Contemporary Chinese Literature 2021
List of the latest works
Before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, the "2021 List of the Latest Works of Contemporary Chinese Literature" was announced in Beijing. Lin Sen's novella "Only Water Young", Deng Yiguang's short story "Take You to See the Light Show", Zhou Xiaofeng's essay "The Kiss of the Esper", Tieliu's reportage "Patron" and other 24 works were selected into the four lists of novellas, short stories, essays and reportage.
Founded in 1997, the List of the Latest Works of Contemporary Chinese Literature, sponsored by Beijing Literature, is the earliest and longest list of literary works in China, and it is also one of the most comprehensive literary rankings in China, which has been held for 25 years. Under the guidance of the principles of objectivity, impartiality and pluralism, after a number of literary anthologies and the recommendation of many experts and scholars across the country, on the basis of the review and discussion of experts and editors in the past two months, a number of original annual literary masterpieces with literary, ideological and contemporary characteristics have been selected. The number of entries in this year's ranking has been slightly adjusted, from 5 works per year in each category in previous editions to 6 works.
The 6 novellas selected have their own characteristics, or explore metaphysical propositions, or present original ecological experiences, or cut into the subconscious field, or reveal real problems, and have profound enlightenment at the emotional, philosophical and aesthetic levels. Lin Sen's "Only Water Young" tells the life and death of generations of fishermen, presenting the unchanging spiritual inheritance under the vicissitudes of the times, the structure is calm and measured, and the narrative scheduling is more than enough. "Heavenly Objects" is a collection of Sun Pin's series of works in recent years, exploring the realm of collection, the dignity of surnames, and the destination of life, and is a good work with both depth and detail. Ji Wenjun's "Building a Garden" illustrates a vast dream-driven world with condensed language and complex clues, reminding people to find consensus again in the new epidemic era. Yao Emei's "Sloth in Love" focuses on the darkness of the human heart, the life of a failed mother is clear from the atmosphere full of suspense, and the inexplicable tragedy makes the reader rethink the parent-child relationship. Grigy Leqimug Black Crane's Bear Dog is an animal novel. The bear-driving dog is brave and loyal, with a purity and fearlessness that is different from humans; the author's narrative of nature, spirituality, and masculinity conveys a valuable original ecological experience. Li Fengqun's "Partners" contrasts the growth of two teenagers in different eras, reflects on the problems existing in the education system, and the sad and repressed subject emotions support the novel from catharsis, shouting to criticism.
The six short stories on the list show China's cities and villages, history and reality, and the fate of people in the changing times from different aspects. "Take You to see the Light Show" is Deng Yiguang's best work on the list after last year's short story. Titled Light Show, it is actually an emotional show for middle-aged couples, the surface is calm and quiet, but the deep but undercurrent is turbulent, undulating, is the face of all beings of an era. Chi Zijian's "The Sound of Drinking Soup" tells the life experience of three generations of the Harabo family in the Heilongjiang River with a phantom woman in a tavern, and writes the trauma of war, the cycle of life and the back of fate in a unique tone. The ironclad "The Messenger" is a valuable harvest of the short story of the year, full of soothing, pure and rich, gentle and vigorous, and explores the metaphysical meaning of "messenger" with the "messenger" story in the superficial sense. Pan Xiangli's "Lotus Ginger" writes that "death" is related to the disillusionment of love, and the delicate strokes of the pen point directly to the spiritual dilemma of modern cities where marriage has nowhere to escape and emotions are unable to communicate. Chen Chuncheng is the only post-90s writer selected, and his "Snow Mountain Master" initially highlights the creative strength of emerging writers. The story of a celebrity idol de-haloed, wrote out the amazing legendary experience of all sentient beings, and the oldness of the text showed a rare classic quality. Su Yigua's "Mingji Xiaoguo Marriage and Divorce Attachment" is a story triggered by an April Fool's Day report, a fictional event that brings about life changes and another life trend. How language affects existence, how fiction changes reality, this novel gives the answer in a unique way.
This year's selected essays bring together some of The best writers in China today, and their works continue to expand the richness and possibilities of prose. Zhou Xiaofeng's "Kiss of the Espers" uses a highly recognizable tone to write down the traces carved by the little beasts in her life and soul. The change of dynasties and the subversion of order in Li Jingze's "Heaven and Spring and Autumn" allow us to see the rich and broad part of Chinese culture from another side. Chen Fumin's "Distant Thinking of Right Beiping" is a deep dialogue between contemporary scholars and history, which can be regarded as the author's tribute to his hometown. "Ten Years of Liangzhuang" is a more literary piece of Liang Hong's work, which examines the changes of Chinese villages from a new perspective and brings the people of Liangzhuang back to our vision again. Han Man's "Garden of the Future" provides a vivid aspect of the magnificent modern and contemporary history of China with the life trajectory of modern poet Xu Yunuo. Chen Nianxi's "Living is Shouting into the Sky" records the true fate of China's low-level laborers, rough and heavy, and there is a deep tenderness and delicacy.
2021 is the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, reviewing the century-old history and writing glorious footprints has become a prominent theme in reportage. Tie Liu's "Patron" writes on a large scale that the masses of the people enthusiastically support the front, depicts a large number of ordinary and great images of the people, and confirms the relationship between the people and the party as patrons of each other. Huang Chuanhui's "Looking Up at the Starry Sky" focuses on the mainland's aerospace industry, showing the life trajectory and major contributions of Academician Sun Jiadong, the recipient of the "Order of the Republic", and a group of astronauts. Chen Qiwen's "China Rice Bowl" focuses on China's food security, using a large number of facts and details to reveal China's historic transformation from "not enough to eat" to "enough to eat" and "eat well". Hu Songtao's "Yan'an Fanlu" was serialized in 12 issues of Meiwen magazine, focusing on party history, unique and interesting in rigor. Yang Liping's "Chinese Takeaway Brother under the Tip of the Tongue" presents the living conditions of the urban takeaway brother group with documentary-style brushstrokes. Ren Linju's "The Purity of pure land - the "ecological revolution" and humanistic legend originating in Gannan" comprehensively presents the "environmental revolution" of Gannan with timeless words, and excavates the environmental awareness hidden in the hearts of the people of Gannan. The 6 reportage works on the list are related to the times, have the world in mind, are thick and calm, and are wonderful, showing the reportage focusing on the big vision of the times and the ability to capture the big history.
Beijing Literature
January 19, 2022
The latest works list was selected for the list
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Excellent novella
Lin Sen,"Only Water Young"
People's Literature, No. 10, 2021
Sun Pin's "Heavenly Creatures"
October, No. 2, 2021
Yao Emei, "Sloth in Love"
Shanghai Literature, No. 7, 2021
Ji Wenjun "Building a Garden"
Beijing Literature, No. 9, 2021
Gezhilqimug Black Crane "Bear Dog"
Prairie, No. 6, 2021
Li Fengqun "Partner"
Beijing Literature, No. 11, 2021
Excellent short story
Deng Yiguang "Take You to see the Light Show"
Beijing Literature, No. 5, 2021
Chi Zijian,"The Sound of Drinking Soup"
The Writer, No. 7, 2021
Iron Condensation "The Messenger"
Beijing Literature, No. 6, 2021
Pan Xiangli "Lotus Ginger"
People's Literature, No. 5, 2021
Chen Chuncheng "Snow Mountain Master"
Harvest, No. 5, 2021
Xu Yigua "Mingji Xiaoguo Marriage and Divorce Attachment"
Gangnam, No. 1, 2021
Excellent prose essay
Zhou Xiaofeng's Kiss of the Esper
Beijing Literature, No. 4, 2021
Li Jingze, "Heaven and Spring and Autumn"
Chen Fumin, "Distant Thoughts of Right Beiping"
Liang Hong's "Ten Years of Liang Zhuang"
October, No. 1, 2021
Khan Man "The Garden of the Future"
Yellow River Literature, No. 4, 2021
Chen Nianxi, "To live is to shout at the sky"
Taiwan Straits Publishing House, "To be alive is to shout into the sky", June 2021
Excellent reportage
Iron Stream "Backer"
Contemporary, No. 3, 2021
Huang Chuanhui "Looking Up at the Stars"
Chen Qiwen,"Chinese Rice Bowl"
Chinese Writers, No. 9, 2021
Hu Songtao, "Yan'an Fanlu"
Meiwen, No. 1-12, 2021
Yang Liping,"Chinese Takeaway Brother under the Tip of the Tongue"
Beijing Literature, No. 4, 2020
Ren Linju, "The Purity of Pure Land: The "Ecological Revolution" and humanistic Legend Originating in Gannan"
Chinese Writers, No. 11, 2021
This year's ranking of works candidates recommended experts
(In no particular order)
Meng Fanhua is the chairman of the Beijing Literary and Art Critics Association, the vice president of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, and the Distinguished Professor of Shenyang Normal University.
Niu Yuqiu, female, born in Beijing in October 1946. Literary critic. She studied at Women's 12 Middle School, Normal University Girls' High School, and Chinese Min University. He has worked as a middle school teacher, an official in an institution, and a journal editor. In 1982, he began to work in the Creative Research Department of the China Writers Association as a novel research critic until his retirement.
Xu Kun, female, was born in March 1965 in Shenyang. Writer, Doctor of Literature. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Magazine "Novel Selection" of the China Writers Association and a member of the Plenary Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. Experts who enjoy special allowances from the State Council and "four batches" of talents in the national propaganda and cultural system. His main work is fiction, literary criticism and stage plays. He has published more than 5 million words of various genre works. Representative works include "Rhapsody in August", "Pioneer", "Kitchen", "Football on Dog Day", "The Last Tango in Midnight Square", "Twenty-two Nights in Spring", "Love You for Two and a Half Weeks" and so on. The drama "Temperamental Men and Women" was performed by the Beijing People's Art Theatre in 2006.
He has won more than 30 awards for outstanding works in literary journals such as Lu Xun Literature Award, Lao She Literature Award, Central Propaganda Department "Five One Project" Excellent Novel Award, Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award, and Literary Journals such as People's Literature and Novel Monthly. The novel "Roots of Wild Grass" was named "Top Ten Chinese Books of 2007" by Hong Kong's Asia Weekly. Some of his works have been translated into English, German, French, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish.
Yang Qingxiang is a contemporary poet and critic. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Letters, Chinese Min University. He has published several poetry collections and critical works.
Chen Tao, a member of the China Writers Association and a doctor of literature, works for the China Writers Publishing Group. He has published essays and commentaries in newspapers and periodicals such as People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and People's Literature, and has written a number of provincial and ministerial research projects. He is the author of non-fiction works "Years in the Mountains" and "Between the Mountains". His works were selected as the key publications of the Propaganda Department's theme publishing, and won the Bingxin Prose Award and the Chinese Young Writer Award. He is the chief editor of the "Chinese Youth Literature Collection" and "Lantern".
Xu Fuwei, male, deputy editor. He has edited books such as "Sun Li's Collected Works (Supplementary Edition)", "Ten Kinds of Cultivating Hall Records", "Books and Clothing Records (Handwriting)", "Spring and Autumn by the Sea" and other books, of which "Ten Kinds of Cultivated Church Records" won the Third China Publishing Government Award, "Spring and Autumn by the Sea" won the 15th Spiritual Civilization Construction "Five One Project" Excellent Works Award, "2019 China Good Book". He is currently the deputy editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly.
He Ziying, a member of the China Writers Association, is currently the vice chairman of the Hubei Writers Association, the director of the Periodicals Committee, the editor-in-chief of the Yangtze River Literary and Art Magazine, the executive director of the Hubei Periodicals Association, and the senior editor. Graduated from the Department of Chinese of Wuhan University, he has been engaged in literary editing for more than 30 years. He has won the 2nd Hubei Provincial Journal Outstanding Editor Award and the 6th Hubei Literature Award Outstanding Editor Award. In 2019, he was awarded the honorary certificate of the 30th anniversary of publishing work by the China Periodicals Association. In April 2020, he won the 4th "Hubei Publishing Government Award".
Liang Bin, Editor-in-Chief, Xinhua Digest Literary and Art Works.
Hu Ping is a critic, writer and researcher, a member of the Plenary Committee of the China Writers Association and the deputy director of the Novel Committee of the China Writers Association. Born in Beijing, graduated with a master's degree. He was the executive vice president of Lu Xun College of Literature and the director of the Creative Research Department of the China Writers Association. He has published more than 2 million words of literary theory monograph "Research on the Appeal of Narrative Literature", the review collection "The Evergreen Tree of Theory" and literary criticism. He has published novels such as "The End times", "Crime Escalation", "Original Code", and written long-form TV scripts such as "Crime Escalation", "Daytime", "Threat", "Inside Story", "Songhua River", "Hongwu Case", "Angry Photographer", "Love Me Don't Think Too Much", etc. "On the Songhua River" won the National "Five Ones" Project Award. He has served as a judge for important domestic awards such as the Mao Dun Literature Award and the Lu Xun Literature Award for many times.
Han Xiaohui is the former lead editor of Guangming Daily. He is a member of the Plenary Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. Vice President of The Chinese Prose Literature Association. Adjunct Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Nankai University. Special allowance expert of the State Council.
He has published 31 personal works such as "Han Xiaohui's Prose Masterpieces" and "Concord Compound". He is the chief editor of the publication of 70 collections of essays, including Selected Chinese Essays over the years.
Won the National May Day Labor Medal, The National March 8 Outstanding Individual, Taofen Journalism Award, etc. His works have won the first Chinese Women's Literature Award, the first Chinese Literature Selection Award, the first Guo Moruo Essay and Excellent Editor Award, the first Bingxin Prose Award, as well as the 4th and 5th Lao She Prose Award, Beijing Literature Award, Shanghai Literature Award and many others.
In 2003, he was invited to the Library of Congress, became the first writer and editor in New China to speak at the library, and won the "Promoting Sino-US Cultural Exchange Award" and the San Francisco City Government Award of the U.S. Senators.
Wang Jianbing, Vice Chairman of Henan Writers Association, President of Henan Provincial Prose Literature Society, Vice Chairman of China Travelogue Famous Artists Alliance, Vice Chairman of Chinese and Foreign Prose and Poetry Association, enjoys special allowances from the State Council.
In 1979, he began to publish his works in more than 100 newspapers and periodicals such as "Poetry Journal", "People's Literature", "Contemporary", "Harvest", "October", "Chinese Writers", "Huacheng" and so on. He has published 39 books, including "Out-of-Print Zhou Zhuang". The essay "Out-of-Print Zhouzhuang" was selected into the Shanghai High School Chinese Textbook and was carved in Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu Province, and was awarded the honorary townman by Zhouzhuang; "Ji'an Reading Water" was carved in Ji'an Bailuzhou, Jiangxi; "Tianhe" was carved in Tianhe Square, Yunxi, Hubei Province, which was awarded honorary citizen by Yunxi; "Dongtou Wanghailou" was carved in The Dongtou Scenic Area of Zhejiang; "Shaanzhou Underground Pit Courtyard" was carved in the scenic spot of Shaanzhou, Henan, and it was awarded the honorary citizen by Shaanzhou; "Chaoge Old Street" was carved in the streets of Qixian County, Henan.
Ge Yimin is the editor-in-chief of Selected Essays and a member of the Prose Creation Committee of the China Writers Association. He is the chief editor of "The Most Prose", "Selected Short Essays of the Year", "Selected Historical and Cultural Essays of the Sixty Years of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", "Selected Essays of the New Century: A Magazine and the Expression of an Era", "Selected Winning Works of the Annual Chinese Best Prose Award", etc.
Ding Xiaoyuan, Editor-in-Chief of Soochow Academic, Doctoral Supervisor. He has published more than 200 essays and reportage research articles and more than 10 books in newspapers and periodicals such as China Social Sciences, Literary Criticism, Literary and Art Studies, People's Daily, guangming daily, etc.
Li Chaoquan is currently the deputy director and researcher of the Innovation and Research Department of the China Writers Association, a member of the Reportage Committee of the China Writers Association, and the vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society. He is the author of "The Best Times", "Good People of China", "National Study", "Dreams Illuminate Life", "Turn of the Century: Ba Jin and Bingxin" and other long documentaries. He has won the National Five One Project Award, the Chinese Culture Award, the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award, etc. Selected as a national cultural master and four groups of talents.
Wang Hui, second-level professor and doctoral supervisor of Nanjing Normal University, executive dean of the China Institute of Non-Fiction of Nanjing Normal University, expert enjoying special government allowances of the State Council, "Excellent Talents of the New Century" of the Ministry of Education, member of the Reportage Committee of the China Writers Association, deputy director of the Documentary Literature Committee of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, vice chairman of the Film and Television Teaching Committee of the Film and Television Society of China Universities, vice president of the Jiangsu Reportage Society, and deputy director of the Reportage Committee of the Jiangsu Writers Association.
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