China Ningbo network reporter Lin Min
At more than 10:00 a.m., at the main venue of the 7th Zhejiang Book Fair, the "Reading Future (Ningbo) Forum" activity was held, and the results of the selection of "Writer of the Year and Author of the Year" were also released on the spot. Famous writers Mo Yan and Zhou Daxin were selected as the 2021 Writers of the Year, and Liu Zhenyun, Mai Jia, Dong Xi and Yan Chongnian were awarded the 2021 Tribute Writers.
The event was co-sponsored by China Publishing Media Business Newspaper and Ningbo Daily Newspaper Group, and was also the first time that the Zhejiang Book Fair held the "Reading Future (Ningbo) Forum" and selected and released the annual writer and tribute author.
Li Yan, a member of the party group of China Publishing Group and director and general manager of China Publishing and Media Co., Ltd., said that local book fairs are one of the most effective and influential measures to display local culture, promote reading for all, and exhibit and sell high-quality books. The Zhejiang Book Fair has made Zhejiang characteristics and set an example for book fairs in other parts of the country. This is not only a retrospective of Zhejiang's historical context, but also a dialogue between ancient and modern times facing the future, showing the heritage and responsibility of Zhejiang as a cultural town.
The core of reading for all is the book, the core of the book is the author, grasp the author, it grasps the reading of the whole people, grasps the Chinese context, at the event site, the annual writer and the annual tribute author selection results are undoubtedly one of the most concerned links. In this regard, Song Qiang, executive director (president), secretary of the party committee and editor-in-chief of China Publishing media business newspaper, said that since the launch of the annual writer and annual tribute author selection activities, it has received strong support from writers, publishing institutions and other parties, and in order to enhance the credibility of the industry in the selection activities, expand the influence and enhance the gold content, they specially invited Nie Zhenning, chairman of the Taofen Foundation, Li Er, a famous writer, Shi Zhanjun, editor-in-chief of "People's Literature", Liang Hongying, editor-in-chief of "Literature and Art Newspaper" and other industry leaders. Well-known writers set up a selection committee, and the selection dimensions include the quality of published works, reader influence, book sales, etc.
After repeated discussions and arguments by the judges, the two famous writers Mo Yan and Zhou Daxin were finally selected from among the candidate writers and authors as the writers of the year in 2021, and the four famous writers Liu Zhenyun, Mai Jia, Dong Dong and Yan Chongnian were selected as the authors of the 2021 tribute. "Thank you to all my friends for choosing me as the writer of the year in 2021, and also thank the organizing committee for selecting "Late Ripening People" as one of the twenty works specially recommended by the Zhejiang Book Fair." Unable to come to the scene, Mo Yan recorded a special video for the event to express his acceptance speech and wish the book fair a complete success. "Zhejiang's history and culture have a long history, many famous writers are also From Zhejiang, and now the cultural atmosphere in Zhejiang is also very good." I hope that more readers can develop the habit of reading for life. ”
"At present, there are more than a thousand publishing houses and planning agencies in China, publishing hundreds of thousands of books every year, and there are countless online novels on the Internet for netizens to read, but works that carry forward the core values of socialism and the mainstream cultural development of society are always the theme and mainstream of the times." The holding of this forum, and the release of the annual writer and tribute author, is a major event in the cultural and publishing circles, which is intended to use the power of example to hope that more writers can publish more books, produce good books, write the current Chinese spirit to the people, spread Chinese culture to the world, and tell Chinese stories well. Jin Bo, deputy secretary of the party committee, vice president and editor-in-chief of ningbo daily newspaper group, said at the scene that this year is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, coinciding with the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and is in the key period of high-quality development and construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone in Zhejiang Province and accelerating the construction of a cultural highland in the new era; this year is also the 1200th year of the founding of Ningbo, the second year of the Permanent Settlement of the Zhejiang Book Fair in Ningbo, the seventh Zhejiang Book Fair, as an important platform and effective carrier for the construction of cultural Zhejiang, will present "the beauty of humanities and the wealth of the spirit" Around the "Zhejiang East Canal Cultural Heritage" and the Song Yun culture with Chinese style and Zhejiang recognition, it shows the unique humanistic value of Zhejiang. The arrival of a number of famous writers and the holding of a number of reading promotion activities in Ningbo will have a positive and far-reaching impact on the promotion of reading for the whole people in Zhejiang and the economic and cultural construction of Ningbo, and play an important role in promoting and promoting.
After that, Zhou Daxin, Yan Chongnian, Li Er, Liu Zhenyun, and Dongxi also discussed and shared the theme of "Literature and Reality, How We Face the Changing World" on the spot, and they all believed that literature and reading are the best ways to cope with the changing world.