Better than a fairytale ending
By Mei Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-06 08:14
The Hans Christian Andersen Award, regarded as the 'Nobel Prize for children's literature', has been bestowed upon to Cao Wenxuan, the first Chinese to win. Mei Jia reports.
Children's literature writer Cao Wenxuan, 62, has won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for his work, the International Board on Books for Young People announced at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair in Italy on Tuesday.
With this award, Cao becomes the first Chinese to claim the world-renowned "Nobel Prize for children's literature".
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