The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in the United States is one of the three major film schools in the United States.
Today's protagonist is literature, not movies, and the small auditorium of the academy is set up as the scene of the awards ceremony.
Akira Ono, wearing a dark tuxedo and a black bow tie, arrived in New York one day earlier, and is now taking a taxi to the Avenue of the Americas, representing the poet Huainan, to receive the annual "Most Surprising Poetry Award" from the American Book Critics Association .
The president of Prodigal Son Publishing House still insisted on accepting the award in person, and even though he sent an email to explain again, Huainan still did not show his face.
The poet Huainan is the pillar figure of their publishing house, who has repeatedly broken the sales volume of the publishing house, and is also the poet he admires the most. Well, the last item is not important, and the editor-in-chief Echizen dare not offend.
Huainan Sang has always kept a low profile. The publishing house has cooperated with Huainan Sang for three years, and it was only two days ago that the exact nationality of Huainan was known.
Even after 48 hours, Ono's surprise has not completely dissipated.
Because the information that the American Book Critics Association Awards officials need to know must include "gender", "nationality" and "accurate sales report".
Many European and American writers like to use pen names, so real names are not required.
It was also two days ago that Akira Ono asked in the email, and then he gave an accurate answer [Huaxia, my nationality is Huaxia. ]
Before, I doubted whether Huainan was from Huaxia, because Huainan is a place name in Huaxia, and there is also the famous Huainan King, and then I commissioned a friend of Huaxia, Gao Shi, to investigate. People", because there is no information about any collection of poems such as "I am a wayward child" and "Great Puzzle" in China.
"Oh, I forgot one of the most important things." Ono suddenly remembered that no Chinese friends had mentioned this matter yet. He was too busy to come to New York for a business trip in the past two days. There were a lot of things to prepare, such as a change of clothes, an American SIM card , exchange for US dollars, etc., did not spare at all.
Without further ado, Ono immediately called his Chinese friend Gao Shi.
You must know that there is a twelve-hour time difference between Huaxia and the United States. Ono's time in New York is around three o'clock in the afternoon, so Huaxia is at three o'clock in the morning.
After being woken up by the alarm, Gao Shi hung up directly for the first time.
The second time... blanch!
My good friend Gao Shi suppressed the unhappiness of being woken up in the middle of the night, and looked at the caller—the world is so beautiful, but I am so irritable, this is not good, your mother is not good at all!
Coats is a freelance writer and a part-time big V. He is a relatively hard-core science popularization big V. He often helps identify some cultural issues in island countries. Akima Ono is one of his databases and usually helps solve many problems. .
"Gao Sang, you are wrong, you are really wrong."
"?" Gao Shi didn't understand what this nonsensical sentence meant.
"Is there really no poet named Huainan in China?"
Why are you still asking about this?If this kind of poet who has won foreign awards one after another is from China, Gao Shi must have leaked first-hand information on Weibo.
That's it?Delaying his sleep, Gao Shi's fist hardened, and he pulled the quilt even harder.
"No, I have asked several friends from the publishing house. I have never heard of such a person in our country. You also know my occupation. The friend I asked should be quite reliable."
After finishing speaking, Gao Shi linked to the previous sentence without beginning and end, could it be...
Ono Akima said on the phone. "Huainan Sang said that he is a Chinese, a genuine Chinese."
"..." Gao Shi was silent for a few seconds, loosened his fists pulling the sheet, and asked, "He told you that he is a Chinese? Then he didn't tell you his identity?"
"Huainan Sang won another award. It is the most surprising poet award of the American Book Critics Association. The award officials need the information of the winner, so Huainan Sang definitely told me that he is from Huaxia. The specific identity is unknown."
He won an award abroad again, and he is really a Chinese. Gao Shi was stunned. Why did he not publicize such an amazing achievement in China?
The Yomiuri Literature Award, the Costa Award, the American Book Critics Association Award, they are really good people, not to mention "Asuka" and "I am a wayward child"
The five collections of poetry, "The Huge Puzzle", "Don't Go Gentlely into That Good Night", and "After a Long Silence", have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide (accumulated sales of 68 copies in island countries).
"If you don't go to accept the award, is it possible that you don't care about fame and fortune at all? In the 21st century, there are still such pure poets." Gao Shi couldn't help but sigh.
Pure, yes, Ono thinks the word "friend" is very good.
And as the editor in charge of Huainan, a pure poet, he is also a pure editor in charge of rounding up. Akira Ono feels that when he accepts the prize on his behalf, he must also behave calmly and calmly, and his style must not be lost.
"Okay, I'm here, let's not talk about Gao Sang." Akira Ono was about to hang up the phone.
"Wait, Xiaoye, if you can be there, remember to take some photos for me." Gao Shi is also a big V with 50 fans, so how can he miss the opportunity of exclusive news, although the attention on poetry anthology and poets is not high, but The attention paid to foreign awards is still quite high.
"What does Gao Sang need a photo for?" Ono Akima called, paid the fare in cash, and stood at the gate of Tishi College.
Gao Shi sat up from the bed and watched him make it up, but he explained: "Huainan published three editions of poetry collections in French, Japanese and English, and he translated them all by himself, probably a language expert."
"And then?" Ono Akima didn't understand his subtext.
"I want to report that a Chinese poet has won an award and has exclusive photos." Gao Shi said, "As the editor-in-chief, Ono, it would be best if you could accept an interview with me."
"Huainan-san doesn't want to expose herself..." Akira Ono didn't want to be this bad guy.
"Ono, you don't understand what I mean. Mr. Huainan may be a linguist. If he doesn't want to be exposed, he will definitely not appear in front of the public." The country has fame, and being famous and exposing yourself are two different things."
It made sense, Akira Ono found himself speechless, and Akira Ono agreed.
After reaching the goal, Gao Shi hung up the phone, and then began to search the entire network for news about Huainan more thoroughly. Since he wanted to dig out news, he had to do more.
After some searching, Gao Shi found clues that such a poem had been published in "Xing Xing", one of the three major poetry magazines in China.
[if……
Author: Huainan
If the bell rings / please use feathers / bury me / I will weave a pair of / huge wings in the dark night / over the motherland I love / continue to fly]
The writing is quite good. Gao Shi's appreciation of poetry is not good, but he can read
"Is this Huainan that Huainan?" Gao Shi continued to investigate, and it was easy to check if he had clues, and soon found the Chinese Poetry Network.
Poetry published on the Internet.
Gao Shi's expression changed. If he remembered correctly, "Flying Bird Collection" published by Huainan is a collection of short poems...
Two flowers bloom, one side of the sky, talk about the other side of the world.
Akira Ono plucked up the courage to walk into the school, and the more he walked inside, the spine of his body seemed to be pulled out one by one, showing timidity.
Why did you come to New York University's Tisch College auditorium to present the awards, but this is the top university in the United States, and the American Book Critics Association Award is also one of the most authoritative literary awards in the United States. The combination of the two factors made Akira Ono extremely cowardly .
Originally, he didn't dare to speak English with a heavy accent, but fortunately, he had better eyesight. Ono followed the signs to find the small auditorium.
Walking in, Ono saw students in black suits fiddling with the red carpet. They must be volunteers who came to help. The suits and black tie were similar to his attire, ahhh.
The staff responsible for the service at the dinner party are basically dark suits and white shirts with black ties. To avoid embarrassment, the guests usually wear white ties, but Akira Ono is very embarrassed now.
He squeezed his palms, feeling his legs tremble a little, looked around, and finally chose a corner seat to sit down.
At exactly four o'clock, the awards ceremony officially began, and there was still more than half an hour left, but the auditorium was almost full of people.
Sitting around are all famous writers in the literary world.
As a Japanese, he always has a deep-seated inferiority complex towards his American father.
Although Huainan-san is powerful, she is not very popular here, Akira Ono thought, after all, the influence of modern Chinese literature in Europe and the United States is not as good as that of their island countries.
As he thought so, a white man with curly white hair suddenly walked beside him and greeted him: "Hi, I'm Ross Hulk, are you the Chinese poet Nanhuai?"
Ross didn't know who the other person was. Akima Ono didn't think of a suitable writer in his mind, so he was a little at a loss, and tried to make himself look calmer, so his expression looked awkward.
"Mr. Ross, no, I'm from an island country, and I'm Akira Kuma Ono." Ono said.
"Islander? The pseudonym is..." Ross asked with a frown.
Akira Ono said awkwardly: "I am the responsible editor of Prodigal Son Publishing House, and I am here to accept the award on behalf of Mr. Huainan."
Rose nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
He is not the author who came to accept the award, but a member of the jury, the vice president of the Book Critics Association, a famous American literary critic, and the editor-in-chief of the "Chicago Tribune".
It is also conceivable that Ross Hulk was also a member of the jury.
Although he was only a judge in reviewing poetry, he was deeply impressed by Chu Zhi. The only person of yellow race at the scene thought it was the poet, so he went to say hello.
The editor in charge received the award, but Huainan still hasn't come to accept the award?
Ross is very fond of Huainan's collection of poems, whether it is "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" or the award-winning "After a Long Silence".
But Huainan is too mysterious, so mysterious that no information can be found. Ross only knew Huainan's true nationality when he was a member of the jury.
It's actually a Chinese.
But he asked many friends in Huaxia, and the answers he got were that he had never heard of it.
"Mysterious Chinese, several anthologies of poetry are written in different styles. If not every anthology of poetry is exciting enough, I even doubt that he is a team." Rose muttered to himself.
Because each book is wonderful, it is equivalent to a team with three or four talented poets, and three or four talented poets share a pen name, which is even more incredible than writing these poetry collections by a single person.
"Even the American Book Critics Association Award is not accepted in person. Chinese poets are really proud." Ross is very lenient towards talented people, especially when he can still get the talent.
Akima Ono kept looking at the sitting people from the corner of his eyes, and he could recognize many of them.
Bell Lee Miller is a well-known writer born in Chicago, Illinois, a particularly famous biographer, and even known as the first biographer in Europe and the United States in the 21st century. His biographical novels have also been included in the textbooks of the island country.
Griffith Martin is a famous writer born in San Francisco. He is very prolific. He has written 21 novels, more than 426 short stories and 2 screenplays in his more than [-] years of creative career.
There are also Thomas John, Francis Mizner and others, all of whom could only be seen in news reports before.
A little excited, Ono Akira suddenly realized that his performance just now was too bad.Some are not calm.
Should he say something to strike up a conversation with the great writers, or just sit quietly?
Akira Ono's brain was full of activities, but his body was as stiff as an ice sculpture, and he sat on the seat without saying a word.
During the period, other people also came to say hello to him, but after hearing him say that he was an islander and from the Prodigal Son Publishing House, they all turned back.
"It's a pity that the Huaxia poet didn't come. Today's small auditorium will be much bleak because there is one less person."
"Yeah, what a pity, I love his poetry so much."
"Nanhuai is too mysterious. Although I like this kind of style, I would like to invite him to my salon."
Akira Ono lowered his head and heard whispers from others. Although his spoken English was not good, his hearing was fine. The writers or newspaper editors who came here seemed to be praising Huainan?
Looking up, the writer Griffith said, "It's normal for Nanhuai to be a Chinese. The language style of "The Huge Puzzle" is concise and concise, and the imagery is strange and precise, as if reading a Western Tang poem."
"I am most moved by the multivariate poems in Nanhuai's style. He has written European lyric poetry, expressive ideas, and impressionism to a very extreme level." Francis continued.
You praised me with every word, because the real deity didn't come to the scene, so the focus of discussion among the guests present was the person who didn't come.
It turns out...it turns out that Huainan's poems are so popular in the United States. Ono now fully understands that as long as the poems are good enough, it's okay not to come to accept the award.
During the conversation, the awards ceremony began.
There were no candidates for the American Book Critics Award, and the list of winners was announced directly, so there were no surprises during the awarding process.
Ross, the vice president of the association and the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, is in charge of presenting the "Most Surprising Poet of the Year Award".
"The images in Nanhuai's poems are more changeable than the faces of capitalists. They praise the primitive instinct of embracing life. His poems are full of great vitality. He is an excellent poet."
Rose presented the certificate, and an envelope containing a check for fifty thousand.
"I really hope that I came in person, and my husband said for me: Poetry writing is wonderful, and I hope there will be more works." Ross handed the things into Ono's hands, and couldn't help but say something more.
Chapter 472 The Mysterious Poet
The highest prize money in the world is the Nobel Prize for Literature, with 800 million Swedish kronor, you can buy two houses in the mountain city.
The Mao Dun Literature Award with the highest prize money in China has 50 soft sister coins, and it is not bad to be able to buy a suite in Fengdu, which is a subsidiary of the mountain city.
The $5 American Book Critics Association award in a gray envelope can also buy a house in Huwei Town, a subsidiary of Fengdu, which is not bad.
Why does it have to be related to buying a house, because in order to dig out information in Huainan, Gao Shi and his wife made an appointment to buy a house.
Of course, men should focus on their careers!
The manly man admitted his mistake and apologized, and got first-hand information from Huainan editor-in-chief Akira Ono.
I interviewed Gao Shi and wrote a long article with thousands of words. Of course, in the Internet age, if the title is boring, the more words there are, the fewer people will click in.
Little Days Destroy People: ["Huaxia May Become the Mysterious Figure of No. 1 Modern Poetry in the World" #秘密诗诗#
One guy said you might think I was kidding, he—
In 2021, he won the Island Country Yomiuri Literature Award.
Winner of the British Costa Award in 2022.
Winner of the American Book Critics Association Award in 2023.
The above three awards were won by Chinese poets for the first time.
A total of five poetry collections have been published, with sales of 300 million copies worldwide.
American writer and poet: Bell Lee Miller Comments: A beautiful and sincere poetry elf, waving his crystal wings in the spiritual world, that is the embodiment of his imagination.
French literary critic and writer Thomas John: Huainan is the most unselfish person in the world, and his poems are his life, which is colorful and diverse.
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