WRITER HONORED FOR JUVENILE LITERATURE ACHIEVEMENTS.doc

1、WRITER HONORED FOR JUVENILE LITERATURE ACHIEVEMENTSChildrens fiction writer Cao Wenxuan became the first ever Chinese person to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award at the Bologna Childrens Book Fair in Italy on April 4. The award， which is named after the 19th-century Danish fairy tale creator， is

2、 considered the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of childrens books. “The unanimous choice of the jury， Cao writes beautifully about the complex lives of children facing great challenges， ” said Patricia Aldana， President of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awa

3、rd Jury. Born in 1954 in a small village in east Chinas Jiangsu Province， Cao studied in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University （PKU） in 1974-77. He is now a professor of Chinese literature and childrens literature at PKU. He began to publish stories for children in 1

4、979. His major novels include Grass Hut， The Thin Rice and Bronze and Sunflower. Some of his books have been translated into English， French， Japanese and other foreign languages. “All of my stories are set in China， all of them are Chinese stories， but at the same time they are stories of humankind

5、， ” Cao told Xinhua News Agency after his awards announcement. Childrens literature is meant to create “a good basis for human nature for the sake of humankind， ” Cao said. Safety Awareness Can Make a Difference Xinhua Daily Telegraph April 5 A pile-up on an expressway linking Shanghai and neighbori

6、ng Jiangsu Province left three dead and over 30 injured on April 2. Two freight cars， three buses and 20 cars crashed into each other in the crash. The accident has once again thrust a spotlight upon the bad driving behavior of many motorists. For example， rescuers who rushed to the scene after the

7、accident found the lane legally reserved for use only by emergency vehicles was blocked by private cars. Transgressions in traffic rules are common in China. Drivers and pedestrians often turn a blind eye to traffic lights at crossroads. Many drivers go over the speed limit， change lanes without tur

8、ning on their indicators， and drive in the emergency lane on expressways. Driving schools are partly to blame for this as they solely focus on helping students pass the license exam rather than teaching them driving etiquette. It is estimated that at least 2.5 million cars will be sold every year in the next five years. By 2020， the number of cars on Chinas roads is expected to reach 300 million. It is urgent that everybody obeys traffic rules in order to ensure safety.