The Lu Xun Literary Prize is a literary prize awarded by the Chinese Writers' Association (zh:中國作家協會, 中国作家协会). It is named for Lu Xun and has been awarded every three years since 1995.
The 2010 Lu Xun literature prize 5th Award Ceremony was held in Shaoxing on October 19, 2010. Che Yangao, secretary of the discipline inspection committee in Hubei’s capital city of Wuhan, won the award for his collection of poems "Yearning for Warmth."
The Prize has seven award categories:
- National Excellent Novella Award
- National Excellent Short Story Award
- National Excellent Reportage Award
- National Outstanding Poetry Award
- National Excellent Prose Essay Prize
- National Outstanding Literary Review Awards
- National Outstanding Literary Translation Award (formerly the Rainbow Translation Award)
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