村上春树婉拒“替代品”奖项

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看过《挪威的森林》的小伙伴们肯定都认识村上春树。他的作品风格深受欧美作家的影响，基调轻盈，少有日本战后阴郁沉重的文字气息，被称作第一个纯正的“二战后时期作家”，并被誉为日本80年代的文学旗手，其作品在世界范围内具有广泛知名度。

 

 

他在网上也被人戏称为文学界“小李子”，因为提名诺贝尔文学奖多年却没有得奖，难免让人感到惋惜。

然而由于今年诺贝尔文学奖推迟，有关方面设立了一个类似奖项用以代替，入选获奖候选名单的村上春树却婉拒了。

 

日本小说家村上春树宣布退出诺贝尔文学奖“替代奖项”的角逐，并表示希望专心于写作。

The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has withdrawn from Sweden’s alternative to the Nobel prize for literature, citing a wish to concentrate on his writing.

 

受性侵丑闻影响，瑞典文学院早前已决定推迟今年诺贝尔文学奖的颁发。瑞典文化界人士随后推出了名为“新文学奖”的奖项，旨在表明“文学应该是民主、公开、共鸣和尊重。”

Established in the wake of the sexual assault scandal that led to the postponement of this year’s literature prize, the New Academy Prize set out to be a “reminder that literature should be associated with democracy, openness, empathy and respect”.

 

 

 

在组织方给出的新文学奖名单中，共有47人入选，全球共有32000多人投票选出他们最喜爱的作家，最终有4人脱颖而出：除了村上春树，还有英国小说家Neil Gaiman、法属瓜德罗普小说家Maryse Condé以及加拿大籍越南裔作家金翠（Kim Thúy）。

Of the 47 authors nominated by Swedish librarians, over 32000 people from around the world have voted for their favourite candidates, which left four authors on the short list for the award: British fantasy author Neil Gaiman, Guadeloupean novelist Maryse Condé and the Vietnam-born Canadian author Kim Thúy.

 

现年69岁的村上春树，已经赢得过很多文学奖项，2006年，他获得弗朗茨•卡夫卡奖，2009年获得耶路撒冷文学奖，2016年获得安徒生文学奖。

Murakami, 69, has won several literary prizes, such as the Franz Kafka Prize in 2006, the Jerusalem Prize in 2009, and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award for 2016.

 

组织方称，公布四名候选人后，村上春树表示希望撤销自己的提名。

The award organisers have revealed that when the final four authors were notified, Murakami asked for his nomination to be withdrawn.

组织方在一份声明中表示，村上春树发来电子邮件，说自己很荣幸入选提名，但是也希望自己可以“专注于写作，远离媒体关注。”组织方表示遗憾，但是也尊重他的决定。

The New Academy said in a statement that Murakami had emailed them saying that it was a great honour to be shortlisted. But “Murakami then said his preference is to concentrate on his writing, away from media attention … The New Academy regrets but respects his decision.”

 

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