Nobel Prize in Literature is one of the five awards mentioned in alfred nobel's will. In his will, he said that part of the prize should be awarded to "those who have created the best works with ideal tendencies in the literary world". The awarding unit of the literature prize is the Swedish Academy Literature Prize. The first literary prize was awarded in 190 1 year, and the winner was French poet sully prudhomme. Famous writers in history, such as romain rolland, Bernard Shaw and Hemingway, have won this honor. Among the 96 award-winning writers, 73 are European writers, 65,438+00 are American writers, 5 are Central and South American writers, 4 are Asian writers, 3 are African writers and 65,438+0 are Australian writers.
American National Book Award:
The award is sponsored annually by the National Book Foundation, a non-profit organization. There are four awards: Best Novel Award, Best Non-fiction Award, Best Poetry Award and Best Juvenile Literature Award, and a special medal of honor. It is the most important literary prize in the United States, and the award ceremony is an annual event in the American literary world.
The first American National Book Award was held in 1949. Every year, publishers recommend about 1000 books from more than 60,000 books in the United States to participate in the election. Each bonus is $ 1000.
American Pulitzer Prize:
Pulitzer Prize is a well-known prize in China. It was founded by Pulitzer, an American newspaper publisher, at Columbia University on 19 17 to reward people who have made outstanding contributions to American news, literature, drama and music. The literary awards of this award include novel award, performance script award, American history award, biography and autobiography award, poetry and popular non-fiction award. Each item will receive a bonus of $3,000, which will be distributed every spring.
France gonggur literature prize
The Gonggur Prize for Literature was established in France on 1903. As early as 1874, the French writer Edmund Goncourt (1822- 1896) stipulated in his will that his legacy should be used as a fund in memory of his younger brother Jules de Goncourt (1830- 1870). Although the prize money is only 50 francs, it has a great influence in the French literary world. For example, Duras' Lover (1984) originally sold 250,000 copies, but after winning the prize, the sales volume rose to 1 10,000 copies. In a word, as long as it is a novel that won the Gunther Prize, the French are willing to pay for it with their eyes closed.
The highest prize in the world novel: Dublin Prize for Literature in Ireland
Japan Akutagawa Award and Naoki Award
Since 1935, the Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize have been created by the Literature and Art Chunqiu Publishing Company in Japan to commemorate two famous writers, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Naoki 35. These two awards are important literary awards in Japan, which are mainly awarded to newcomers in Japanese literary circles. Every six months, the jury selected 1 2 works by unknown writers and new writers published in newspapers and magazines, and awarded 300,000 yen (about 20,000 yuan) as bonuses and bonuses.
British Booker prize
Booker Prize is one of the major literary prizes in Britain. Once a year, the best novel published in that year is awarded. Publishers select a batch of novels published that year and recommend them to the jury. The jury will announce the list of promising books in June 5438+ 10, and award prizes in June 165438+ 10. The prize is sponsored by Booker Company and awarded by the British National Book Association. The prize is 1 10,000 pounds (about RMB10.3 million yuan).
German Bissner Literature Prize
The Bischner Prize for Literature was named after Georg Bischner, a famous revolutionary and playwright in German history, and was founded by the German Institute of Language and Literature in 1923. Every year, it is awarded to a writer or poet who has made outstanding contributions to German contemporary literature. Now the prize amount is 40,000 euros.
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Cervantes Prize of Spain
The Cervantes Prize is regarded as the Nobel Prize in Literature of the Spanish-speaking world. It was founded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in 1976, named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547- 16 16), and awarded to Spanish and Latin American writers who have made outstanding contributions in the field of Spanish literature. On April 23rd every year, the King of Spain gives prizes to the winners of Cervantes Prize for Literature. At that time, people from all over the world will read Don Quixote all night at the awarding ceremony. This day is the anniversary of Cervantes' sacrifice and Shakespeare's birth, and the United Nations has designated this day as World Reading Day.