Book prize spotlights uniqueness
China DailyShortlisted competitors of this year’s Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize in Beijing on Nov 9. Writer Lin Zhao, 38, won this year's Blancpain-Imaginist Literary Prize on Nov 9 with her work Chao Xi Tu. "The prize aims to offer a stage and a spotlight for young writers, so that more people will get to know them and read their works," says Jack Liao, vice-president of Blancpain China. The evaluation committee this year was composed of scholar Liang Yong'an, writer Lin Bai, critic Liu Zheng, Luo Xiang, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, and literary historian David Der-wei Wang. Liu Ruilin, the founder of Imaginist, says: "The prize shows a clear map of young writers' literary creation in this era, through which we can see how they record the times they live in, consider problems and attempt to offer their answers.