AustLit
History
'Australian Studies Book Prizes are awarded biennially at the national conference of the Chinese Australian Studies Association. Three prizes are available:
–for the best work of original scholarship published in Chinese on an Australian topic in the previous two years;
–for the best work of original scholarship published in English on an Australian topic in the previous two years;
–for the best translation into Chinese of a work of scholarship about Australia or an Australian literary work published in the previous two years.
'The prizes are awarded to recognise and encourage the efforts of researchers, writers and translators working in the field of Australian Studies in China. They are only open to scholars and translators based in China. The judges reserve the right not to award a prize in any particular category or to vary the awards depending on the works submitted.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2016
winner y A History of Australian Literary Criticism Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue , 2016 9526049 2016 multi chapter work criticismFor an original work of scholarship
winner y Dang Dai Aodaliya Xiao Shuo Xuan An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Fiction Jiongqiang Zhu (editor), Hangzhou : Zhejiang shao nian er tong chu ban she , 2015 9368858 2015 anthology short storyfor a work of translation
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Year: 2014
recipient Wei Zhang For an original work of scholarship. The W.H. Donald Files: Adventures of an Australian in Modern China -
Year: 2012
winner Xiang Xiaohong For an original work of scholarship : The History of Australian Women’s Writing -
Year: 2008