第14届“花踪世界华文文学奖”颁奖典礼日前在马来西亚吉隆坡隆重举行。本届获奖作家为台湾作家白先勇。在颁奖现场,白先勇说,文学是他终身不移的信仰,一个民族如果没有文学,精神上就被削弱了。中华民族虽然经受过很多苦难,但因为我们拥有诗经、楚辞、唐诗、宋词,以及《红楼梦》等,文学的这种精神和力量,给我们心灵以巨大的慰藉,支撑我们走到今天。白先勇说,自己在五十多年前开始写作,半个世 The 14th “Tracing the World Chinese Literature Award” ceremony was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently. The winning writer is Bai Xianyong, a Taiwanese writer. At the awards ceremony, Bai Xianyong said that literature is his lifelong belief. If a nation without literature is mentally impaired. Although the Chinese nation has endured so many tribulations, because of our possession of the Book of Songs, the Songs of the South, the poetry of the Tang Dynasty, the lyrics of the Song Dynasty, and the Dream of Red Mansions, this spirit and strength of literature give us great comfort in our hearts and support us to this day. Bai Xianyong said he began writing more than 50 years ago, half a century