首位中國作家曹文軒獲國際安徒生獎
Chinese children's fiction writer Cao Wenxuan on Monday won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2016 at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.
在本週一的意大利博洛尼亞童書展上，中國兒童文學作家曹文軒獲得了2016年國際安徒生獎。Cao was the first Chinese writer to ever win and be shortlisted in the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books.
曹文軒是第一位入圍並獲得國際安徒生獎的中國作家。該獎項是對童書作家和插畫師的最高國際認可。The prize has been given since 1956 by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), the leading international organization for the promotion of children's books, and is awarded every other year to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children's literature.
這一獎項是由旨在促進兒童讀物發展的國際組織--國際兒童圖書評議會自1956年起頒發的。該獎項每兩年授予給那些在世作家和插畫師對兒童文學作品有持續貢獻的作品。
The selection criteria for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which can be awarded only once in life, include the aesthetic and literary qualities of writing and illustrating as well as the ability to see things from the child's point of view and the ability to stretch the child's curiosity and imagination.
一生只能獲得一次的國際安徒生獎的選擇標準包括：文學創作的美學與文學性、從孩子的角度看事物的能力以及孩子的好奇心和想象力的延伸能力。
"The unanimous choice of the jury, Cao writes beautifully about the complex lives of children facing great challenges," said Patricia Aldana, the Hans Christian Andersen Jury President 2016, announcing the winner of the prize's author award. "All of my stories are set in China, all of them are Chinese stories, but at the same time they are the stories of humankind," Cao said after his award's announcement.
2016年國際安徒生獎評委會主席帕奇·亞當娜在宣佈獲獎作家時稱，曹文軒用詩意如水的筆觸，描寫小主人公在巨大挑戰面前所呈現的複雜人生，得到了評委會全體委員的一致認可。獲獎消息公佈後，曹文軒表示："我講了一個個地地道道的中國故事，但同時也是屬於全人類的故事。"For the 2016 award, 28 authors and 29 illustrators were nominated by IBBY in March. Only five authors were shortlisted as finalists, and Cao, renowned for "Grass Hut," "Fire Mark" and many other works, was among them.
2016年國際安徒生獎提名在今年3月份由國際兒童圖書評議會公佈，共有28位作家和29位插畫家入圍。最終只有五名作家入圍，憑藉《草房子》、《火印》等許多作品而被讀者熟知的曹文軒就是其中之一。
