China News Network Taiyuan, April 4 (Wang Huilin, Xie Yan) On the 11th, the "Shanxi Literature Festival - Zhao Shuli Literature Award Night" was held in Jincheng, Shanxi, awarding awards to 10 winners of the 23-2019 "Zhao Shuli Literature Award".
Zhao Shuli Literature Award, named after Mr. Zhao Shuli, a well-known people's writer in contemporary China and representative writer of the "Yam Egg School", was founded in 1985 and is the highest honorary literary award in Shanxi Province. On December 2022, 12, the Zhao Shuli Literature Award was announced in Taiyuan, and a total of 13 works (parts) and 19 literary newcomers and editors were honored.
The "Shanxi Literature Festival Zhao Shuli Literature Award Night" presents the 2019-2021 "Zhao Shuli Literature Award", including 11 awards for novels, novellas, short stories, poetry, essays, reportage, literary criticism, children's literature, online literature, literary newcomers, and outstanding editors.
"Shanxi Literature Festival Zhao Shuli Literature Award Night" uses songs, dances, recitations and other literary and artistic forms to express respect for literature, praise for writers and respect for readers, leading the audience to review the achievements of Shanxi literature in recent years, and praise the great writers who go to the people and walk with the people.
"Shanxi Literature Festival Zhao Shuli Literature Award Night" awarded the 2019-2021 "Zhao Shuli Literature Award". Photo by Dong Yalian
Zhang Lin, Sun Feng, Mei Yu, Dong Xiaoke, Gao Haiping and Dong Qun delivered their acceptance speeches on behalf of the winners of each award. Everyone talked freely about life experience, literary experience, creative thinking, etc. in connection with the actual creation, shared stories on the road of literary creation, and showed the ambition and hard work of writers in the new era to rise up and bravely climb the peak of art, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Sun Feng, representative of the award-winning writers of the Long Novel Award, said that it is necessary to adhere to Mr. Zhao Shuli's writing concept of coming from the people to the people, and write about the past suffering and the warmth of the present. Mei Yu, a representative of the short story award-winning writer, said that she has gained a lot from novel creation, and she hopes to continue to write and speak up for the times. Gao Haiping, a prose award-winning writer who has been engaged in writing for more than 30 years, said that over the years, he has always adhered to the writing concept of "stepping on the earth and looking up at the starry sky", and will continue to create in the correct theoretical direction in the future.
"Shanxi Literary Festival Zhao Shuli Literature Award Night" is co-sponsored by the Joint Department of China Writers Association, Shanxi Writers Association, Shanxi Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Shanxi Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Propaganda Department of Jincheng City Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Wu Yiqin, member of the leading party group, vice chairman and secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association, Zhang Jifu, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, Li Xiaodong, director of the Social Union Department of the China Writers Association, Song Wei, deputy director of the Shanxi Propaganda Department in charge of daily work, Xing Limin, secretary of the party group of the Shanxi Provincial Writers Association, Li Junhu, chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Writers Association, Wang Zhen, secretary of the Jincheng City Party Committee, Wu Jianpeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Jincheng City Party Committee, vice mayor and director of the Propaganda Department, and famous writers Liu Xinglong, Ge Pingping and Liu Cixin attended the ceremony, and presented awards to the winning writers as award presenters. (End)