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茅盾文学奖

茅盾文学奖是由中国作家协会主办，根据茅盾先生遗愿，为鼓励优秀长篇小说创作、推动中国社会主义文学的繁荣而设立的，是中国第一个以个人名字命名的文学奖，是中国具有最高荣誉的文学奖项之一。奖项每四年评选一次，参评作品需为长篇小说，字数在13万以上的作品。

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The Mao Dun Literature Award

The Mao Dun Literature Award is sponsored by the Chinese Writers’ Association, and was established in accordance with the will of Mr. Mao Dun. It was established to encourage the creation of excellent novels and to promote the prosperity of Chinese socialist literature. It is the first Chinese literature award named after an individual person, which is the highest honor in Chinese literature awards. The prize is awarded once every four years. The selected works are novels of more than 130,000 words.

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