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Mao Dun Literature Prize まおどんぶんがくしょう

Edition 7 (2008)

Full-length novelChinese literatureLiterary award

Winners

4 people
Jia Pingwa Winner

Set in Qingfeng Street, the novel portrays a changing village and the people who live there. Its dense, place-rooted prose reflects the shifts and strains of rural society.

It captures the pain and energy of a village under transformation.

519 pages
rural lifehome regionsocial changelocal culture
Chi Zijian Winner

The novel follows the history and daily life of the Evenki people living on the right bank of the Ergune River through a narrator’s memory. It tells the changing life of a community that lives in close relation with nature.

It traces the memory of people who live on the river’s far bank.

298 pages
ethnic minoritynaturememorynorthern China
Zhou Daxin Winner

Set inside the fictional national security unit 701, the novel is divided into three parts and depicts the human drama of the intelligence world. Mystery, talent, solitude, and devotion intersect throughout.

It turns the hidden world of intelligence work into human fate.

273 pages
espionagesecret servicetalentfate
Mai Jia Winner

Set in villages around the Danjiangkou Reservoir, the novel traces the changing era through the life of Nuannuan. Landscape and human relationships overlap, revealing both the realities and hopes of rural life.

Between lake and mountain, village life and hope are constantly in motion.

294 pages
rural lifewomenlandscapechange