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近年來,中華文化“走出去”的影響力不斷擴(kuò)大,在全球文化多元化發(fā)展日益興盛的背景下,中國文化譯研網(wǎng)(CCTSS)聯(lián)合中國作家協(xié)會《小說選刊》雜志社,啟動“新世紀(jì)中國當(dāng)代作家、作品海外傳播數(shù)據(jù)庫”項(xiàng)目,將100位中國當(dāng)代優(yōu)秀作家的簡介、代表作品以及展示作家風(fēng)采的短視頻翻譯為10種語言,集結(jié)成1000張中國作家名片向全球推介。千張“作家名片”將鮮明地向世界宣告:我是中國作家,我在進(jìn)行中國創(chuàng)作。
此種形式和規(guī)模是中國故事走向世界的一大創(chuàng)新,會讓世界更加全面、客觀、公正地了解中國優(yōu)秀作家作品,同時(shí)也是打通中國文化走向世界的“最后一公里”。
喬葉,女,生于1972年10月,河南省修武縣人。河南省作家協(xié)會副主席,中國作家協(xié)會全委會委員。主要從事小說創(chuàng)作和散文創(chuàng)作,已發(fā)表小說作品和散文三百余萬字。著有長篇小說《認(rèn)罪書》《拆樓記》《藏珠記》等多部,中短篇小說《最慢的是活著》《打火機(jī)》《取暖》《失語癥》等多部,多部小說作品入選中國小說年度排行榜,并獲得人民文學(xué)獎、華語文學(xué)傳媒獎、莊重文文學(xué)獎、北京文學(xué)獎、錦繡文學(xué)獎、郁達(dá)夫小說獎、杜甫文學(xué)獎、小說月報(bào)百花獎以及中國原創(chuàng)小說年度大獎等多個(gè)文學(xué)獎項(xiàng)。作品被譯介到英國、西班牙、俄羅斯、意大利、埃及、墨西哥、日本、韓國等多個(gè)國家。
《最慢的是活著》是喬葉的中篇小說代表作,于《收獲》雜志首發(fā)后,獲得第五屆魯迅文學(xué)獎、郁達(dá)夫小說獎、杜甫文學(xué)獎等多個(gè)文學(xué)獎項(xiàng)。小說透過奶奶漫長堅(jiān)韌的一生,深情而飽滿地展現(xiàn)了中華文化的家族倫理形態(tài)和潛在的人性之美。祖母和孫女之間的心理對峙和化仇為愛,構(gòu)成了小說奇特的張力;如怨如慕的綿綿敘述,讓人沉浸于對民族精神傳承的悠長回味中。
《拆樓記》是喬葉的長篇非虛構(gòu)作品,于《人民文學(xué)》首發(fā),并獲得人民文學(xué)獎。在這部作品中,喬葉以毫不妥協(xié)的有力筆觸,描繪出利益之下人與人、人與世界之間真實(shí)甚至是殘酷的角力。在異常復(fù)雜棘手的現(xiàn)場,在層層逼仄的壓迫感之中,她所刻畫的人物看似狡黠沉著、老于世故,其實(shí)卻經(jīng)歷著劇烈的內(nèi)心起伏與煎熬。作品結(jié)合深邃的觀察和有力掘進(jìn)的語言,使讀者從看似扭曲的種種現(xiàn)象中探尋真相,以及隱藏在背后的世道人心。
《認(rèn)罪書》是喬葉的長篇小說代表作,于《人民文學(xué)》首發(fā),并獲得人民文學(xué)獎。《認(rèn)罪書》一如既往地發(fā)揮了作者特別豐富和細(xì)膩的女性感覺,去叩問人的恥感和罪感,并體現(xiàn)出作者在思想認(rèn)知上的深化。在她濃郁的倫理情懷里滲入了深沉的濟(jì)世情懷,在揭示人性善與惡的復(fù)雜糾葛的同時(shí),抵達(dá)了懺悔與救贖的精神高度。作者采取故事中套故事的敘述方式,在文體探索上顯現(xiàn)出難得的自信和成熟。
評論界普遍認(rèn)為,在《認(rèn)罪書》《拆樓記》《最慢的是活著》《打火機(jī)》等一系列小說中,喬葉敏銳地意識到隱藏于人們復(fù)雜經(jīng)驗(yàn)之中的斷裂、矛盾和錯(cuò)謬,同時(shí)她也意識到,正是這種縫隙為小說家提供了空間。她機(jī)智靈敏地游弋,使各種無以名狀的人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)與體驗(yàn)獲得戲劇性的結(jié)構(gòu),從而被指認(rèn)和命名,具有鮮明的原創(chuàng)品質(zhì),獲得了廣泛贊譽(yù)。喬葉也是一位很有個(gè)人風(fēng)格的散文家,她在散文中善于想象和書寫人之安居,對威脅著人之安居的復(fù)雜疑難也懷有深切興趣,意蘊(yùn)繁復(fù)。
Qiao Ye
Qiao Ye was born in Xiuwu County, Henan, in October of 1972. She is Deputy Chairman of the Henan Writers' Society and a member of the Council of the Chinese Writers Association. She is mainly engaged in writing novels and prose, and has published a total of over three million characters. Her novels include Confession, Demolition Records, and Hidden Pearl. Her novellas include The Slowest is Living, Lighter, Warmth, and Aphasia. Many of her pieces have been listed on the annual ranking of Chinese fiction and have won literary awards like the People's Literature Award, Chinese Literature Media Award, Zhuang Chongwen Prize, Beijing Literature Prize, Brilliant Literature Award, Yu Dafu Novel Award, Du Fu Literary Prize, Fiction Monthly 100 Blossoms Award, and Chinese Original Fiction of the Year Award. Her works have been translated and exported to the UK, Spain, Russia, Italy, Egypt, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea.
The Slowest is Living is Qiao Ye's feature novella. After it was first published in Harvest, it won the 5th Lu Xun Literary Prize, Yu Dafu Novel Award, and Du Fu Literary Prize. The novella tells the long, tenacious life of a grandmother and lovingly displays the familial ideologies found in Chinese culture, as well as the potential beauty of humanity. The mental barriers between the grandmother and her granddaughter get broken down into love, forming a unique tension for the story. The contemptuous-yet-envious narration immerses readers in this long reminiscence of the Chinese spirit.
Demolition Records is Qiao Ye's long-form non-fiction piece that was first published in People's Literature and later won a People's Literature Award. In this book, Qiao Ye uncompromisingly describes the realistic, cruel contest between people and the world for their interests. In an abnormally complex scene, among layers of pressure constricting the story, her characters seem cunning, calm, and worldly, yet tortured in their minds and hearts. With its profound insights and piercing language, this book makes the reader find truth from what appears to be twisted realities, and hides the ways of the world behind it.
Confession is a representative piece of Qiao Ye's novels. It was first published in People's Literature, and earned a People's Literature Award. Confession expresses the author's rich, refined sense of womanhood while also investigating people's sense of shame and guilt, and reflecting Qiao Ye's profound awareness of these issues. We get a sense that the ethics she proposes are an attempt to help all humankind. She reveals the complex struggle between human nature's good and evil while reaching spiritual heights of repentance and redemption. The author narrates the tale by telling a story within a story, showing hard-earned confidence and maturity in her literary explorations.
Literary critics widely believe that in Confession, Demolition Records, The Slowest is Living, and Lighter, Qiao Ye adroitly becomes aware of the division, conflict, and mistakes hidden in people's complex experience. At the same time, she is also aware that it is these "cracks" which give space for her novels. Her witty, sensitive writing style fills even the most lowly of character's experiences with drama, which is then identified and named in a unique and well-received quality. Qiao Ye is also a prose writer with her own original style. In her prose, she imagines and writes about people's contentment, and also delves into the complex problems that threaten such contentment.
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