The winners of the Junma Literary Awards for Ethnic Minority Writers (骏马奖) — handed out every three years since 1981 — have just been announced. The competition is designed to promote writing by authors who belong to one of China’s non-Han peoples. Entries are permitted in all indigenous languages. Eight of the 24 winners were written in a minority language, and three were translated into Mandarin, one each from Mongolian, Tibetan and Uyghur.
Of particular interest — to me — is the award to Uyghur author Alat Asem for his novel, 《时间悄悄的嘴脸》(Zuilian). I am currently co-translating this book from the Chinese with Jun Liu.
第十一届（2012—2015）全国少数民族文学创作 “骏马奖” 获奖名单
长篇小说奖
| 《白虎寨》 | 李传锋（土家族） |
| 《破荒》 | 袁仁琮（侗族） |
| 《时间悄悄的嘴脸》 | 阿拉提·阿斯木（维吾尔族） |
| 《信仰树》（蒙古文） | 乌·宝音乌力吉（蒙古族） |
| 《昨天的部落》（藏文） | 旦巴亚尔杰（藏族） |
For full list that includes award-winning novels, short stories, reportage, poetry, essays, and translation, see 骏马奖.
