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List of writers - laureates of the International Prize
Hans Christian Andersen
WENXUAN CAO
Wenxuan Cao was born in 1954 in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, on the coast of the Yellow Sea. His family was very poor, and his childhood and youth occurred during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Discovered already at a young age literary abilities allowed Cao to receive the necessary recommendations and enter Peking University, where the future writer graduated with a degree in Chinese language and literature. In 1977, Wenxuan Cao began teaching at his native alma mater. He is now a professor at Peking University and also president of the Beijing Writers Association.
It was the university press that published Cao's first story for children in the late 1970s. Since then, he has not stopped writing - according to the author’s own calculations, during this time more than 100 of his works have been published: novels, scientific texts, collections of short stories and essays. In 1982, Cao received his first literary prize for his contribution to the development of children's and youth literature in the People's Republic of China. Since then, in his homeland, the author has been awarded various literary prizes about 30 times, and in 2016, Cao Wenxuan became the first Chinese writer to win the prestigious International Prize named after G.H. Andersen.
In his work, the author develops the traditions of realism, which reflect Cao’s own childhood memories. The action of his works takes place against the backdrop of mass famine, repression during the Cultural Revolution, locust invasion, problems of the disabled, and other difficult life situations. The main characters of Wenxuan Cao are children with a difficult fate. They often live in poverty, some have physical disabilities, and struggle with loneliness, misunderstanding, indifference and rejection from peers. In his works, the author preaches humanism, opposes indifference, calls the reader to compassion, love, loyalty, duty - the eternal values that underlie any civilized society.
Most famous works Cao Wenxuan's novels are “The Hut” (or “The Straw House”), “Bronze and Sunflower”, “Paradise Goats Eat Grass”, and a collection of short stories “Huts Buried Under the Snow”. The author's works have been translated into English, Korean, German, Russian, French, Swedish, and Japanese.
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Cao Wenxuan. Children's literature without sugar [Electronic resource] / original article in NYTimes / translation by E. Oleinikova. - Access mode: http://vpereplete.org/2016/05/caowenxuan/. - 07/24/2017
Chernova, Ekaterina. Chinese Andersen [Electronic resource] / Chernova, Ekaterina. Chinese Andersen. - Access mode: https://godliteratury.ru/projects/kitayskiy-andersen. - 07/24/2017
Winner of the H.H. Andersen Prize 2016 Cao Wenxuan - successor of the classical literary tradition China
We learn about Chinese writers only when one of them becomes a laureate of prestigious international awards. This happened with Nobel laureate Mo Yan, and now - unknown to the Russian reader children's writer from China Cao Wenxuan, who received the H.H. Andersen Prize on April 4. He is well known in China; in the list of the most successful (financially) children's writers of the PRC in 2013, he took 8th place, and in general list writers secured 27th place.
His path to success was not easy.
The writer was born in January 1954 in the town of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, on the coast of the Yellow Sea. His family was very poor, and the years of his childhood and youth fell on the Cultural Revolution. However, literary abilities discovered at a young age allowed him to receive the necessary recommendations and in 1974 enter Peking University to study at the library department. The following year, Cao Wenxuan transferred to major in Chinese Language and Literature. In 1977, after graduating from his alma mater, he began teaching. He is now a professor at Peking University and also president of the Beijing Writers Association.
In April 1988, Cao received the First Prize for his story “Goodbye, Little Star.” national award for his contribution to the development of children's literature in China. Large quantity(about 30), which Cao Wenxuan received in different years in his homeland, speak of his demand as a writer.
In 2004, Cao Wenxuan was nominated for the first time from China, but did not win.
Some of his stories have been translated into foreign languages and are read by children in the UK, France, Japan and South Korea.
The most famous works of Cao Wenxuan are the novels “The Hut” (or “The Grass House”; first published in 1988 and was reprinted more than three hundred times, its total circulation exceeded 10 million copies), “Bronze and the Sunflower”, “Paradise Goats Eat Grass” ", collection of short stories "Huts Buried Under Snow". The monograph “The Phenomenon of Chinese Literature in the 1980s” deserves mention; for this research work in the field of Chinese literature of the twentieth century, Cao Wenxuan received an award from Peking University in 1998.
What makes Cao Wenxuan different as a writer?
He was greatly influenced by the work of Lu Xun (1881–1936), the founder of modern Chinese literature, who was called “Chinese” because of his innovative humanism for his time.
One of distinctive features Cao Wenxuan’s work is a careful “drawing of the background” against which events unfold. Moreover, these can be both descriptions of beautiful rural landscapes and actions - brutal reprisals by the Red Guards during the period of the “Cultural Revolution”.
Cao Wenxuan said in one of his interviews that modern writers lacks descriptiveness.
Nature is beautiful, and under no circumstances should we deprive the little reader’s imagination of the beauties of the world around us.
What impoverishes the gaze (in in this case- perception), it impoverishes the soul.
Moreover: Cao Wenxuan believes that
they focus too much on the content, on some kind of super idea - which at the same time does not consist of something beautiful and good, but, on the contrary, something ugly and evil.
Such trends came to Chinese literature from Western culture, while the Chinese value system is somewhat different. The tradition of Chinese literature is characterized by such features as sophistication and “mood”. This “imitation of the West” greatly upsets Cao Wenxuan, so in his books he deliberately rejects “new trends.” Of course, it is difficult for him to compete with other writers, but he still not only remains afloat, but the number of his readers increases every year.
At the same time, his work is far from benevolent.
The main characters of his works are children with a difficult fate.
They often live in poverty, some have physical disabilities, and struggle with loneliness, misunderstanding, indifference and rejection from peers. At the same time, his works contain love, loyalty, duty, that is, those eternal values without which human life is so colorless.
The works of Cao Wenxuan are characterized by a melancholic style and a poetic mood. But, to simplify, we can say that
he preaches humanism, calls the reader to compassion, and cures indifference.
Perhaps it is in this delicate balance between beautiful scenery and heroes who are forced to confront cruelty, lies the secret of the incredible appeal of Cao Wenxuan's work. Evaluated today by the International Council for Children's and Youth Literature of UNESCO.
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January 9, 1954(1954-01-09) (age 62)
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
novelist
Chinese
H. C. Andersen Prize
Cao Wenxuan(Chinese: 曹文轩, pinyin: Cáo Wénxuān; born January 9, 1954, Yancheng, Jiangsu) - Chinese children's writer, professor at Peking University. Winner of the H. C. Andersen Prize (2016).
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 2.1 "The Shack"
- 2.2 "Bronze and Sunflower"
- 3 Awards
- 4 Notes
Biography
Born on January 9, 1954 into a poor peasant family in a village on the outskirts of Yancheng in Jiangsu Province. The future writer's childhood was marked by the Great Chinese Famine and the Cultural Revolution, memories of which later influenced his worldview and creativity.
At the age of seventeen he published his first works for children. Due to the fact that his literary successes were appreciated at the local level, at the age of twenty he received a recommendation to enter Peking University, where, after graduation, he remained to work at the Faculty of Chinese Language and Literature.
In 2016, he was the first Chinese writer to receive the H. C. Andersen International Literary Prize for Children's Writers.
Creation
Wrote over 100 literary works, three of which were used as the basis for film scripts. Cao Wenxuan's works have been translated into various languages, including English, Korean, German, French, Swedish and Japanese.
Cao Wenxuan develops the traditions of realism in his work. The action of his works takes place against the backdrop of mass famine, repression during the Cultural Revolution, a locust invasion and other difficult life situations. Children - the heroes of his works - go through tragic trials and endure suffering. According to the author, his own childhood memories are reflected in his work.
"Hut"
First published in 1997, the novel “The Shack” has been reprinted more than three hundred times, its total circulation exceeding 10 million copies.
The book tells the story of a six-year-old boy, Sansan, a student primary school who turns out to be a witness or participant in various unusual and heart-touching events.
In 2000, director Xu Geng made a film of the same name based on the book.
"Bronze and Sunflower"
The novel "Bronze and the Sunflower" was first published in 2004 and has since been reprinted more than two hundred times.
In the book, the action takes place in a village during the era of the Cultural Revolution, when a girl named Sunflower, who came from the city, dies, her sculptor father, who was exiled here for hard labor, and an extremely poor peasant family the boy Bronze decides to shelter an orphan.
Awards
- H. C. Andersen Prize (2016).
Notes
- http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14516729w
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 韩秉宸. 曹文轩：儿童文学需要一些悲情 (Chinese). 环球人物. 人民日报 (April 16, 2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Li Yan, Deng Jie. Winner of the award named after. Andersen Cao Wenxuan will write a book about the children of migrant workers. People's Daily (April 13, 2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- 1 2 You Chengcheng Cao Wenxuan: Author – China (English) // Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature: journal. - Annick Press Ltd, 2016. - March (fasc. 54 (no. 2). - P. 19 - ISSN 0006-7377 - DOI:10.1353.
- 1 2 3 Amy Qin, trans. Ekaterina Oleynikova. Cao Wenxuan. Children's literature without sugar. Hardcover (4 May 2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- 1 2 Chang Ying. Cao Wenxuan became the first Chinese writer to win a global award for children's books. China Central Television (April 6, 2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- 中国作家曹文轩首获“安徒生奖”用诗意笔调描述生命瞬间 (Chinese). 北京大学新闻中心主办 (April 6, 2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- Caofangzi (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- Elizaveta Prudovskaya. Cao Wenxuan. Children's reading room of the Library of Foreign Literature (2016). Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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26.05.2016
We learn about Chinese writers only when one of them becomes a laureate of prestigious international awards. This happened with Nobel laureate Mo Yan, and now - unknown to the Russian reader, children's writer from China Cao Wenxuan, who on April 4 received the H. H. Andersen Prize. He is well known in China; in the list of the most successful (in a financial sense) children's writers of the PRC in 2013, he took 8th place, and in the general list of writers he secured 27th place.His path to success was not easy.
The writer was born in January 1954 in the town of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, on the coast of the Yellow Sea. His family was very poor, and the years of his childhood and youth fell on the Cultural Revolution. However, literary abilities discovered at a young age allowed him to receive the necessary recommendations and in 1974 enter Peking University to study at the library department. The following year, Cao Wenxuan transferred to major in Chinese Language and Literature. In 1977, after graduating from his alma mater, he began teaching. He is now a professor at Peking University and also president of the Beijing Writers Association.
In 1979, Cao published two short stories, for which in 1982 he received his first prize for his contribution to the development of children's and youth literature in the PRC.
In April 1988, Cao received the First National Prize for his contribution to the development of children's literature in the People's Republic of China with his story "Farewell, Little Star". Large quantity literary prizes(about 30), which Cao Wenxuan received in different years in his homeland, speak of his demand as a writer.
In 2004, Cao Wenxuan was nominated for the H.H. Andersen Prize from China for the first time, but did not win.
Some of his stories have been translated into foreign languages, they are read by children in Great Britain, France, Japan and South Korea.
________________________________________
The most famous works of Cao Wenxuan are the novels “The Hut” (or “The Grass House”; first published in 1988 and was reprinted more than three hundred times, its total circulation exceeded 10 million copies), “Bronze and the Sunflower”, “Paradise Goats Eat Grass” ", collection of short stories "Huts Buried Under Snow". The monograph “The Phenomenon of Chinese Literature in the 1980s” deserves mention; for this research work in the field of Chinese literature of the twentieth century, Cao Wenxuan received an award from Peking University in 1998.
What makes Cao Wenxuan different as a writer?
________________________________________
He was greatly influenced by the work of Lu Xun (1881–1936), the founder of modern Chinese literature, who was called the “Chinese Gorky” because of his innovative humanism for his time.
________________________________________
One of Cao Wenxuan's distinctive features is his careful “drawing of the background” against which events unfold. Moreover, these can be either descriptions of beautiful rural landscapes or actions - brutal reprisals by the Red Guards during the period of the “Cultural Revolution”.
Cao Wenxuan said in one of his interviews that modern writers lack descriptiveness.
________________________________________
Nature is beautiful and should never be deprived of imagination little reader the beauty of the surrounding world.
________________________________________
What impoverishes the gaze (in this case, perception) impoverishes the soul.
Moreover: Cao Wenxuan believes that modern children's works are too focused on content, on some kind of super idea - which at the same time does not consist of something beautiful and good, but, on the contrary, something ugly and evil.
________________________________________
Such trends came to Chinese literature from Western culture, while the Chinese value system is somewhat different. The tradition of Chinese literature is characterized by such features as sophistication and “mood”. This “imitation of the West” greatly upsets Cao Wenxuan, so in his books he deliberately rejects “new trends.” Of course, it is difficult for him to compete with other writers, but he still not only remains afloat, but the number of his readers increases every year.
At the same time, his work is far from benevolent.
________________________________________
The main characters of his works are children with a difficult fate.
________________________________________
They often live in poverty, some have physical disabilities, and struggle with loneliness, misunderstanding, indifference and rejection from peers. At the same time, his works contain love, loyalty, duty, that is, those eternal values without which human life is so colorless.
The works of Cao Wenxuan are characterized by a melancholic style and a poetic mood. But, to simplify, we can say that he preaches humanism, calls the reader to compassion, and cures indifference.
________________________________________
Perhaps it is this delicate balance between beautiful landscapes and heroes who are forced to confront cruelty that lies the secret of the incredible appeal of Cao Wenxuan's work. Evaluated today by the International Council for Children's and Youth Literature of UNESCO.
