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Organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the 13th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature prize presentation ceremony was held today (November 26), at which four Biennial Awards and six Recommended Prizes were awarded. The winning works were both outstanding and unique, showcasing the blossoming local literary community.
A total of 165 books were nominated for the Awards, with entries ranging from works by veteran local writers to budding authors.
Officiating at the prize presentation ceremony, the Chairman of the Public Libraries Advisory Committee, Professor Leung Yuen-sang said that the Biennial Awards, which have been held every two years since 1991, aim to recognise the excellence of Hong Kong literary writers and encourage the publication of quality local literature.
The 13th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature were given to outstanding Chinese literary books written by local writers that were published in Hong Kong for the first time in 2013 and 2014. The awards consist of a Poetry Category, an Essay Category, a Fiction Category, a Literary Criticism Category, and a Children and Youth Literature Category. The list of winners is as follows:
Poetry Category
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Biennial Award "How Broad Are Plank Roads
Of Sunshine"
Lau Wai-shing
Infolink Publishing Limited
Recommended Prize "Noumenon And Night Cold
As Water"
Kwan Tin-lam
Musical Stone Culture Limited
Essay Category
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Biennial Award "A Private Domain"
Chu Siu-cheung
Infolink Publishing Limited
"Piling Up the Wind"
Kwok Tsz-ki
Arcadia Press Limited
Recommended Prize "A Long Long Farewell"
Chow Yiu-fai
Enlighten & Fish Limited
Fiction Category
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Biennial Award "Breakthrough from Hell"
Wong Leung-wo
Infolink Publishing Limited
Recommended Prize "Memory Jigsaw"
Lai Chui-wah
Infolink Publishing Limited
Literary Criticism Category
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Recommended Prize "The Body and the Construction
of Symbols: Re-reading the
Modern Chinese Women's
Literature"
Lim Chin-chown
Chung Hwa Book Co (HK) Ltd
Children and Youth Literature Category
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Recommended Prize "What My Teachers Taught Me"
Chow Suk-ping
Breakthrough Limited
"Poetry Detective Calvino:
Dark Bridge"
Tsui Cheuk-yin
Wheatear Publishing Co Ltd
The award-winning books of the 13th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature and the previous Biennial Awards have already been included in the HKPL's collection. Roving exhibitions introducing this year's winning entries and award-winning books from previous years will be held from next month to May next year at various public libraries for readers to appreciate the works of the awarded authors. Admission is free and all are welcome.
For details of the exhibitions and the awards please visit the HKPL's website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/extension-activities/event-category/23482/hong-kong-biennial-awards-for-chinese-literature.
Ends/Thursday, November 26, 2015
Issued at HKT 20:10
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