Prix de littérature Émile Guimet: Three works by China-based authors long-listed
https://www.guimet.fr/prix-litteraire/selection-de-ledition-2020/
10 translated novels have been long-listed for the 2020 French-language Prix de littérature Émile Guimet. They include 3 by China-based authors :
Tempête rouge by Tsering Dondrup (from the Tibetan, translated by Françoise Robin)
Funérailles molles by Fang Fang (from the Chinese, translated by Brigitte Duzan)
Un parfum de corruption by Liu Zhenyun (from the Chinese, translated by Geneviève Imbot-Bichet)
Comments
For background reading re: Funérailles Mortes, visit:
In French: « Funérailles molles » de Fang Fang: un roman de réflexion sur l’histoire et la mémoire
In English: “Soft Burial”, novelist Fang Fang and land reform in China.
Bruce Humes, September 18, 2020, 5:02p.m.
For reception of Tempête rouge among Francophone readers and critics, see:
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Site de Laurent Bayart
Tsering Dondrup – Tempête rouge : les Chinois au Tibet
Bruce Humes, September 18, 2020, 5:14p.m.