Newman Prize for Chinese Literature

Award

Newman Prize for Chinese Literature

Inaugural winner Mo Yan

Country| United States of America
Presented by| University of Oklahoma
Reward(s)| $10,000
First awarded| 2009
Website| https://www.ou.edu/cis/research/institute-for-us-china-issues/us-china-cultural-issues/newman-prize-for-chinese-literature

The Newman Prize for Chinese Literature was established in 2008 by Peter Gries, director of the Institute for US-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma (OU). The Newman Prize is awarded every two years. The winner is selected based on literary merit; any living author writing in Chinese is eligible for a recommendation. The Prize honors Harold J. Newman and Ruth Newman, who enabled the establishment of the OU Institute for US-China Issues.

## Nominations, ceremony, and voting

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Nominations for candidates and the selection of the winner are both handled by an international jury of what OU describes as "distinguished experts." The winner is awarded $10,000 and a plaque, and is invited to the University of Oklahoma to participate in an award ceremony and academic activities.[1]

Voting takes place in successive rounds of “positive” elimination, in which jurors vote for all but one of the candidates at each stage. The Director of the OU Institute for US-China Issues counts the ballots to record each round of votes. The jury will continue voting until it narrows to one candidate, the winner. If there are ties for elimination in any but the final two rounds, the tied candidates will both be eliminated. Once three candidates remain, only one can be eliminated at a time.[2]

## Winners and nominees

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Year  | Judging panel  | Author  | Work

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1st
2009

* Howard Goldblatt
* Kirk Denton
* Liu Hongtao
* Xu Zidong
* Peng Hsiao-yen
* Zhang Yiwu
* Zhao Yiheng

Mo Yan | Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out (生死疲劳)
Yan Lianke | Dream of Ding Village (丁庄梦)
Jin Yong | The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎记)
Wang Anyi | The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (长恨歌)
Chu T’ien-hsin | The Old Capital (古都)
Wang Meng | The Transformer (活动变人形)
Ning Ken | The City of Masks (蒙面之城)
2nd
2011

* Julia Lovell
* Tom Moran
* Liang-ya Liou
* Ann Huss
* Ji Jin

Han Shaogong | A Dictionary of Maqiao (马桥词典)
Yu Hua | Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (许三观卖血记)
Li Ang | The Lost Garden (迷園)
Ge Fei | Peach Blossom Beauty (人面桃花)
Su Tong | The Boat to Redemption (河岸)
3rd
2013

(Poetry Year)

* Michelle Yeh
* Jennifer Feeley
* Michel Hockx
* Wolfgang Kubin
* Zhang Qinghua

Yang Mu | Diaspsis Patelliformi (介殼蟲)
Hsia Yu |
Yang Lian |
Zhai Yongming |
Ouyang Jianghe |
4th
2015

* Margaret Hillenbrand
* Carlos Rojas
* Zhang Ning
* Charles Laughlin
* Shu-mei Shi

Chu T’ien-wen | Fin-de-Siècle Splendor (世紀末的華麗)
Yan Lianke | Lenin’s Kisses (受活)
Yu Hua | The Seventh Day (第七天)
Ge Fei | Peach Blossom Beauty (人面桃花)
Chang Kui-hsing | The Herd of Elephants (群象)
5th
2017

* Dai Jinhua
* Wendy Larson
* Ban Wang
* Letty Chen
* Jianmei Liu

Wang Anyi | Reality and Fiction (纪实与虚构)
Yu Hua | Leaving Home at Eighteen (十八岁出门远行)
Jia Pingwa | Ruined City (废都)
Wu He | Remains of Life (餘生)
Yan Lianke | Lenin's Kisses (受活)
6th
2019

* Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
* Nick Admussen
* Eleanor Goodman
* Christopher Lupke
* Maghiel VanCrevel
* Wang Guangming

Xi Xi |
Yu Xiuhua |
Wang Xiaoni |
Xiao Kaiyu |
Zheng Xiaoqiong |
Bei Dao |
7th
2021

* Eric Abrahamsen
* Andrea Bachner
* Yunte Huang
* Chen Xiaoming
* Eileen Chow

Yan Lianke |
Wu He |
Su Tong |
Xu Xiaobin |
Lung Yingtai |
8th
2023

* E.K. Tan
* Frances Weightman
* Ou Ning
* Sabina Knight
* He Ping

Chang Kuei-hsing |
Dorothy Tse |
Zhou Kai |
Yu Hua |
Bi Feiyu
9th
2025[3]
Ling Yü (Wang Meiqin ) | Daughters |
Zheng Xiaoqiong |
Yam Gong |
Ouyang Jianghe |
Bai Hua |  |

## See also

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* University of Oklahoma
* World literature
* World Literature Today
* Chinese Literature Today
* Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

## References

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1. ^ "Newman Prize for Chinese Literature: Home". Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
2. ^ "Voting Procedures". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
3. ^ https://www.ou.edu/cis/research/institute-for-us-china-issues/us-china-cultural-issues/newman-prize-for-chinese-literature