How likely is it that Lin Han will win this year's Nobel Prize in Literature?

This issue has become a topic of endless debate among netizens, and of course everyone supports Lin Han to bring the Nobel Prize back to China again, but there are also some sane people and stupid people.

"It's not for me to say, Lin Han's probability of winning is about the same as five million in my lottery ticket. He is a science fiction writer, and he wants to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which is simply whimsical!"

"That's it, this odds list is purely funny, just look at Haruki Murakami in the first place. ”

"Intellectually speaking, I'd love to win the prize. But this is 100% impossible, don't think that winning a few Hugo Awards and Nebula Awards makes it so simple to think that the Nobel Prize. ”

"Maybe Lin Han is not qualified to participate in the selection, and I don't know what kind of celebrity is being enjoyed on the Internet!"

"Lin Han is still too young to win the Nobel Prize in Literature is not convincing at all. ”

"Anyway, I, Lin Aotian, am not convinced, there are many writers in China who write better than Lin Han, why choose him? Is it because of his high reputation!"

"A writer of science fiction also wants to get a Nobel prize?

"Hahahaha, let's wait for Lin Han to write something literary. ”

"Liu Xinwu, Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa, Zhang Xianliang, Wang Meng, Tie Ning, Gao Xingjian, which of these is worse than Lin Han. It's not because Lin Han's is selling well abroad! I think Lin Han needs to win a heavyweight literary award and then look at the Nobel!"

These people are inherently good, but in their words, they seem to be a lot lower than these traditional writers.

But they just aren't confident, and even many people haven't seen Lin Han's science fiction at all, and this kind of person is actually speaking and discussing.

Just from the author and the type of work, those classic science fiction works are vetoed!

Of course, Lin Han's fans can't watch it, of course they also know that the probability of winning the award is slim, but they can't increase the prestige of others and destroy their own ambition!

These people are especially unaccustomed to netizens casually criticizing science fiction, and this kind of contempt has not been experienced for a long time.

"Are you blind to say that Mr. Lin doesn't have a heavyweight literary award? Have you forgotten the French Goncourt Literary Award? This is the oldest and most valuable literary award in the world!"

"Can you please read it before you make a statement?"

"It's really heheda, there are indeed many writers in China who write with literary brilliance, but there is no way for others to understand their works. It's not that Lin Han won't let them go out to participate in the selection!"

"Although I don't know why Mr. Lin suddenly appeared in the Nobel Prize list, this is definitely a good thing! Is Mr. Lin the first writer to compete for a literary prize in the 80s?"

"Support Lin Han, science fiction is also a kind, he writes so well, of course you can participate!"

"After watching works such as "Hyperion", you know that Lin Han is by no means a person who only writes stories, and his writing is also superb!"

These people are quite restrained on the Internet, and they are not as dark as the fans and blacks of entertainment stars.

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At this time, Lin Han was holding the phone, and the reporter of Xinhuanet was also powerful, and he didn't know how to find his contact information and wanted to come for an interview.

"Hello Mr. Lin, I'm Zhang Jing, a reporter from Xinhuanet, can I disturb you for two minutes?"

Zhang Jing on the other end of the phone was a little apprehensive, this interview was completely temporary, and she didn't make an appointment with Lin Han's company at all.

Fortunately, Lin Han was not such a particular person, he opened his mouth and said, "Yes, then you have to hurry up." ”

Zhang Jing settled down, her phone call was being recorded, and then quickly asked her first question, "First of all, congratulations, today the Swedish Daily reported that you have entered the short list of the Nobel Prize in Literature and will compete for this year's award, do you know?"

"If it's news, I know. But the authenticity of this news is difficult to say, after all, the selection of the Nobel Prize in Literature is to be kept secret for 50 years, and no one knows the authenticity, only when the results come out. ”

Lin Han is indeed telling the truth, all he can know at present is that he was recommended to the long list by Cai Yu, vice president of Peking University, and only the people of the Swedish Academy of Letters know whether he has entered the short list.

Zhang Jing hurriedly asked, "Then have you ever thought about getting this award?"

"If I say no, it must be too fake. In the history of the Nobel Prize in Literature, things like Tolstoy and Kafka did not win the prize, which involved various issues and was a little more political. If it is rated, it must be a good thing. If it doesn't have a rating, it's not a big deal. ”

Lin Han doesn't want to be portrayed by the media as a resentful husband like Haruki Murakami, what repeated defeats and repeated defeats are all posted by the media, maybe Haruki Murakami himself doesn't care too much at all, and even annoys the media for such a high-profile report.

Xinhuanet is a very good platform, with high authority, and reporters are also disciplined, and will not take words out of context and deliberately hype up topics.

This is also the reason why Lin Han is willing to be interviewed!

"Do you think that you or Chinese writers still have any hope of winning awards in the future?"

Zhang Jing asked with great concern, there was already Mo Yan before, will there be another writer in the future.

Lin Han thought for a few seconds, and then he replied, "Of course there is hope. ”

"First of all, our writers do not lack strength, what they lack is only an opportunity to go out. Now Chinese literature is not the mainstream literature in the world, and we have many writers who are similar to Mo Yan, and they all have strength. As long as we continue to work hard to create, and at the same time pay attention to translation and promotion, we can let foreigners know more about Chinese literature. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Han couldn't help but think of the overseas branches of Xinhua Bookstore, if they are all Chinese, how many foreigners can understand it?

"Well, that's true, you have to strengthen the translation!" Zhang Jing echoed.

Lin Han said in a joking tone at this time: "Chinese readers are probably the people who care about the Nobel Prize in Literature in the world, the Nobel Prize has a deep mass base in our country, and everything is possible in the future!"

"Thank you for taking the time to do this interview, and I wish you a fruitful Nobel Prize. ”

Zhang Jing said very politely, she didn't expect Lin Han to accept the phone interview so cooperatively, and she thought that she would eat a closed door!

The Nobel Prize in Literature is no longer just a literary award, but plays a pivotal role in the entire publishing industry.

Popular literary awards have always had a significant boost to the sales of literary works, among which the Nobel Prize in Literature is the most significant!

The sales of Alexievich, the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in literature, increased by nearly 74 times in the month after the award on Amazon China compared to the month before the award.

Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, saw a 240-fold increase in sales of his works within a month of the prize's announcement.

The 2013 Nobel Prize winner Alice Munroe has seen even more sales of her works, with sales increasing nearly 1,500 times in the month after winning the award compared to the month before the award!

After all, this type of literature is certainly not as popular as popular in terms of sales, and if Lin Han or other popular best-selling authors win the Nobel Prize in Literature, then the growth rate is quite limited.

Lin Han put his mobile phone in his trouser pocket, he tidied up the collar of his shirt, and prepared to go out to participate in the "Lost" promotion conference jointly organized by Galaxy Pictures and Central Plains Film and Television!