Literary award · People's Republic of China · since 1999
Lao She Literary Award
The Lao She Literary Award (Lao She wenxue jiang 老舍文学奖) is named after the Chinese novelist Lao She, a writer and activist of 20th-century Chinese literature.
About Lao She Literary Award
The Lao She Literary Award (Lao She wenxue jiang 老舍文学奖) is named after the Chinese novelist Lao She, a writer and activist of 20th-century Chinese literature. The award is awarded to a Beijing writer every two to three years, recognising literary excellence in novels, novellas, drama, film, television, and radio. It is sponsored by the Lao She Literature Fund which was founded in 1988. The prize was established in 1999, and was first awarded in 2000. It is Beijing's highest prize for literature and the arts, and is one of the four major literary awards in China, alongside the Mao Dun Prize for Literature, Lu Xun Literary Prize, and the Cao Yu Prize for Playwriting (曹禺戏剧文学奖).
From the Wikipedia article “Lao She Literary Award”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Liu Qingbang | — |
| 2000 | Ling Li | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Lao She Literary Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q13406113 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).