Mao Dun Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2023) Winner
Liu Liangcheng
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Liu Liangcheng
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-01-01 （Shawan County, Xinjiang, China）
- Nationality
- China
- Languages
- Chinese
- Residence History
- Shawan, Xinjiang (birthplace) → Ürümqi (residence/work) → Lanzhou (residence/visits)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, poet
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Influenced By
- Li Rui, Li Tuo, Fang Fang, Nan Fan, Jiang Zidan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Fengmu Literature Award (New Writer Award) | — | 文学新人賞 | Fengmu Literature Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Mao Dun Literature Prize (11th) | Bemba | — | China Writers Association (Judging Committee) | 受賞 |
Fengmu Literature Award (New Writer Award)
2001
Category:
文学新人賞
Organization:
Fengmu Literature Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Mao Dun Literature Prize (11th)
2023
Work:
Bemba
Organization:
China Writers Association (Judging Committee)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A One-person Village
1998 essaysAn essay collection portraying life in rural communities and coexistence with nature; its publication brought significant critical attention and established the author's reputation.
rural lifenaturesolitude
Xutu (Fallow Land)
2006 novelA novel exploring relationships between land and people, memory and loss.
landmemoryloss
Bemba
2022 novelA recent major novel weaving regional and personal histories; highly regarded as a literary achievement of the new era.
regional historypersonal historytransformation
Dust on the Horizon
2005 essaysAn essay collection reflecting on life and nature through observations of landscapes and everyday moments.
landscapedaily lifenatural observation
Chiseling Out
2010 novelAnother novel depicting characters confronting voids and ruptures in their lives.
rupturerenewal
Living Under a Leaf
2017 essaysA recent essay collection characterized by drawing large meanings from small events and memories.
memorydaily lifefamily
Bibliography
- Sun of the Yellow Sand Ridge (poetry)
- A One-person Village (essays)
- The Courtyard Gate in the Wind (essays)
- Travels in Kuqa (essays)
- Dust on the Horizon (essays)
- Xutu (novel)
- The Turtle on the Donkey Cart (essays)
- Distant Villages (essays)
- The Wind Blows People Askew (childhood reminiscences)
- Chiseling Out (novel)
- Sun of the Yellow Sand Ridge (poetry, republished)
- When Poetry Forgets Us (essays)
- Talk Earthly Matters to the Sky (essays)
- Bemba (novel)
- Loneliness Among the Crowd (novel)
- Hometowns on the Earth (essays)
- Zhi Zhi's Big Courtyard (essays, illustrated by granddaughter)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- earthy, observational essaysconcise and restrained narrationinterweaving of locality and personal memory
- Recurring Motifs
- land and livelihooddepictions of naturesolitude and memory
Legacy
An important contemporary Chinese writer grounded in local sensibilities and observations of nature. Widely known for essays and recognized for major novels; winning the Mao Dun Prize positioned him among representative writers of the new generation.
Trivia
- Worked early in life as a farmer, herdsman, and rural machinery manager.
- Became widely known after the 1998 essay collection 'A One-person Village'.
- Won the 11th Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2023 for the novel 'Bemba'.