Post-1980 writers lack substance?
By Yang Guang | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-26 07:56
The post-1980 generation of writers have survived and prospered since emerging from the New Concept Writing Competition, an annual event initiated by Shanghai-based Mengya magazine in 1998.
Winners of the competition, such as Han Han and Guo Jingming, are sought after as pop idols.
Even so, they are also criticized for being literary lightweights.
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