The 10 euro prize has now become a major label for the Goncourt Prize in Literature. Although this is far from the high prize of the Nobel Prize in Literature, it has a very high recognition in the French literary world.

Almost no winner will choose to cash the check, but will frame the check in a picture frame and hang it on the wall, which is something more valuable than a trophy.

Although the prize money for the Goncourt Literature Award is so small, the French National Book Center has been supporting the winning works, and various literary book salons and media reports will also provide good promotion and support!

Therefore, most of the time, the award-winning works are best-selling in the French-speaking area of ​​the world, and some unknown books can even reach millions of volumes!

It is undeniable that this has become an important means for large publishers to make money, because most writers will hand over their works to large publishers to operate.

Even a Goncourt Prize winner, Sartre, wrote a letter to the Nobel Prize winner in 1964, saying that he refused to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature. They believed that the prize was more professional!

At the beginning, the judges of the Goncourt Award were all men, and now they have gradually developed to three women. This gradual balance of gender has also made the literary award more and more reasonable. After all, the works of some female writers are also very excellent.

Works that run for the Goncourt Award may not necessarily be published in France, as long as they are written in French. For example, many countries and regions speak French, such as Belgium, Canada, Quebec and French-speaking countries in North Africa.

The awards are well-known in the literary world, and Lin Han’s finalist this time is of great significance because this is his first mainstream literature award nomination, and his works are no longer limited to award selections in the field of science fiction!

Even for the Goncourt Award, choosing a science fiction work as nomination this time is a huge breakthrough. It has never chosen any science fiction novel in its 115-year history.

"Heeberian" made them an exception, and this novel captured the hearts of the judges!

Even the chairman of the jury, Bernard Pivo, also explained this breakthrough himself in an interview with AFP reporters. As a best-selling novel that once topped the French book sales list, "Herberian" has been loved by almost all judges, and unanimously agreed that it should be shortlisted for the exception.

It is still uncertain whether he can win the award, but it is a very good thing to be nominated now, which marks that Lin Han's works have officially entered the world's mainstream literature circle. He is transforming from a science fiction writer to a writer!

As soon as this news came out, it is conceivable that the shock in the domestic literary world was a big shock. Although they recognized Lin Han's best-selling ability, no mainstream literature award was nominated for Lin Han.

Now, the heavyweight literary awards abroad have set such a precedent, which is a huge mockery of the mainstream literary circles in China.

These writers and critics have a bad vision, and they actually make such a pearl fall into a dark spot!

"Haiberian is the science fiction novel with the most grand layout and exquisite conception that I have ever seen. Its creativity is impressive and has extremely rich and full characters. Each character is integrated with his own story, and then forms a larger story with each other, connected. This is an extremely rare and good book, and we long to see more similar science fiction works!"

During the interview, Bernard Pivo was not stingy with his praise at all, and said humorously: "When we gathered together to talk about which book could be shortlisted, we always said that I didn't like this, and what are the shortcomings of this book. But when we talked about "Herberian", we talked about a lot of time to communicate the joyful and unexpected parts of this work."

Obviously each judge has his own preferences. Some judges prefer modern novels, while others prefer classical works. Obviously, "Herberian" has come into their sight to some extent.

Actually, this is not surprising. This is originally a story based on myths. Heberian is a god in Greek mythology. French literature has also been influenced by Greek mythology. Many works are related to Greek mythology, so they have a high degree of acceptance of novels!

In addition, the British romantic poet John Keats once wrote a long poem "Andy Mien" on ancient Greek mythology, but he died before the long poem "Herberian" was completed.

The French are the most romantic. Keats has a very good position in the minds of French writers, so Lin Han's "Herberian" is to some extent like it was written by his own people!

Compared with the European region's acceptance of ancient Greek mythology, mainland China and even Asian regions have weaker acceptance of this cultural legend.

So after "Heeberian" swept the Hugo Award, Trajectory Award, Spanish Science Fiction First Award, Japanese Nebula Award, French Universe Award, British Science Fiction Award, Science Fiction Chronicle Award and other science fiction awards, it finally extended its "claw" to mainstream literature awards!

This novel has a very high reputation in Europe and the United States. Many people think that it is not so much a science fiction novel, but rather a classical literary work. Science fiction is just a coat with its literary core.

The breakthrough of "Hiberian" has dual significance, and its sales are the highest among all nominees, so it is normal to be favored by the media. After all, many readers have never read the rest of the books!

The other fourteen novels nominated with it are all genuine mainstream literary works, including the French Galima Group, with many works shortlisted, Jean Hartsfeld, Eddie Kadur, Bouillian Sansa and the most popular award-winning Natalie Azule and other six people from this group.

"Impossible Lovers", "2084", "The Seventh Function of Language", "Suddenly, Alone", "Marrier My Night", "Compass", "In the Small Country" and other works lead the award odds list. "Haiberian" only ranked eighth in the author's nationality and type of work, which is considered a relatively middle position!

Although readers like it, their own disadvantages are too serious. The number of foreign writers who took the Goncourt Literature Award in 115 years of history can be counted with both hands. Unless they have considerable advantages, the judges still like to consider their own writers.

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After "Haiberian" won the nomination for the Goncourt Award, there are many people online who are happy about it and Lin Han, but some people are also acting sour.

Just like Tang Ziyao, he once shocked the literary world with his work "A Good Heart Woman". After receiving many praises, he became addicted to praising each other and had not written good works for a long time.

In his opinion, Lin Han, who was young and proud, was just purely lucky, could hype and promote himself. In fact, the article was not well written!

Tang Ziyao always felt that the content of his writing was Qu Gao and Wu Yangchun Baixue, while best-selling writers like Lin Han made works of Xialibaren purely for making money.

He has a feeling of treating money as dirt, of course he regards other people's money, not his own!

In the past, the mainstream literary circle could still say that Lin Han was purely commercially written, and his ideological connotation was not worth mentioning, but now even mainstream awards abroad have been nominated. Doesn’t this prove that their idea is wrong?

"Isn't it because he found a good publishing house? If Penguin Publishing Group did not help him translate, would he be nominated for this award?" Tang Ziyao said angrily. Seeing this young man leaving behind countless positions in the sales of his works, he was extremely jealous and could not even see that his professional recognition of his works exceeded his own.

Those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

Tang Ziyao's friend Ning Xuan agreed and said, "That's it, it's just that he got the nomination. He is so hype now. It seems like he has won the award. The news about others winning the Mao Dun Literature Award is not so sensation!"

"That's right, he is really good at marketing himself, and he said he doesn't like to deal with the media. As a result, the media reported the most news. There must be a team behind this, and I don't believe he is fighting alone!" Ning Xuan secretly speculated that this was also the idea of ​​many passers-by.

Tang Ziyao said disdainfully: "If our works are translated into French, there will be nothing Lin Han has to do!"

Many writers think this way, not that their books are of poor quality, but that they do not meet the selection criteria of the Goncourt Award.

Nowadays, people always start to speculate on others from a relatively negative point, and they have never thought about why their books are not in French!

If it is really exciting enough, French publishing houses are not fools. Don’t they want to make money?

The fact is very simple, that is, the works of Tang Ziyao and others are not excellent enough, and translators always translate works they like or can earn money!

How could these people's works be admired by overseas publishers?

A blacksmith must be strong himself. The excellence of "Hipberry" is not because it was translated into French. It was also praised when it was Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Greek, and Italian.

Conservative, refusal to change, and hate newcomers are bad habits that have been passed down since the Middle Ages. Even if the new era has arrived for so long, some people are still unwilling to compromise.

The term qualification is not a fictional reputation!

So when the list of nominations for the Goncourt Literature Award was announced, heated discussions began in all walks of life.

What should I do with the Literature Award?

How to ensure openness and transparency and select excellent works that can stand the test of time?

What is the deep connection between the evolution of the Literature Award and the changes in languages, literature and even social situations in various countries around the world?
Chapter completed!