2021 "Top 10 Literary Books" unveiled By the organizers
Beijing, March 21 (China News Network) (Reporter Gao Kai) The "2021 Annual Literary Good Book Tribute Ceremony" sponsored by China Publishing media business daily was held in Beijing on the evening of the 20th, and on the day of the event, a total of 13 works of "Special Tribute" and "10 Great Literary Good Books" were unveiled, and award-winning writers Liu Zhenyun, Xu Jian, Chen Fumin and others attended the award.
At the scene of the event, Chen Yonggang, deputy general manager of China Publishing Group and member of the party group, unveiled the "2021 Annual Literary Good Book Special Tribute", a total of 3 kinds of selection, namely "Warm Summer" (Writers Publishing House), "The Sun Turns" (People's Literature Publishing House), "Tianxiao 1921" (Ten Thousand Volumes Publishing Company).
Pan Kaixiong, a member of the Plenary Committee of the China Writers Association and former vice president of China Publishing Group, the final judge of the good book selection, unveiled the "Top Ten Literary Good Books of 2021" - "Wencheng" (Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House), "A Knife, a Thousand Words" (People's Literature Publishing House), "One Day and Three Autumns" (Huacheng Publishing House), "Echo" (People's Literature Publishing House), "Forty Degrees North Latitude" (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House), "Who is Knocking on the Door" (Guangxi Normal University Press), "Everest Conch" (People's Literature Publishing House), " Yousheng (Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House), Kiss of espers (CITIC Publishing Group), All the Winds Only Blow to Them (CITIC Publishing Group).
Writer Liu Zhenyun at the scene courtesy of the organizers
Writers Liu Zhenyun, Xu Jian, Chen Fumin, Huang Nubo, Zhou Xiaofeng, Liu Ting, as well as representatives of the selected book publishers, people's Literature Publishing House, CITIC Publishing Group, Changjiang New Century Culture Media Company, Writers Publishing House and other institutions attended the event.
"According to professional organizations, thousands of new novels are published every year. Although this shows that the current literary development is quite prosperous, it also brings up a very real problem: how to choose valuable good books from many new books? As the representative of the organizer, Song Qiang, executive director (president), party secretary and editor-in-chief of China Publishing media business newspaper, introduced the overview of the event.
It is understood that Since the end of January 2022, China Publishing Media Business Daily has launched the "2021 Annual Literary Good Book" recommendation activity, and the scope of book selection is the original literary new books published in Chinese mainland in 2021 (subject to the publication date). In the 2791st and 2792th issues and 2795th issues, the Commercial Daily published a full-page reference book list and a literary non-fiction reference book list in a full-page article, and collected books through platforms such as WeChat public accounts. Nearly 200 kinds of books that entered the preliminary selection scope and met the selection criteria were repeatedly selected by the editorial department and professional opinions were solicited to form a list of 50 kinds of reference books.
Entering the professional selection stage, Shangbao issued ballots to 7 re-election judges in different fields and received 7 valid votes. Based on the opinions of the judges and the results of the online voting, 30 books were finally shortlisted.
"In fact, we have to be more strict with the work of old writers." On March 2, at the final judging meeting, judge Pan Kaixiong said: "It is normal for writers' creations to fluctuate, and these old writers who have been selected for their works can maintain a very high level. In the recommendation, Pan Kaixiong wrote: "You can never predict what Wang Anyi's next novel will write, but you can firmly believe that Wang Anyi's creation will always not fall below a high benchmark, and she will definitely bring you a new picture and trigger some new thinking." ”
Chen Xiaoming, a professor at the Department of Chinese of Peking University, who is also a judge, believes that different types of works have different judgment dimensions: "History books must first pay attention to historical facts, literary books must first talk about language, documentary works must first look at the grasp of facts, and different types of books have different standards." At the same time, he also believes that there is a commonality, from the texture point of view, a good novel should have a deep concern for the fate of mankind, a unique portrayal of human nature, and can reveal the complexity and subtlety of human nature. Chen Xiaoming said that Yu Hua's new work "Wencheng" continues his cold and accurate brushwork, although it is written about the changes in rural life under the changes of history, the inner portrayal is still human nature, in a sense, "continuing his writing style in "Alive". ”
"Personally, it's hard to choose, but there are two works that impressed me, one is "Echo" and the other is "Life"." On the day of the final evaluation, in the live broadcast room of the Good Book Exploration of the Business Daily, Zhang Qinghua, the final judge of the good book selection, a professor of the College of Letters of Beijing Normal University and the executive director of the International Writing Center, said so. He believes that "Echo" is a gratifying harvest in the field of novels last year, and the degree of completion is very high; "Yousheng" is a masterpiece, which is Hu Xuewen's "work of defending his honor as a writer", reflecting his artistic pursuit.
Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of "Literature and Art Daily", as a judge, voted for 10 books such as "Wencheng", "One Day and Three Autumns", "A Knife, A Thousand Words", "The Kiss of the Esper", "Everest Conch", "Who is Knocking on the Door" and so on. At the same time, Liang Hongying recommended the young writer Liu Ting's "All the Winds Only Blow to Them", because "young writers need more attention." (End)