Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 797 Nonsense
What He Kelan said is not just the situation in France. In fact, since the publication of "Lord of the Flies" and its connection with the Goncourt Prize for Literature, this book has become a topic of frequent discussion in the literary and academic circles .

Except for a period of time when people were distracted by Kurt Romney and focused on whether the book was patriarchal, other times people discussed more about the artistic value of "Lord of the Flies" itself.

The theme of human nature is evil may still have a lot of controversy in China, but it has a huge market in the European and American literary circles.

This is related to Western ideology. Most people in the West believe that human nature is inherently evil. Many people think that people are born to atone for their sins and repent.

"It's nothing. I chatted with those writer friends in China. When I talked about realism, I always talked about your "Christophe" and "Mother and Child". Two works that have been published for so many years can still be seen today. It's really amazing to be talked about by people from time to time." Zhang Zhong said with a smile.

Zhang Zhong didn't deliberately make up these words to compliment He Kelan. When he chatted with Zhuang Yu and the others, he would indeed talk about He Kelan, and when talking about He Kelan, he would naturally talk about his two novels.

Both "Christophe" and "Mother and Child" are realistic novels that show the social outlook at that time, and the central position in the novel is the protagonist's emotional rhythm and thought situation. Turned into the driving force for their spiritual perfection, the social background always appears and disappears with the relaxation and ups and downs of the protagonist's inner activities.

He Kelan used to be an adventurer who was thought to be deviant in the literary world, and it is not easy to get to where he is today.

In fact, in this auditorium, there were quite a few people who criticized He Kelan at that time.

They once criticized He Kelan for messing up the imitation of nature and the expression of nature, blurring their boundaries.

But it was later proved that the value standard of either one or the other is not advisable.Imitation of nature is not the basic point of materialist progressive thinking and the only way to create realism, and expressing the soul is not the common key point of symbolic attention to reactionary ideas and non-realistic attention.

He Kelan said with a smile, "The two of us should stop flattering each other. I heard that you made a joke on the netizens on April Fool's Day a few days ago. I learned about it. It's quite interesting."

"It's just a joke, I didn't expect even you to know about it."

"Your every move right now has touched the hearts of millions of people. It's a pity that the award ceremony of the Goncourt Literature Prize was not broadcast live. Otherwise, there might be many people waiting in front of the TV and computer to watch you." He Kelan Shaking his head and laughing, "The organizing committee of the Goncourt Literary Prize is indeed not very good at management, otherwise, it would not only have a bonus of ten euros."

"It's also a feature."

"Of course, if poverty can be considered as a characteristic." He Kelan looked up at the stage. There was no one on the stage at the moment, only a lonely podium. He continued, "Wait until you go to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature next time." Your readers won’t have to wait around when it’s time to award.”

Zhang Zhong knew what he meant. The Nobel Prize in Literature was broadcast live.However, He Kelan was a little surprised that he was so sure that he would win the Nobel Prize for Literature in the future, "This kind of thing can only depend on chance."

He Kelan shook his head, "If winning the Nobel Prize is based on chance, then there is no need for this award to exist."

"Oh, I'm not saying that you won the Nobel Prize by chance, but I think that winning such a thing requires a little bit of fate." Zhang Zhong said.

"For others, a little chance may be needed, but for you, I'm afraid you don't need these things. I'm looking forward to your winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, at least their prize money is considerable." He Kelan joked.

……

The two chatted for a while, and the awards ceremony was about to begin.

The ceremony was very simple. The chairman of the organizing committee, Nolan, walked up to the stage to speak a few words, and immediately invited Zhang Chong up.

"Please don't be stingy with your applause. Welcome Zhang Chong, the winner of this year's Goncourt Literature Prize, to the stage."

Xu Yuhan pressed Zhang Zhong's ear to translate Nolan's words for him. After the translation was over, she smiled and said, "You should go up."

Zhang nodded heavily, then shook hands with He Kelan next to him, and went straight to the stage.

Unlike Zhang Zhong's other awards, this time he did not give an award speech, only the applause of the guests.

After he walked onto the stage, the applause stopped.

Nolan handed Zhang Zhong a red box. The box was opened, and there was a brand-new ten-euro banknote inside, and there was even a smell of copper.

Zhang Zhong took the box over and shook hands with Nolan again.

"congratulations."

"Thank you."

Nolan made a gesture of invitation, indicating that Zhang Zhong would come forward to deliver his acceptance speech.

Zhang Zhong walked forward, tested the sound into the microphone, and then said, "Ladies and gentlemen, good evening."

After saying this, he paused, not to allow time for others to applaud, but his acceptance speech was in Chinese, and he wanted to allow time for the interpreters present.

After the translator translated his words into French, he continued: "First of all, I would like to thank the organizing committee for finally awarding this award to me. Even after more than a month, I still clearly remember when I heard the news of the award That excitement."

Xu Yuhan pouted in the audience, Zhang Zhong was not excited at all at that time, not as excited as her.

"The Goncourt is a great award, which I have known since I was very young, before I could read literature independently."

This is blowing water. The status of the Goncourt Prize for Literature is indeed quite high, but in terms of its reputation in China, it is not as good as one percent of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Just find someone on the road and ask him about the Goncourt Literature Prize. 99 out of [-] people will be puzzled, and only half of them will know what the award is.

"The Goncourt Literary Prize has a long history, more than 100 years ago..."

The guests below, including He Kelan, were a little confused. They originally thought that Zhang Zhong would give a wonderful acceptance speech, but they just said something useless.

He actually popularized the history of the Goncourt Prize to French writers here...

However, Zhang Zhong on the stage was serious, as if he was saying something very important.

"Until today, over the past 100 years, there have been more than 100 winners. These 100 winners are all excellent, and their works..."

(End of this chapter)