It's just a reward, Sun Ganlu: Shanghai Writers and Literature Publishing House | New Works | Writer, who has the privilege of living and working here and is the third to win the Mao Dun Literature Award

"Thank you for the recognition and encouragement of the judges. It is a great honor to participate in the evaluation with so many excellent works. The story of" A Thousand Li River and Mountains "took place in Shanghai in 1933, when Mr. Mao Dun published his novel" Midnight "in Shanghai. Please allow me to pay tribute to this senior writer. On August 11th, the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award announced the list of winners. Sun Ganlu, a Shanghai writer who won the award for his novel" A Thousand Li River and Mountains ", said," Shanghai is a great city, and we are fortunate to live and work here. It is a kind of reward in itself. "Other award-winning works include Yang Zhijun's" Snowy Mountains and Earth ", Qiao Ye's" Treasure Water ", Liu Liangcheng's" Benba ", and Dongxi's" Echo ".

After the 16th "Five One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction, "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" launched by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House and first published in the "Harvest" novel special issue won the Mao Dun Literature Award. This is another achievement of the joint efforts of "Harvest" magazine and Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House to create a highland for contemporary original literature publication in Shanghai. "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is also the third Shanghai writer's work to win the Mao Dun Literature Award, following Wang Anyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and Jin Yucheng's "Flowers". The award-winning works of three Shanghai Maoist Prize writers are all related to Shanghai and its people, as well as its history, present, and future.

Through a famous painting from the history of Chinese culture, "The Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" narrates the life and death struggle in the long night of history, as well as the faith struggle in the evolution of the times. In multiple key scenes, the novel quotes dialogues with characters, or depicts exciting psychological activities, depicting the evolution of the enemy and ourselves struggle, the historical trend of the people's rivers and mountains, the forging of loyalty and faith in the era, and the realistic choices of life and death tests. It makes a subtle yet unforgettable point, demonstrating the author's ability to grasp the creation of major themes.

Since its publication in April 2022, "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" has immediately attracted the attention of the literary and critical circles. The novel deeply infects readers with its steep storyline, precise portrayal of the world and human nature, and in-depth exploration of human nature. It not only continues the writing thread of "Revolutionary Shanghai", but also achieves a long classic with youthful passion and a heart full of national and ethnic beauty. It is a masterpiece that boldly explores and challenges in literature and art.

Before "The Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", Sun Ganlu had written works such as "I am a Youth Wine Jar", "Visiting Dreams", "Breathing", etc., with multiple translations in English, French, Japanese, and other languages, which have been included in various literary collections both domestically and internationally. As the overall planner of Shanghai International Literature Week and Sinan Reading Club, his writing and literary activities constitute an important component of contemporary literary history. This book is also a vivid exploration of Sun Ganlu's creative writing. From the pioneering experiments of "I am a Youth Wine Jar" and "Breath" in the early days, to the rapid narrative of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", the avant-garde novelists once connected individuals with their country, history and reality, maintaining the accuracy of historical events and conducting knowledge archaeology to form a "Shanghai Fengwu Zhi", completing a writing "axisymmetric" - both literary and red; It is both thematic and personalized; Both heroic and everyday.

After the publication of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", various sectors of society highly praised it, and many readers spontaneously conducted knowledge archaeology and in-depth analysis of the novel, exploring in-depth aspects such as geography, poetry, drama, music, painting, and food in the novel.

While paper books are selling well, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House is constantly exploring ways to break through boundaries and integrate them, developing diversified dissemination derivatives such as e-books, audio and video products, and film and television dramas. At the same time, it is planning groundbreaking literary activities such as "Red Script Kill" and "Thousand Li River and Mountain Map". The concept poster for the TV drama of the same name, "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains," has been released. The radio drama "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains," produced by the side team of the Shanghai Television Integrated Media Center, will be launched on August 15th.

At present, "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" has reached copyright export intentions with 11 publishing houses, including Saudi Arabian Literature Publishing Center, UK Unicorn Publishing Group, and Russian Academic Research Press, and has reached copyright export agreements for more than ten languages, including English, German, French, and Vietnamese. Cooperation in 10 languages, including Italian, is also under negotiation. The hot trend presented by the integrated publishing of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is a positive result of deep cooperation between the contemporary publishing and literary circles around first-class writers and works. It will also become a landmark example of publishing IP for first-class theme publications and major realistic theme literary works to break through boundaries, form a wider social influence, and achieve two benefits of "double harvest".

The Mao Dun Literature Award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in China, organized by the Chinese Writers Association to encourage excellent novel creation and promote literary prosperity. It is one of the most authoritative and influential literary awards in contemporary China, selected every four years. Among the five award-winning works of the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award, "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" was first published in the "Harvest Novel" series jointly planned and published by the Harvest Literature Magazine and Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. Among the 10 previously announced nominated works, "Golden River" and "Yanxia Li" were also first published in this series.

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is also the second time that Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House has won the Mao Dun Literature Award, following Mo Yan's "Frog", Jin Yucheng's "Flowers", and Ge Fei's "Jiangnan Trilogy". As a publishing house with a history of over 70 years, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House has published a large number of influential literary books. Among them, "A General History of Chinese Customs", "The Revolutionary", and "The Great Country Heavy Industry" won the 5th China Publishing Government Award, "The Landscape of Literary Writing in the New Era" and "The Biography of Eliot - An Imperfect Life" won the 8th Lu Xun Literature Award, "40 North Latitude" won the 8th China Excellent Publication Award, and "40 North Latitude" and "The Revolutionary" were selected as the Annual Chinese Good Books. Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House is actively exploring innovative forms of cultural theme dissemination, and will soon release the novel "No Me" by writer Xiaobai and the non fiction novel "New Beichuan Chronicles" by scholar Liu Daxian.