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Over 120 literary works were nominated for the 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature, with the entries ranging from works by veteran local writers to those of budding authors. The winning works this year include poetry reflecting the writer's thoughts on city life, an essay expressing genuine feelings of daily life, a fiction work that uses the Cantonese dialect to describe the inner world of the underprivileged, literature on science and suspense fiction for children and youth, and beautiful poems for children.
The 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature was organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The nominated literary works were assessed by adjudication panels. After thorough selection and discussion, five Biennial Awards and five Recommended Prizes were awarded.
Officiating at the prize presentation ceremony today (November 28), the Chairman of the Public Libraries Advisory Committee, Professor John Leong, said that the Biennial Awards, which have been held since 1991, are regarded by the local literary community as an important event in Hong Kong literature. The Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Raymond Young, also attended the ceremony to present prizes to the award winners.
The awards aim to encourage Hong Kong writers to pursue excellence and produce more creative works, as well as urge local publishers to publish quality literary books.
The 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature were given to outstanding Chinese literary works written by local writers that were published in Hong Kong for the first time in 2011 and 2012. The awards cover five categories, namely the Poetry Category, the Essay Category, the Fiction Category, the Literary Criticism Category and the Children and Youth Literature Category. The list of winners is as follows:
Poetry Category
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Biennial Award "Everydayness" Twilit
by Chung Kwok-keung Publication
Recommended Prize "We Walk Still" Culture Plus
by Lui Wing-kai
Essay Category
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Biennial "The Scent of the Infolink
Award Shrimp Eggs" Publishing
by Wu Yin-ching Limited
Recommended "Cartography of Time" kubrick
Prize by Cao Shu-ying
Fiction Category
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Biennial "Tales of a Valiant Man" Cosmos Books
Award by Wong Bik-wan Limited
Recommended "Whispers: Collected Stories Twilit
Prize of Ban Leung" Publication
by Leung Ban-leung
Literary Criticism Category
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Recommended "Eighty Talks on Hong Kong Infolink
Prize Popular Lyrics" Publishing
by Chu Yiu-wai, Wong Chi-wah Limited
Children and Youth Literature Category
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Biennial "Ah Wing, the Secret Breakthrough
Award Agent 29: Saving for Limited
the Catch"
by Leung For-hing
"The Night with Wings" Sun Ya
by Chor Wai Publications
(H.K.) Limited
Recommended "Our Pool Happy Life" Breakthrough
Prize by Chu Pu-sun Limited
The award-winning books in the 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature and the previous Biennial Awards have already been included in the HKPL's collection. A roving exhibition on the award-winning works from previous years will be held from next month to May next year in 12 public libraries, and a roving exhibition introducing the winning entries of the 12th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature will be held from tomorrow (November 29) to May next year at the south gate foyer on the ground floor of the Hong Kong Central Library and at 11 public libraries for readers to learn more about the awarded authors and their works.
For more information, please visit the HKPL's website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/biennialaward .
Ends/Thursday, November 28, 2013
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