Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize
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The Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize (宝珀理想国文学奖) is a literary prize to “discover and encourage outstanding young writers under the age of 45.” It was established by Swiss watchmakers Blancpain and The Imaginist literary journal in 2018.[1]
About the Prize
[edit]The prize is awarded annually, and is judged by an international panel, including Alai, Yiyun Li, Yan Lianke, Jia Zhangke, Su Tong, David Der-Wei Wang, Xi Chuan. Each year has a different theme. The winner receives a cash award of 300,000 RMB and the finalists receive 20,000 RMB.[1]
2018 (1st year)
[edit]Judges: Yan Lianke, Jin Yucheng, Tang Nuo, Xu Zidong and Gao Xiaosong[2][3]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Wang Zhanhei – for Air Canon / 王占黑: 《空响炮》
- Shuang Xuetao – for The Aviator / 双雪涛: 《飞行家》
- A Yi – for Wake Me Up at Eight A.M. / 阿乙: 《早上九点叫醒我》
- Zhang Yueran – for I Came Following the Flames / 张悦然: 《我循着火光而来》
- Shen Dacheng – for The Person Who Keeps Coming to Mind / 沈大成: 《屡次想起的人》
- Datouma – for Guide to Writing Non-Bestsellers / 大头马: 《不畅销小说写作指南》
- Shuang Chimu – for Rooster Prince / 双翅目: 《公鸡王子》
- Wen Zhen – for Seven / 文珍: 《柒》
- Ren Xiaowen – for The Useless Person, Song (Haoren Song mei yong) / 任晓雯: 《好人宋没用》
- Li Jingrui – for Northern Boulevard (Beifang dadao) / 李静睿: 《北方大道》
- Zheng Zhi – for Raw Swallowing / 郑执: 《生吞》
- Zhou Jianing – for Basic Beauty / 周嘉宁: 《基本美》
- Zhao Song – The Books of Building / 赵松: 《积木书》
2019 (2nd year)
[edit]Judges: Dai Jinhua, Huang Ziping, Jia Zhangke, Lu Nei and Zhang Dachun[4]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Huang Yuning – for Eight and A Half / 黄昱宁: 《八部半》
- Ban Yu – for Winter Swimming / 班宇: 《冬泳》
- Guo Shuang – for Stepping Into The Flame At Noon / 郭爽: 《正午时踏进光焰》
- Yang Hao – for Black Fiction / 杨好: 《黑色小说》
- Yuan Zi – for Walking in Daylight / 远子: 《白日漫游》
- Liu Tianzhao – for Creating Something Out of Nothing / 刘天昭: 《无中生有》
- Yulou Qingge – for A Petal of the River / 雨楼清歌: 《一瓣河川》
- Yu Song – for Homeland / 余松: 《故乡》
2020 (3rd year)
[edit]Theme: Joining the Ranks of Contemporaries
Judges: Su Tong, Sun Ganlu, Xi Chuan, Yang Zhao, Zhang Yadong[5][6]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Shuang Xuetao - for The Hunter / 双雪涛: 《猎人》
- Lin Zhao – for Flowing Streams / 林棹: 《流溪》
- Ren Xiaowen – for 21 Chapters of a Floating Life / 任晓雯: 《浮生二十一章》
- Shen Dacheng – for The Asteroid Falls in the Afternoon / 沈大成: 《小行星掉在下午》
- Xu Zechen – for Stories from the Western Suburbs of Beijing / 徐则臣: 《北京西郊故事集》
- Chen Chongzheng – for Meeting Lu Xiaoxue/ 陈崇正: 《遇见陆小雪》
- Chen Si’an – for Living Food / 陈思安: 《活食》
- Chun Shu – for Teething / 春树: 《乳牙》
- Geng Qingmiao – for The Wanderer and His Shadow / 耿庆淼: 《漂泊者及其影子》
- Guo Peiwen – for The Quail / 郭沛文: 《鹌鹑》
- Lu Yuan – for Childhood Monster / 陆源: 《童年兽》
- Sun Pin – for The Shark is In the Centre of the Water / 孙频: 《鲛在水中央》
- Wei Shining – for Hunting in the North / 魏市宁: 《北方狩猎》
- Yin Guang – for Going up the Mountain / 吟光: 《上山》
- Yuluo Huangyuan - for May 14, A Meteor Shower Fell in Groundhog Town / 雨落荒原: 《5月14日，流星雨降落土拨鼠镇》
- Zhang Lingling – for Jealousy / 张玲玲: 《嫉妒》
- Zheng Xiaolu – for The Vanished Daughter / 郑小驴: 《消失的女儿》
2021 (4th year)
[edit]Theme: A Long Journey for You
Judges: Alai, Ge Fei, Jonathan Lee Chung-shan, Liang Hong and Ma Ka Fai[7]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Chen Chuncheng – for Submarine of the Night / 陈春成: 《夜晚的潜水艇》
- Sun Pin – for In the Name of Birds and Beasts/ 孙频: 《以鸟兽之名》
- Zhang Ji – for Southern Goods Store / 张忌: 《南货店》
- Zheng Zhi – for Immortalitis / 郑执: 《仙症》
- Zhou Kai – for The Detective Novelist's Book of the Future / 周恺: 《侦探小说家的未来之书》
- Damatou – for Nine Stories / 大头马: 《九故事》
- Li Hongwei – for A Brief History of Grey Clothes / 李宏伟: 《灰衣简史》
- Li Jingrui – for Shen Yu Tang / 李静睿: 《慎余堂》
- Mo Yin – for The Star Is In the Abyss / 默音: 《星在深渊中》
- Wang Zhanhei – for The Flower Girl / 王占黑: 《小花旦》
- Zhu Fa – for Strange Tales of Annam / 朱琺: 《安南怪谭》
2022 (5th year)
[edit]Judges: Liang Yong'an, Lin Bai, Liu Zheng, Luo Xiang, and David Der-wei Wang[8]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Lin Zhao – for Tide Chart / 林棹: 《潮汐图》
- Guo Shuang – for The Moon / 郭爽: 《月球》
- Huo Xiangjie – for The Complete Collection of Copper Seats / 霍香结: 《铜座全集》
- Wei Sixiao – for Wang Neng Hao / 魏思孝: 《王能好》
- Zhou Yuyang – for It's Raining in Macondo / 周于旸《马孔多在下雨》
- Huang Liqun – for The Room by the Sea / 黄丽群: 《海边的房间》
- Li Hongwei – for The Guide / 李宏伟: 《引路人》
- San San – for Russian Doll / 三三: 《俄罗斯套娃》
- Su Fang – for The Medical Ward in the Storm / 苏方: 《暴雨下在病房里》
- Sun Yisheng – for The Night Wanderer / 孙一圣: 《夜游神》
- Tang Fei – for Odyssey / 糖匪: 《奥德赛博》
- Wang Weilian – for Wild Future/ 王威廉: 《野未来》
- Yi Geyan - for Zero Degree of Separation / 伊格言: 《零度分离》
- Yu Yishuang – for The Ship at Sea/ 于一爽: 《船在海上》
- Zhang Tianyi – for Like Snow Like Mountains / 张天翼: 《如雪如山》
2023 (6th year)
[edit]Theme: Stand Up for Complexity
Judges: Yiyun Li, Ma Boyong, Tang Nuo, Pema Tseden and Ye Zhaoyan[9][10]
Recipients:
- WINNER: Yang Zhihan – for A Ball of Ice / 杨知寒: 《一团坚冰》
- Fei Ying – for The Legend of the Dzi Bead / 费滢: 《天珠传奇》
- Ning Buyuan – for Milianfen / 宁不远: 《米莲分》
- Shao Dong – for Air Guitar / 邵栋: 《空气吉他》
- Wang Ruoxu – for Frenzy / 王若虚: 《狂热》
- Bei Kebang – for The White Bird Falls Into the Forest / 贝客邦: 《白鸟坠入密林》
- He Rong – for The Broken Screw / 何荣: 《断头螺丝》
- Liu An – for Why Write Such a Rubbish Novel / 刘按: 《为什么要把小说写得那么烂》
- / 刘酿苦: 《生死浮休》
- Su Gengsheng – for The Secret Life of Women / 苏更生: 《女人的秘密生活》
- Sun Pin – for The Seaside Magician / 孙频: 《海边魔术师》
- Suo nan cai rang – Looking for the Signal / 索南才让: 《找信号》
- Tian rui shuo fu – for We Live in Nanjing / 天瑞说符: 《我们生活在南京》
- Zhou You – for Qilin / 周游: 《麒麟》
2024 (7th year)
[edit]Theme: Where lies the Originality in Chinese Literature?[11]
Judges: Joan Chen 陈冲, Lo Yi-chin 骆以军, Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛, Xu Zidong 许子东 and Zhang Dinghao 张定浩[12][13]
See also
[edit]References
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