The National Ethnic Minority Literary Creation Award "Horse Award" was founded in 1981. It is selected every four years and has been held for the 13th time. This award is a national literary award for ethnic minority literature sponsored by the Chinese Writers Association and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is one of the four major national literary awards of the Chinese Writers Association along with the Mao Dun Literature Award, the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award. The participating works include novels, short stories, poetry collections, essay collections, reportage, theoretical reviews, translations, etc. published in Chinese or minority languages by ethnic minority writers.
my country is a multi-ethnic country with 56 ethnic minorities. In order to promote greater progress and improvement in the literary creation of all ethnic groups, the establishment of the Horse Award has undoubtedly attracted many compatriots of all ethnic groups who love literary creation. The four-year Horse Award of
has undoubtedly allowed more outstanding creators to stand out. The advantages of these works are highlighted, and the themes, themes, styles, etc. are diverse and innovative; their ability to express the new lives of people of all ethnic groups in the new era has been significantly improved. .
In previous selections, the Secretariat of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Writers Association attached great importance to ensuring the fairness and authority of the awards, and clearly stipulated the awarding disciplines in the awarding regulations and awarding rules. The judges are all public-spirited and take the overall situation into consideration, ensuring that the award process and results fully reflect the purpose of the Horse Award. By selecting, rewarding and displaying outstanding works of ethnic minority writers, they promote the prosperity and development of ethnic minority literature and promote the development of ethnic minority literature. exchanges, exchanges and integration, continuously forging a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, safeguarding and consolidating national unity and ethnic unity.
The participating writers have reached new heights and depths in inheriting traditional culture and promoting national culture in literary creation. Their themes are rich and diverse, and their writing objects involve almost all aspects of the current lives of ethnic minority people.
"The Horse Award" is not only a reward for outstanding literary creators of all ethnic groups, but also a cradle for cultivating great writers. Alai, a Tibetan writer who won the Mao Dun Literature Award, won the 4th Horse Award for his short story collection " "Bloodstains of Old Years" won the award and has been in readers' attention ever since. In the 6th Horse Awards, his book "The Dust Has Settled" attracted widespread attention and was later adapted into a film and television drama. Alai also served as the screenwriter for the movie "The Climber", which had a box office of over 1 billion yuan. Alai not only won the Mao Dun Literature Award, but also won the 7th Lu Xun Literature Award for Novella. He enjoys a high reputation among ethnic minority writers.
There is also Huo Da, a Hui female writer from Beijing. Her novel "Muslim Funeral" won the third Horse Award and also won the Mao Dun Literature Award. Her novel "Mending the Sky" also won the 6th Horse Award. She also created the dramas "Red Dust" and "Begonia Hutong".
In addition to the above two great writers, Hui writer Zhang Chengzhi has also won the Horse Award many times, and Manchu writer Ma Boyong won the 13th Horse Award for Novel for his novel "The Great Doctor".
Many outstanding ethnic minority literature creators have won this award, and they have also won other literary awards. The Horse Award gives hope to many ethnic minority literary creators, inspiring them to continue to create excellent works, prospering Chinese literature, and becoming spiritual and cultural food for the public.
The Horse Award works include various literary creations, giving the creators a lot of space. I hope they will continue to create the spirit that reflects the contemporary spirit of the people of all ethnic groups. Through the presentation of these works, everyone can understand the fresh stories of the people of all ethnic groups. living characteristics and spiritual outlook of the times.
The purpose of the Horse Award is to allow the literary creations of various ethnic groups to be more widely disseminated, to promote the prosperity and development of ethnic minority literature, to enrich the people's spiritual food, and to enhance everyone's cultural accomplishment. Of course, it encourages more creators who love literature to write better works, which can be recognized by the judges and win the Horse Award.
