The Lu Xun Literary Prize (or Lu Xun Literature Prize; ) is a literary prize awarded by China Writers Association. It is one of China's top four literary prizes and is named after Lu Xun and has been awarded every three years since 1995. Its predecessor, the National Outstanding Short Story Award and National Outstanding Novella Award, was established since the beginning of the new-era literature in the early 1980s.
Some of the critics believe that the credibility of "Lu Xun Literary Prize" is getting worse, and the basic attitude of their criticisms is that the "Lu Xun Literary Prize" has nothing to do with the "Lu Xun's Spirit", and "lacks specific standards", "is a black box operation", and "is a money-for-award transaction". The prize should be awarded to the really outstanding writers, and the process of appraisal and election should be transparent.
The 2010 Lu Xun literature prize 5th Award Ceremony was held in Shaoxing on October 19, 2010. Che Yangao, secretary of the discipline inspection committee in Hubei's capital city of Wuhan, won the award for his collection of poems "Yearning for Warmth."China Daily, Che Yangao takes Lu Xun Literature Prize, accessed March 21, 2011
The Prize has seven award categories: National Excellent Novella Award National Excellent Short Story Award National Excellent Reportage Award National Outstanding Poetry Award National Excellent Prose Essay Prize National Outstanding Literary Review Awards National Outstanding Literary Translation Award (formerly the Rainbow Translation Award) In 2010, online works became eligible for consideration of the Lu Xun Literary Prize.
1st Awards (1995-1996) Source:
The following translated titles are approximate. National Excellent Short Story Award, 1995—1996 史铁生: 《老屋小记》 Shi Tiesheng: Memory of the old house 迟子建: 《雾月牛栏》 Chi Zijian: Cowpen in the foggy moon 阿 成: 《赵一曼女士》 Ah Cheng: Ms Zhao Yiman 陈世旭: 《镇长之死》 Chen Shixu: Death of the mayor 毕飞宇: 《哺乳期的女人》 Bi Feiyu: Lactating women 池 莉: 《心比身先老》 Chi Li: The heart ages before the body National Excellent Novella Award, 1995—1996 邓一光: 《父亲是个兵》 Deng Yiguang: Father is a soldier 林 希: 《小的儿》 Lin Xi (writer): Small boy 刘醒龙: 《挑担茶叶上北京》 Liu Xinglong: Heading for Beijing, with a basket of tea leaves 何 申: 《年前年后》 He Shen (writer): Years before, years after 李国文: 《涅槃》 Li Guowen: Nirvana 刘 恒: 《天知地知》 Liu Heng: Heaven knows, Earth knows 东 西: 《没有语言的生活》 Dong Xi (writer): Life without Language 阎连科: 《黄金洞》 Yan Lianke: Gold Cave 李贯通: 《天缺一角》 Li Guantong: Missing a corner of sky 徐小斌: 《双鱼星座》 Xu Xiaobin: Pisces National Excellent Reportage Award, 1995—1996 邢军纪、 曹 岩: 《锦州之恋》 Xing Junji and Cao Yan: Jinzhou Love 杨黎光: 《灵魂何归》（亦名：《没有家园的灵魂》）Yang Liguang: Restless Soul 冷 梦: 《黄河大移民》 Leng Meng: Yellow River Immigrants 一 合: 《黑脸》 Yi He (writer): Black Face 金 辉: 《恸问苍冥》 Jin Hui: 江宛柳: 《没有掌声的征途》 Jiang Wanliu: Journey without Applause 郭晓晔: 《东方大审判》 Guo Xiaoye: Eastern Trial 张建伟: 《温故戊戌年》 Zhang Jianwei: 陈桂棣: 《淮河的警告》 Chen Guidi: Huai River warning 徐 剑：《大国长剑》 Xu Jian (writer): Long Sword of a Great Kingdom 王家达: 《敦煌之恋》 Wang Jiada: Dunhuang Love 何建明: 《共和国告急》 He Jianming: Republic Emergency 李鸣生: 《走出地球村》 Li Mingsheng: Walking out of the global village 程童一 等: 《开埠》 Cheng Tongyi and others: Open Port 董葆存: 《毛泽东和蒙哥马利》 Dong Baocun: Mao Zedong and Montgomery National Excellent Poetry Award, 1995—1996 李 瑛: 《生命是一片叶子》 Li Ying (writer): Life is a Leaf 匡 满: 《今天没有空难》 Kuang Man: Today there is no air crash 韩作荣: 《韩作荣自选集》 Han Zuorong: Han Zuorong's selection of poetry 沈 苇: 《在瞬间逗留》 Shen Wei: Lingering in the moment 张新泉: 《鸟落民间》 Zhang Xinquan: Bird landing among the people 王久辛: 《狂雪》 Wang Jiuxin: Crazy Snow 辛 茹: 《寻觅光荣》 Xin Ru: Seeking Glory 李松涛: 《拒绝末日》 Li Songtao: Resisting Doomsday National Excellent Essay Award, 1995—1996 冰 心: 《我的家在哪里》 Bing Xin: Where is my home? 季羡林: 《赋得永久的悔》 Ji Xianlin: Permanent regret 严 秀: 《牵牛花蔓》 Yan Xiu: 雷 加: 《半月随笔二集》 Lei Jia (writer): Half-moon jottings, 2 collections 郭 风: 《郭风散文选集》 Guo Feng: Selected Essays of Guo Feng 艾 煊: 《烟水江南绿》 Ai Xuan (writer): Smoke and water, Jiangnan green National Outstanding Prose Award, 1995—1996 何 为: 《何为散文选集》 He Wei: Collected Essays of He Wei 王充闾: 《春宽梦窄》 Wang Chonglu: Spring is wide, dream is narrow 周 涛: 《中华散文珍藏本•周涛卷》 Zhou Tao (writer): Chinese prose collection: Zhou Tao vol. 铁 凝: 《女人的白夜》 Tie Ning: Woman's white night 李 辉: 《秋白茫茫》 Li Hui (writer): Autumn white so vast 周同宾: 《皇天后土》 Zhou Tongbin: 赵 玫: 《从这里到永恒》 Zhao Mei: From here to eternity 刘成章: 《羊想云彩》 Liu Chengzhang: Sheep Imagining Clouds 夏坚勇: 《湮没的辉煌》 Xia Xianyong: Brilliance annihilated 斯 妤: 《两种生活》 Si Yu: Two Kinds of Life National Excellent Misc. Writing Award, 1995—1996 林祖基: 《微言集》 Lin Zuji: Micro-writing 何满子: 《何满子杂文自选集》 He Manzi: Selected Works of He Manzi 邵燕祥: 《邵燕祥随笔》 Shao Yanxiang: Essays 韩 羽: 《韩羽杂文自选集》 Han Yu (writer): Miscellaneous Writings 唐达成: 《世象杂拾》 Tang Dacheng: National Excellent Theoretical Review Award, 1995—1996 樊 骏: 《认识老舍》 Fan Jun: Knowing Lao She 敏 泽: 《社会主义市场经济与文学价值论》 Min Ze: On Socialist Market Economy and Literary Value 陈伯海: 《自传统至现代——近四百年中国文学思潮变迁论》 Chen Bohai: From Tradition to Today – on the evolution of trends in Chinese literary thought over the last 400 years 曾镇南: 《论鲁迅与林语堂的幽默观》 Zeng Zhennan: On Lu Xun's and Lin Yutang's views on humour 邵伯周: 《茅盾几部重要作品的评价问题》 Shao Bozhou: Problems in evaluating some of Mao Dun's important works National Excellent Literary Translation Award, 1995—1996 （jury recommendations）陈占元, 金克木, 黄 源, 刘辽逸, 吕叔湘, 施蛰存, 孙绳武, 伍孟昌, 朱维之, 陈冰夷, 齐 香, 方 平, 金 隄,蒋 路, 磊 然, 李 芒, 钱春绮, 孙家晋, 唐 笙, 辛未艾, 袁可嘉, 叶水夫, 郑永慧, 草 婴, 任溶溶 National Excellent Literary Translation Rainbow Award, 1995—1996 杨德豫 译: 《华兹华斯抒情诗选》Yang Deyu (tr) Anthology of Wordsworth's Lyrics 燕汉生 译: 《艾青诗百首》 Yan Hansheng (tr): Ai Qing 100 Poems 绿 原 译: 《浮士德》 Lu Yuan (tr): Faust 范维信 译: 《修道院纪事》 Fan Weixin (tr): Abbey Chronicle 顾蕴璞 译: 《莱蒙托夫全集2•抒情诗II》 Gu Yunpu (tr): Complete works of Lemontov 2: Lyrics II
2nd Awards (2000) Source:
The following translated titles are approximate.
National Excellent Short Story Award, 1997－2000 Liu Qingbang: Shoes () Shi Shuqing: Knife in Fresh Water () Hong Ke: Bragging () Xu Kun: Kitchen () Che Zijian: Washing off Dust in Fresh Water )
National Excellent Novella Award, 1997－2000 Ye Guangqin: Xie Bridge () Guizi: Rain-drenched River () Tie Ning: How Far is Forever ) Yi Xiangdong: Wind in the Valley () Yan Lianke: Year Month Day () National Excellent Reportage Award 1997－2000 He Jianming: Tears are Gold () Wang Shuzeng: Far East Korean War () Mei Jie: Westside Discussion () Li Mingsheng: China 863 () Wang Liguang: Line between Life and Death ()
National Outstanding Poetry Award 1997－2000 Yang Xiaomin: Shy () Qu Youyuan: Selection of Vernacular Poems () Zhu Zengquan: The Earth is a Teary Eye () Xi Chuan: Poems of Sichuan () Cao Yuxuan: Pure Sunshine () National Excellent Prose Essay Prize 1997－2000 Li Guowen: Daya Village Words () Yu Qiuyu: Notes on Living in the Mountains () Zhu Tiezhi: Spirit Returned () Yu Guangyao: Last Night's West Wind Battered the Green Tree () Zhang Kangkang: Essays () National Outstanding Literary Review Award 1997－2000 Chen Yong: Re-evaluation of the May 4th Culture Revolution () Cheng Wenchao: 1903: overnight surge () He Xiangyang: 12 children of 1998 () Han Ziyong: Literary writing of the Remote Western Provinces () Qian Zhongwen: Contemporary Questions in Literary Theory () National Outstanding Literary Translation Award 1995－1998 Tu An – Anthology of Keats Poetry () Dong Yansheng – Don Quixote () Wang Huansheng – The Odyssey () Dong Chun – Yangge () Tao Jie – Temple ()
3rd Awards (2001-2003) Source:
The following translated titles are approximate.National Excellent Novella Award, 2001-2003毕飞宇: 《玉米》 Bi Feiyu: Corn 陈应松: 《松鸦为什么鸣叫》 Chen Yingsong: Why the jay crows 夏天敏: 《好大一对羊》 Xia Tianmin: An enormous pair of sheep 孙惠芬: 《歇马山庄的两个女人》 Sun Huifen: The Two Women of Xiema VillageNational Excellent Short Story Award, 2001-2003王祥夫: 《上边》 Wang Xiangfu: Above 温亚军: 《驮水的日子》 Wen Yajun: Carrying Water Days 魏 微: 《大老郑的女人》 Wei Wei: Big Lao Zheng's Woman 王安忆: 《发廊情话》 Wang Anyi: Confidences in a Hair SalonNational Excellent Reportage Award, 2001-2003王光明 and 姜良纲: 《中国有座鲁西监狱》 Wang Guangming and Jiang Lianggang: In China there's Luxi Prison 李春雷: 《宝山》 Li Chunlei: Baoshan 杨黎光: 《瘟疫，人类的影子"非典"溯源》 Yang Liguang: Plague, shadow of mankind, tracing back SARS 加央西热（藏）: 《西藏最后的驮队》 Jia-yang-xi-ri (Tibetan): The last pack team in Tibet 赵瑜、胡世全: 《革命百里洲》 Zhao Yu and Hu Shiquan: Revolution BailizhouNational Excellent Poetry Award, 2001-2003老乡: 《野诗全集》 Lao xiang: Wild Poems, Complete Works 郁葱: 《郁葱抒情诗》 Yu Cong: Yu Cong poems 马新朝: 《幻河》 Ma Xinchao: Magic River 成幼殊: 《幸存的一粟》 Cheng Youshu: 娜夜（满、女）: 《娜夜诗选》 Na Ye: Selection of Na Ye's poetryNational Excellent Essay Prose Award, 2001-2003贾平凹: 《贾平凹长篇散文精选》 Jia Pingwa: The best of Jia Pingwa's long essays 李存葆: 《大河遗梦》 Li Xubao: Dreams on a big river 史铁生: 《病隙碎笔》 Shi Tiesheng: Break in Illness 素素: 《独语东北》 Su Su: Alone, talking of the northeast 鄢烈山: 《一个人的经典》 Yan Lingshan: One person's classicNational Excellent Theoretical Review Award, 2001-2003吴义勤: 《难度•长度•速度•限度——关于长篇小说文体问题的思考》 Wu Yiqin: Difficulty, Length, Speed, Limitations - reflections on the issue of style in novels 王向峰: 《〈手稿〉的美学解读》 Wang Xiangfeng: Aesthetic interpretation of "manuscript" 陈超: 《打开诗的漂流瓶——现代诗研究论集》 Chen Chao: Letting the poem out of the bottle: research on modern poetry 朱向前: 《朱向前文学理论批评选》 Zhu Xiangqian: Selection of Literary Criticism by Zhu XiangqianNational Excellent Literary Translation Award, 2001-2003田德望 译: 《神曲》（但丁•著•意大利文） Tian Dewang (tr): Divine Comedy, by Dante 黄燎宇 译: 《雷曼先生》（斯文•雷根纳•著•德文）Huang Liaoyu (tr): Herr Lehman, by Sven Regena
4th Awards (2004-2006) Source:
The following translated titles are approximate.National Excellent Novella Award, 2004-2006 蒋韵: 《心爱的树》 Jiang Yun: Beloved Tree 田耳: 《一个人张灯结彩》 Tian Er: Title 葛水平: 《喊山》 Ge Shuiping: Title 迟子建: 《世界上所有的夜晚》 Chi Zijian: All the nights in the world 晓航: 《师兄的透镜》 Xiao Hang: Brothers In the MirrorNational Excellent Short Story Award, 2004-2006 范小青: 《城乡简史》 Fan Xiaoqing: Short history of town and country 郭文斌: 《吉祥如意》 Guo Wenbin: General's Army 邵丽: 《明惠的圣诞》 Shao Li: Minghui's ChristmasNational Excellent Reportage Award, 2004-2006 朱晓军: 《天使在作战》 Zhu Xiaojun: Angel in combat 何建明: 《部长与国家》 He Jianming: Minister and State 党益民: 《用胸膛行走西藏》 Dang Yimin: Walking in Tibet 王宏甲: 《中国新教育风暴》 Wang Hongjia: China's new educational storm 王树增: 《长征》 Wang Shuzeng: Long MarchNational Excellent Poetry Award, 2004-2006 田禾: 《喊故乡》 Tian He: Calling home 荣荣: 《看见》 Rong Rong: See 黄亚洲: 《行吟长征路》 Huang Yazhou: Long March 林雪: 《大地葵花》 Lin Xue: World of Sunflowers 于坚: 《只有大海苍茫如幕》 Yu Jian: Only the sea as vast as the screenNational Excellent Essay Prose Award, 2004-2006 韩少功: 《山南水北》 Han Shaogong: South of the mountains, north of the river 南帆: 《辛亥年的枪声》 Nan Fan: Gunfire in the Xinhai Year 刘家科: 《乡村记忆》 Liu Jiake: Village Memory 裘山山: 《遥远的天堂》 Qiu Shanshan: Remote ParadiseNational Excellent Theoretical Review Award, 2004-2006 李敬泽: 《见证一千零一夜——21世纪初的文学生活》 Li Jingze: Witness the Thousand and One Nights – Literary life in the 21st century 陈晓明: 《无边的挑战——中国先锋文学的后现代性》 Chen Xiaoming: Boundless challenge: Postmodernity of Chinese Avant-garde literature 欧阳友权: 《数字化语境中的文艺学》 Ouyang Youquan: Literature and Art in the digital context 雷达: 《当前文学创作症候分析》 Lei Da: Analysis of Symptoms of the current literature creation 洪治纲: 《困顿中的挣扎——贾平凹论》 Hong Zhigang: Struggling in the difficulties – on Jia PingwaNational Excellent Literary Translation Award, 2004-2006 许金龙译: 《别了，我的书》（大江健三郎•著•日文） Xu Jinlong (tr): [title], by Kenzaburo Oe 王东亮译: 《笑忘录》（米兰•昆德拉•著•法文） Wang Dongliang (tr): Book of Laughter and Forgetting, by Milan Kundera 李之义译: 《斯特林堡文集》（五卷）（斯特林堡•著•瑞典文）Li Zhiyi (tr), The Works of August Strindberg, 5 vols
5th Awards (2007-2009)National Excellent Novella Award, 2007-2009 乔叶：《最慢的是活着》 Qiao Ye: The Slowest Thing is to be Alive 王十月：《国家订单》 Wang Shiyue: Indent of Nation 吴克敬：《手铐上的蓝花花》 Wu Kejing: Blue Flowers on Handcuffs 李骏虎：《前面就是麦季》 Li Junhu: The Front is Wheat Season