Dream of the Red Chamber Award

Dream of the Red Chamber Award
Dream of the Red Chamber Award
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Baptist University
Reward(s)	HK$300,000
First awarded	2006
Website	http://redchamber.hkbu.edu.hk/

The Dream of the Red Chamber Award: The World's Distinguished Novel in Chinese (紅樓夢獎：世界華文長篇小說獎) is a biennial novel prize presented by Hong Kong Baptist University recognizing Chinese language fiction published both within China, and also internationally.^[1] Although the prize is named after the famous Qing novel Dream of the Red Chamber, works do not need to have any relationship to that novel.

Winners and nominees[]

Year	Judging panel	Result	Author	Work
1st 2006
	David Der-wei Wang Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Joseph Lau Shiu-ming Hualing Nieh Engle William Tay
		Winner	Jia Pingwa	Qin Melody (秦腔) ^[2]
		Jury Awards	Dung Kai-cheung	The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera (天工開物‧栩栩如真)
			Jade Y. Chen	Sea God's Clan (海神家族)
			Liu Xinglong	Gate of Heaven (圣天门口)
		Highly Recommended		Breeding Land (水乳大地)
				Gate of Silence (沉默之门)
				Tibetan Mastiff (藏獒)
2nd 2008
	David Der-wei Wang Chen Sihe Huang Ziping Ssu-ma Chung-yuan Hualing Nieh Engle Jia Pingwa
		Winner	Mo Yan	Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out ^[3]
		Jury Awards	Chu T’ien-wen	The Revelation of the Words of a Witch (巫言)
			Dung Kai-cheung	Histories of Time (時間繁史‧啞瓷之光)
			Wang Anyi	The Age of Enlightenment (启蒙时代)
		Highly Recommended	Zhang Wei	Song of the Hedgehog (刺猬歌)
			Cao Naiqian	There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night (到黑夜想你没办法)
			Tie Ning	Stupid Flower (笨花)
3rd 2010
	David Der-wei Wang Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chou Ying-hsiung Huang Ziping Mo Yan
		Winner	Luo Yijun	Tangut Inn (西夏旅館) ^[4]
		Jury Awards		Sailing Up the Big River (大河盡頭)
				Chronicle of My Brother Diao Bei (我哥刁北年表)
			Bi Feiyu	Massage
		Highly Recommended	Hon Lai-chu	Grey Blossom (灰花)
		Highly Recommended	Zhang Ling	Gold Mountain Blues (金山)
4th 2012
	Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chung Ling Huang Ziping Michael Berry Luo Yijun
		Winner	Wang Anyi	Scent of Heaven (天香) ^[1]
		Jury Awards	Jia Pingwa	China (古炉)
			Yan Lianke	The Four Books (四书)
			Ge Fei	The Last Spring in Jiangnan (春尽江南)
		Highly Recommended		The Age of Goodbyes (告別的年代)
		Highly Recommended	Geling Yan	Criminal (陆犯焉识)
5th 2014
	Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chung Ling Huang Ziping Michael Berry Wang Anyi
		Winner	Wong Bik-Wan	Children of Darkness (烈佬傳)^[5]
		Jury Awards	Yan Lianke	The Explosion Chronicles (炸裂志)
		Jury Awards	Su Tong	Beware of the Siskin (黄雀记)
		Highly Recommended	Han Shaogong	The Book of Day and Night (日夜书)
			Liu Zhenyun	I Did Not Kill My Husband (我不是潘金莲)
				The Matchmaker (状元媒)
6th 2016
	Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chung Ling Huang Ziping Michael Berry Wong Bik-Wan
		Winner	Yan Lianke	The Day the Sun Died (日熄)^[6]
		Jury Awards	Xu Zechen	Jerusalem (耶路撒冷)
		Jury Awards	Gan Yao Ming	The Girl and the Woodcutter (邦查女孩)
		Highly Recommended	Chi Zijian	On the Mountain Summit (群山之巅)
			Chan Koonchung	The Second Year of Jianfeng: An Alternative History of New China (建豐二年：新中國烏有史)
			Wu Mingyi	The Stolen Bicycle (單車失竊記)
7th 2018
	Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chung Ling Huang Ziping Michael Berry Yan Lianke
		Winner		History through Words (唇典)^[7]
		Jury Awards	[zh]	The Green Cicada (青蚨子)
		Jury Awards	Ge Fei	Longing for the Spring Wind (望春風)
		Highly Recommended	Liu Zhenyun	Strange Bedfellows (吃瓜時代的兒女們)
				Yesterday’s Rain (昨日雨水)
			Zhang Ling	A Single Swallow (勞燕)
8th 2020	Chen I-chih Chen Sihe Chung Ling Huang Ziping Carlos Rojas Liu Qing
		Winner	Chang Kuei-hsin	When the Wild Boars Cross the River (野豬渡河)
		Jury Awards	A Lai	Chronicle of Cloud Village (雲中記)
			Dung Kai-cheung	Beloved Wife (愛妻)
			Lo Yi-chin	Superman Kuang (匡超人)
		Highly Recommended	Xi Xi	Weaverbird (織巢)
		Highly Recommended	Hu Ching-fang	Islands (群島)

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Wang Anyi's Scent of Heaven wins 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Award". South China Morning Post. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ "Chinese writers who have won an int'l award - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ 麥田出版 (ryefield). "第二屆紅樓夢獎莫言《生死疲勞》摘冠 @ 麥田出版 :: 痞客邦 ::". 麥田出版 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ "台湾作家骆以军《西夏旅馆》获第三届"红楼梦奖"". www.cice.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ "浸大公佈第五屆「紅樓夢獎」得獎名單本港作家黃碧雲以《烈佬傳》贏得首獎 - 浸大新聞". bunews.hkbu.edu.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ "閻連科憑《日熄》獲紅樓夢獎首獎 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ "第七届红楼梦奖揭晓，刘庆《唇典》获首奖". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

Official Site in English

[:0-1] "Wang Anyi's Scent of Heaven wins 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Award". South China Morning Post. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[2] "Chinese writers who have won an int'l award - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[3] 麥田出版 (ryefield). "第二屆紅樓夢獎莫言《生死疲勞》摘冠 @ 麥田出版 :: 痞客邦 ::". 麥田出版 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[4] "台湾作家骆以军《西夏旅馆》获第三届"红楼梦奖"". www.cice.org.cn. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[5] "浸大公佈第五屆「紅樓夢獎」得獎名單本港作家黃碧雲以《烈佬傳》贏得首獎 - 浸大新聞". bunews.hkbu.edu.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[6] "閻連科憑《日熄》獲紅樓夢獎首獎 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞". 立場新聞 Stand News. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

[7] "第七届红楼梦奖揭晓，刘庆《唇典》获首奖". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.

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