Chinese writer wins Hans Christian Anderson Award 2016
Popular titles by Cao Wenxuan, Hans Christian Anderson Award Winner 2016
The story of two children bound to each other through familial affection and the determination to survive. Sunflower is the daughter of an artist banished to do hard labor at a rural cadre school and Bronze is the mute son of impoverished villagers who live nearby. After Sunflower's father dies, Bronze persuades his parents to take her in and the family devotes itself to giving her a decent life in the face of extreme hardship that threatens repeatedly to destroy them. The unique and unforgettable characters, the succinct style and fluent narration, the beautiful and elegant language, the lingering charm of its artistic conception, and the expression of deep and sincere emotion all make this book heartwarming and enchanting. This book sold 2.5 million copies after the first edition was published in 2005.
Copyrights sold: South Korea, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Vietnam, Slovenia, etc.
Awards:
The 7th National Children's Literature Award of the Chinese Writers Association
The 10th "Five-One Project Award" of the Communist Publicity Department
The 1st Chinese Government Award
Excellent Books of Jiangsu Province
The English PEN Award
Symbols of Jiangsu (Pocket Edition)
Non-FictionSymbols of Jiangsu (Pocket Edition) selects the most representative and symbolic Jiangsu special cultural resources.
Symbols of China
Humanities & Social Science; Non-FictionSymbols of China examines those things that make China Chinese.