The National Museum of Taiwan Literature has announced the winners of this year’s Taiwan Literature Awards for original works, with nine winners to be honored at a ceremony at the museum on Aug. 2.
The awards for original works cover four major categories — dramatic script, Taiwanese-language literature, Hakka-language literature and indigenous literature.
Apart from the dramatic script category, the other three categories are further divided into categories for poetry, prose and novels.
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This year, nine writers were selected from a record 180 submissions across the four categories, a museum statement said.
Chen Chiao-jung (陳巧蓉) won the dramatic script award from a total of 36 entries submitted.
In the Taiwanese-language category, Lee Chang-ching (李長青) won the poetry award for poems in memory of Maryse Conde, a French novelist, critic and playwright, while the prize for prose went to Wu Pin-yu (吳品瑜). Chen Long-ting (陳龍廷) won the novel prize.
In the Hakka-language category, the prizes for poetry and prose went to 18-year-old Hsiao You (蕭宥) and He Chih-ming (何志明) respectively.
In the indigenous category, the winners of the prizes for poetry, prose and novels were Uhay Mali Pacidal, Lidur Walis and Lulyang Nomin respectively.
The Taiwanese-language literature category received 79 entries, making it the most competitive category of the four, the museum said.
The Hakka-language literature category received 41 submissions, it said.
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