Israeli writer wins top honor from Chinese college students

Israeli author Amos Oz has long been a favored Nobel Prize contender and has received dozens of literary prizes around the world - including the 21 University Students International Literary Award, which he received in Beijing last week.

A jury of 21 students from Renmin University's liberal arts school, ranging from undergraduates to doctoral students, selected the 77-year-old to receive the honor.

"I have received in my life maybe 40 or 50 literary prizes. All of them are from juries of professors and scholars. This is the first time I've received a prize from students," Oz tells China Daily after the ceremony.