Nobel Literature Prize Fund

Author: Peng Shilang
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Publishing Date: 1998-01-01
Features: The works selected in this book represent the highest achievement of Nobel Prize-winning authors, and to some extent, also represent the highest achievement of world literature in this century. These works are either gentle and passionate, profound and solemn, misty and obscure, or round and ethereal, like a spring of wisdom, a deep ocean, the song of a nightingale, transcending time and space, language and race, sweeping over all things in the world, and so close to the essence of humanity. During the selection process, though it was difficult to make choices, we strove to draw a cup of water from the vast river of (3000), allowing every drop to refract brilliant light; enabling readers to (absorb the most beautiful) brilliance in this magnificent literary garden of diverse flowers. The book is divided into five volumes: Biographical Sketches, Novels, Drama, Poetry, and Prose. It includes the representative and outstanding works of all award-winning authors from 1901 to 1998, as well as the award speeches by the Swedish Academy at each ceremony and the acceptance speeches by the award-winning authors. It also provides concise introductions and analyses of the award-winning authors' life stories, literary activities, writing styles, and reasons for winning the prize. Readers will not only gain a comprehensive understanding of the Nobel Prize in Literature but also appreciate literary masterpieces and benefit from the intellectual enlightenment they offer. This is the purpose and responsibility behind our arduous effort in editing this book.