Special Book Award of China

The Special Book Award of China (中华图书特殊贡献奖) is an annual award established by the State Press and Publication Administration of the People's Republic of China to recognize foreign translators, writers and publishers who have made significant contributions to introducing China, translating and publishing Chinese books, and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. The awards have been made annually since 2005, and are announced around the time of the .^{[citation needed]}

"The awards are China's top publication prize that honors foreigners for making great contributions to the introduction and promotion of China, Chinese culture and Chinese publications to the world."^[1]

Recipients[]

2020 (14th year) - 15 awards^[2][]

The 15 recipients were:

• Gustavo Alejandro Girado
• Hamar Imre, Hungary
• Grzegorz Kolodko, Poland
• Kobzev Artem Igorevich, Russia
• Do Tien Sam, Vietnam
• Nama Didier Dieudonne, Cameroon
• Giorgio Casacchia, Italy
• Baktygul Rysbaevna Kalambekova, Kyrgyzstan
• Lennart Lundberg, Sweden
• Nicky Harman, UK
• William Nienhauser, USA
• Niels Peter Thomas, Germany
• Pierre Herzel Lavi, Israel
• Bassam Chebaro, Lebanon
• Duretic Jagos, Syria

2019 (13th year) - 12 awards^[3][]

The recipients included:

• , Australian translator and academic.^[4]
• Daniel Bell, Canadian academic, author of The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy.
• , Russian historian, author of Xi Jinping: Governance Thought in Shape, the first book published in Russia about paramount leader Xi Jinping.
• , Romanian translator, translator of two volumes of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China.
• , Argentinian publisher, president of Adriana Hidalgo Editora.
• , Greek translator of Chinese philosophy.
• , Hungarian publisher, including The Hungary Chinese and Chinese Hungary Dictionary.
• , Iraqi translator and editor, translator of Xi Jinping: Governance of China vol. 1 into Arabic.
• Yuri Pines, Israeli academic, author of Envisioning Eternal Empire: Chinese Political Thought Of The Warring States Era.
• , Kazakh academic and translator, especially of Chinese social scientists.
• , Korean academic and publisher, including Chinese Modern Literature and Modernisation.
• . Slovak writer, including China on the Long March.

Youth awards were presented to:

• , Egypt.
• , German translator of contemporary Chinese theatre.
• , Nepali.

2018 (12th year) - 15 awards^[5][]

The recipients included:

• , Polish publisher.
• , Latvian researcher of Chinese language and literature.
• The Nepali translator of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, vol. 1.
• The Uzbek translator of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China, vol. 1.
• , Hungarian literary translator of Journey to the West and other works.
• Olivia Milburn, British translator of spy novelist Mai Jia's works Decoded and In the Dark.
• , Romanian translator.

2017 (11th year) - 20 awards^[6][7][]

Special Book Award of China award (16) and Special Book Award of China for Young Scholars (4). The recipients included:

• Richard Charkin, British publisher.
• , Albanian translator.
• , Spanish translator.
• , English translator.
• , Bulgarian sinologist, translator of Dream of the Red Chamber into Bulgarian.
• , Australian Publisher

2016 (10th year)[]

2015 (9th year) - 20 awards^[8][]

• , Australian Sinologist and writer.
• , Australian translator and professor of Sinology.
• Lisa Carducci, Canadian writer.
• Francois Cheng, Chinese French translator and writer.
• Joël Bellassen, French Sinologist.
• Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer, German Sinologist.
• Wilt Idema, Dutch translator and Sinologist.
• , Laotian writer.
• , Mongolian translator and professor.
• , Polish publisher.
• , Russian Sinologist and translator.
• , Slovakian translator.
• Angel Fernandez, Spanish publisher.
• , American publisher.
• Guy Salvatore Alitto, American Sinologist.

Youth Awards were presented to:

• , Egyptian publisher.
• , Chinese-Burmese translator.
• , Hungarian translator.
• , Jordanian writer and translator.
• Eric Abrahamsen, American translator.

References[]