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Dream of the Red Chamber Award

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Dream of the Red Chamber Award
CountryHong Kong
Presented byHong Kong Baptist University
Reward(s)HK$300,000
First awarded2006
Websitehttp://redchamber.hkbu.edu.hk/

The Dream of the Red Chamber Award: The World's Distinguished Novel in Chinese (紅樓夢獎:世界華文長篇小說獎) is a biennial novel prize presented by Hong Kong Baptist University recognizing Chinese language fiction published both within China, and also internationally.[1] Although the prize is named after the famous Qing novel Dream of the Red Chamber, works do not need to have any relationship to that novel.

Winners and nominees

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Year Judging panel Result Author Work
1st
2006
Winner Jia Pingwa The Shaanxi Opera (秦腔)[2]
Jury Awards Dung Kai-cheung The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera (天工开物‧栩栩如真)
Jade Y. Chen Sea God's Clan (海神家族)
Liu Xinglong Gate of Heaven (圣天门口)
Highly Recommended Fan Wen Breeding Land (水乳大地)
Ning Ken Gate of Silence (沉默之门)
Yang Zhijun Mastiffs of the Plateau (藏獒)
2nd
2008
Winner Mo Yan Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (生死疲劳)[3]
Jury Awards Chu T’ien-wen The Revelation of the Words of a Witch (巫言)
Dung Kai-cheung Histories of Time (时间繁史‧哑瓷之光)
Wang Anyi The Age of Enlightenment (启蒙时代)
Highly Recommended Zhang Wei Songs from the Forest (刺猬歌)
Cao Naiqian There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night (到黑夜想你没办法)
Tie Ning Stupid Flower (笨花)
3rd
2010
Winner Luo Yijun Tangut Inn (西夏旅館)[4]
Jury Awards Li Yung-ping Sailing Up the Big River (大河尽头)
Diao Dou Chronicle of My Brother Diao Bei (我哥刁北年表)
Bi Feiyu Massage (推拿)
Highly Recommended Hon Lai-chu Grey Blossom (灰花)
Zhang Ling Gold Mountain Blues (金山)
4th
2012
Winner Wang Anyi Scent of Heaven (天香)[1]
Jury Awards Jia Pingwa Old Kiln (古炉)
Yan Lianke The Four Books (四书)
Ge Fei The Last Spring in Jiangnan (春尽江南)
Highly Recommended Li Zishu The Age of Goodbyes (告別的年代)
Geling Yan Criminal (陆犯焉识)
5th
2014
Winner Wong Bik-Wan Children of Darkness (烈佬传)[5]
Jury Awards Yan Lianke The Explosion Chronicles (炸裂志)
Su Tong Shadow of the Hunter (黄雀记)
Highly Recommended Han Shaogong The Book of Day and Night (日夜书)
Liu Zhenyun I Did Not Kill My Husband (我不是潘金莲)
Ye Guangqin The Matchmaker (状元媒)
6th
2016
Winner Yan Lianke The Day the Sun Died (日熄)[6]
Jury Awards Xu Zechen Jerusalem (耶路撒冷)
Kan Yao-ming The Girl and the Woodcutter (邦查女孩)
Highly Recommended Chi Zijian On the Mountain Summit (群山之巅)
Chan Koonchung The Second Year of Jianfeng: An Alternative History of New China (建丰二年:新中国乌有史)
Wu Ming-yi The Stolen Bicycle (单车失窃记)
7th
2018
Winner Liu Qing History through Words (唇典)[7]
Jury Awards William Lien The Green Cicada (青蚨子)
Ge Fei Longing for the Spring Wind (望春风)
Highly Recommended Liu Zhenyun Strange Bedfellows (吃瓜时代的儿女们)
Wang Ting-kuo Yesterday’s Rain (昨日雨水)
Zhang Ling A Single Swallow (劳燕)
8th
2020
Winner Chang Kuei-hsing When the Wild Boars Cross the River (野猪渡河)
Jury Awards Alai Chronicle of Cloud Village (云中记)
Dung Kai-cheung Beloved Wife (爱妻)
Luo Yijun Superman Kuang (匡超人)
Highly Recommended Xi Xi Weaverbird (织巢)
Hu Ching-fang Islands (群岛)
9th
2022
Winner Kan Yao-ming Becoming Bunun (成为真正的人)
Jury Awards Dung Kai-cheung Posthuman Comedy (后人类喜剧)
Chan Koonchung Zero Point Beijing (北京零公里)
Yan Lianke A Chinese Story (中国故事)
Highly Recommended Yan Lianke Heart Sutra (心经)
Chen Yao-chang Dawn of Formosa (岛之曦)
10th
2024
Winner Ge Liang Food is Heaven (燕食记)
Jury Awards Ku Yu-ling Margins of Time (余地)
Lin Bai Beiliu (北流)
Highly Recommended Yan Lianke Chronicles from the Liaozhai Studio (聊斋本纪)
Chung Wenyin Tears of Trees (木泪)
Qiao Ye Baoshui Village (宝水)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wang Anyi's Scent of Heaven wins 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Award". South China Morning Post. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  2. ^ "Chinese writers who have won an int'l award - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  3. ^ 麥田出版 (ryefield). "第二屆 紅樓夢獎 莫言《生死疲勞》摘冠 @ 麥田出版 :: 痞客邦 ::". 麥田出版 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  4. ^ "台湾作家骆以军《西夏旅馆》获第三届"红楼梦奖"". www.cice.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  5. ^ "浸大公佈第五屆「紅樓夢獎」得獎名單 本港作家黃碧雲以《烈佬傳》贏得首獎 - 浸大新聞". bunews.hkbu.edu.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  6. ^ "閻連科憑《日熄》獲紅樓夢獎首獎 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  7. ^ "第七届红楼梦奖揭晓,刘庆《唇典》获首奖". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.