Once a year, the eyes of contemporary Chinese literature are focused on Shunde.
On October 23, the "2021 Southern Literature Festival" jointly sponsored by the Southern Metropolis Daily, the New Era Civilization Practice Center of Shunde District of Foshan City, the Propaganda Department of the Shunde District Party Committee (District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau), and the People's Government of Beijiao Town, Shunde District was held in the Concert Hall of Shunde Beijiao Cultural Center. More than 100 writers, scholars, literary lovers and local readers in Shunde participated in the event.
Group photo of the winners From left to right: Lin Zhao, Huang Deng, Feng Jicai, Hu Xuewen, Jiang Tao
For "implementing the conscience of intellectuals into a kind of action with inspiration and reflective spirit of writing", Feng Jicai, a famous chinese contemporary writer, painter and cultural scholar, was awarded the "Outstanding Writer of the Year" at the 2021 Southern Literature Festival. In addition, writer Hu Xuewen won the "Novel of the Year", poet and painter Lu De'an won the "Poet of the Year", Huang Deng, a doctor of literature, scholar and non-fiction writer, won the "Essayist of the Year", Jiang Tao, professor of the Department of Chinese of Peking University, won the "Literary Critic of the Year", and young up-and-coming writer Lin Di was awarded the "Most Promising Newcomer of the Year".
Over the years, the Southern Metropolis Daily has deeply cultivated the field of literature, continuously discovered and commended outstanding creators and works in the contemporary literary world, and taken professionalism as the banner to make literature more pure. The "Southern Literature Festival" is a tribute to contemporary literary creators and a review of contemporary literary works, trying to transcend the popularity of the moment and leave a reliable boundary monument for the history of literary letters.
Since 2013, Southern Metropolis Daily has joined hands with Shunde to jointly build a "City of Literature". The 2021 Southern Literature Festival from Shunde to China, from literature to culture, in the form of style, dialogue, speech, poetry night, etc., brings a warm and rich "southern season" to contemporary literature, making Lingnan more prominent in the Chinese literary map.
It is reported that the jury of the 2021 Southern Literature Festival is composed of literary critics Professor Xie Youshun, Professor Shen Xiayan, writer Wei Wei, poet Huang Libao, poet Ling Yue, literary critic Li Denan, editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Daily Reading Weekly, book critic Liu Zheng, and Secretary General of the 2021 Southern Literature Festival Liu Weiming.
Feng Ji is a name, but also a cultural feeling
"Outstanding Writer of the Year" is one of the most important honors of the Southern Literature Festival, paying tribute to writers who have made outstanding contributions to contemporary Chinese literature and culture. This year, Feng Jicai, a well-known writer, painter and cultural scholar from Tianjin, won the crown with his novel "Artists" published in 2020.
Rong Mingchang (right), secretary of the party committee, president and editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Daily, and Xie Youshun, a famous literary critic and professor at Sun Yat-sen University, presented awards to Feng Jicai
The jury said: "Feng Ji is a name, but also a cultural feeling. He wanted beauty from art, legend from the world, evidence of civilization from the dying cultural heritage and ancient villages, and the future from the past. His devotion and rescue of the cultural status quo have translated the conscience of intellectuals into a kind of action with inspiration and reflective spirit. ”
The novel "Artists" is the brainchild of Feng Jicai for decades. In the novel, artists face the fierce turmoil of the times and make difficult choices between ideals and reality. The author paints the spiritual group portraits of a generation of artists with magnificent and subtle pen and ink, and plays the fate of different characters with a broad and compassionate heart. As the jury pointed out, "But behind the glitz, the most important remnant of memory is still the search for beauty and truth, the attachment to the good and the good." This solemn book written to oneself is also full of sincere praise for spiritual colleagues. ”
"Outstanding Writer of the Year" Feng Jicai
At the scene of the grand ceremony, Feng Jicai, who is in his eighties, admitted that an important literary honor has two meanings for writers: one is to be affirmed by experts and scholars. He said he sees the jury's opinion as the best gift of thought, "it is conducive to my introspection and self-speculation." The other is that it can bring more readers to the work, because "the writer's work is alive in the reader's reading."
"Once a person is disturbed by literature, he will be entangled for life, and he will never be separated." He laughed. Although I have not written novels for more than twenty years, the literature in my heart continues to grow. At the same time, in the process of cultural rescue, Feng Jicai's understanding of the people, life, times, history, and civilization on the earth has been greatly deepened. "It is not only the deepening of the meaning, but also the deepening of the thought." Therefore, when he picked up the pen again, everything had a "different feeling".
He sincerely said that this honor gave the returning literary self more confidence in the face of the "vast world of readers". In Feng Jicai's eyes, "The writer's duty is to work for readers. Through words, we can recognize life and times with readers, find warmth and light, and indomitable strength. ”
Hu Xuewen, Lu De'an, Huang Deng, Jiang Tao and Lin Zhuo won the award
"Yousheng" is a huge work created by Hu Xuewen for eight years, a magnificent literary story from the late Qing Dynasty to the present for more than a hundred years, condensed in the narration of the grandmother's day and night. With this work, Hu Xuewen won the honor of "Novelist of the Year".
Liu Weiming (left), secretary general of the Southern Literature Festival, and Tang Leijing, member of the Standing Committee of the Shunde District Committee of Foshan And director of the Propaganda Department of the District Committee (right), presented The award to Hu Xuewen
The jury said: "Hu Xuewen's writing has always been as simple as a crop, but also as thick as the earth, and his deep affection for his hometown has made him focus on his eyes and earnest in his words. His novel "Life", published in 2020, is heavy, detailed and ambitious. The twists and turns of a hundred years of family history, the umbrella-like structure with original significance, the extraordinary brilliance of the image of the grandmother, and the commitment and resistance of Qiao Damei jointly tell the tears and hopes of individuals in historical suffering. ”
"Novelist of the Year" Hu Xuewen
At the ceremony, Hu Xuewen revealed that he dreamed of writing a novel of a century-old family history that "can be used as a pillow", and began to conceive and prepare many years ago. "Characters, structures, narratives, language, and meanings must not only pursue the overall style, but also consider the variations of the local narrative and the richness of details."
The protagonist of "Yousheng" is a midwife. Hu Xuewen said that writing about grandmothers is of course not only to create a rare character image in literature, but more importantly, to find the life code of the nation in the grandmother. "Pregnant in October, writing takes longer to conceive, and the midwife is the writer himself."
Wang Weiguo (left), member of the Party Committee and deputy editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Daily, and poet Ling Yue (right) presented the award to Lu De'an, and Ms. Fang Yuchen, a friend of Mr. Lu De'an and Yazhong Culture, received the award on his behalf
Lu De'an, the representative of the "third generation of poets", won the honor of "Poet of the Year" for his poetry collection "Evening Rain: Selected Poems of Lu De'an's Forty Years". The jury said, "Lu De'an's examination of the world, his understanding of life, together with his way of writing, provide a new dimension for the writing of new Chinese poems."
"Poet of the Year" Lu De'an video link speech
Ludean, who lives in Seattle, was unable to attend the event, and in a video link, he expressed his gratitude and awe for the poetry. "People who don't know much about poetry also know that poetry symbolizes a beautiful intellectual life and is a great pursuit and inheritance." Further, "in a symbolic sense, the poem also gives us enough content and reason to call it forever the most dignified and charming grand event in life." ”
Huang Yuheng, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Shunde District Party Committee and director of the District Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports (left), and Zhang Xinjie, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijiao Town (right), presented the yellow lantern
Based on his own educational practice, the yellow light for the first time let the spotlight focus on the silent majority of the "two students". She was named Essayist of the Year for her nonfiction work My Second Student. The jury pointed out that "this spiritual support from the people is full of enthusiasm for educational reform and an urgent call to idealism." ”
"Essayist of the Year" yellow light
Huang Lantern sighed at the scene of the grand ceremony that these two students he came into contact with "are the true background of China" and "sensing their destiny and future, which is the greatest national condition and an important force that determines the future direction of society". But she also believes that the written narrative is only the first step, "the action is far more direct than the text, and their dilemmas and struggles need to be seen not only, but also shared after seeing." ”
Wang Chongxi, deputy secretary of the party committee and mayor of Beijiao Town (left), and writer Ai Yun (right) presented awards to Jiang Tao
Jiang Tao, a professor at peking university's department of Chinese, won the "Literary Critic of the Year" for his exemplary writing in "Awakening from the Hypnotic World: The Limits and Possibilities of Contemporary Poetry" and "Ideas and Poems in the "Deep Drawing" of History". According to the jury, the two books "identify the meaning of the individual from a holistic perspective, and confirm the poet's creation from the historical context." The texts that Jiang Tao read carefully lead not only to poetry, but also to the social and cultural structure in which poetry grows. ”
"Literary Critic of the Year" Jiang Tao
Jiang Tao said at the ceremony that as a poetry critic, it is not only an honor, but also a blessing. He reflected on the function of criticism and believed that "criticism is a better way of 'serving' writing, not only in 'producing' safe and comfortable knowledge, but also in actively producing knowledge about crises and possibilities, and in creating a rich, tense and warm ideological atmosphere for writing through sincere work." ”
He Hongjia (left), deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shunde District CPC Committee and chairman of the District Federation of Literature and Literature, and Shen Xiayan, a literary critic (right), presented Lin Zhao with awards
Young up-and-coming writer Lin Zhao made an extraordinary move, and was awarded the "Most Promising Newcomer of the Year" for his debut work "Flowing Stream". According to the jury, "she had no intention of joining any chorus of writing" and successfully created "a personal secret of imagination and reality" with "an adventurous, carnival discourse posture".
"Most Promising Newcomer of the Year" Lin Zhao
And Lin Zhao said at the ceremony site, "Writing is an infinite long road, I only have a blood-filled apprentice heart, it fears experience, and at the same time sees everything feels new, it feels deeply happy because literature is ancient and infinite, because only literature can achieve the ultimate simplicity and ultimate richness at the same time: just by a line of incantations, fictional time and space, new meanings are born." ”
The "Nandu Non-Fiction Writing Growth Platform" essay ranking was announced
This year, for the first time, the Southern Literature Festival joined hands with the "Nandu Non-Fiction Writing Growth Platform" to hold essay solicitation activities for all high school students in Shunde District. With the theme of "unforgettable", participants are asked to record and share their life feelings, thoughts and thoughts in the past one or two years in the form of non-fiction writing. The essay contest invites famous writers and editors to review.
Qiu Ping, director of the Guangfo News Department of Nanfang Metropolis Daily, presented certificates to the award-winning students of the "Nandu Non-Fiction Writing Growth Platform"
At the scene of the 2021 Southern Literature Festival, the ranking of the "Nandu Non-Fiction Writing Growth Platform" essay collection activity was announced. Xiong Ying from Shunde No.1 Middle and Southwest School won the first place in the essay contest, Huang Yongyan of Beijiao Middle School, Xiao Yanan of Shunde No.1 Middle School, Xiao Qingzheng of Guohua Memorial Middle School jointly won the second place in the essay contest, Bao Jiaxin of Shunde Wende School, Liu Xiaoqing and Qin Wenshan of Beijiao Middle School, Yang Xiaoyue of Guangdong Shunde Desheng School and Guo Wen of Beijiao Vocational and Technical School all won the third place.
Lu Manman, a reporter and researcher of the Guangfo News Department of Southern Metropolis Daily, released the "Beijiao National Reading Index Report"
The ceremony site also released the "Reading "Number" Beijiao - Beijiao Reading Index Report (2021)", which truly presents the book selection preferences, reading habits and reading trends of Beijiao people through big data.
Winners and guests
It is reported that after the end of the festival, a number of 2021 Southern Literature Festival Writers readers will be held in Shunde, so that public readers can feel the charm of writers closely and pour literary brilliance into Shunde in late autumn. On the morning of October 24, "Outstanding Writer of the Year" Feng Jicai will bring a keynote speech "Painting is a Dream of Literature" at the Concert Hall of Beijiao Cultural Center, "Novelist of the Year" Hu Xuewen will hold a sharing session "Between the Passages" at Guohua Memorial Middle School; on the afternoon of October 24, "Literary Critic of the Year" Jiang Tao will discuss "What to Do and What Can Poetry Criticism" with readers at Shunde Jun'an Middle School, and Lin Zhao, "The Most Promising Newcomer of the Year" will chat about "Plants, Places, Memory Records" at Shunde Qingyun Middle School." Essayist of the Year "Yellow Lantern" delivered a keynote speech entitled "Nearby Worlds and The Records of Those Present" at Beijiao Middle School.
(Photo by Zheng Junbin)