Confessions of Mary" and the upcoming "Blackwater Lighthouse Ship" and "Empty Home", the latest novel about the life of German writer Thomas Mann will be launched next year, "The Magician".
Cover of the English edition of The Magician