Draft:Dangdai (literary magazine)

Dangdai
FrequencyBimonthly
First issueJune 1979
CountryChina
Based inBeijing
LanguageChinese
ISSN0257-0165

Dangdai (simplified Chinese: 当代; traditional Chinese: 當代; pinyin: Dāngdài; lit. 'Contemporary') is a bimonthly Chinese literary magazine founded in Beijing in June 1979. The magazine is sponsored by the China Writers Association and published by the People's Literature Publishing House. It mainly publishes contemporary medium-length and long novels, while also taking into account other genres such as poetry, essays, and reviews.Dangdai has been listed as one of the Four Famous Dan Chinese literary magazines, along with Harvest, Shiyue and Flower City.[1] [2]

History

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In June 1979, the Dangdai magazine was founded as a quarterly by People's Literature Publishing House with the aim of promoting the development of realistic literature. Seventy thousand copies were printed for the first issue and sold out immediately. The editor-in-chief was Meng Weizai. [3] [4]

In 1981,Dangdai changed from quarterly to bimonthly. [2]

In 2019, ‘’Dangdai celebrated its 40th anniversary and held a commemorative reading and literary forum. Up to that time, a total of 9 novels won the Mao Dun Literature Award. Dangdai also won the second China Publishing Government Award Journal Award. [5] [2]

References

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  1. ^ "《花城》:先锋文学的摇篮 ("Flower City": the cradle of avant-garde literature)" (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 凤凰卫视 (Phoenix TV). 2012-10-27.
  2. ^ a b c "期刊介绍 (Journal Introduction)" (in Chinese). 《当代》编辑部 (Editorial Department of Dangdai). Retrieved 2025-03-05.
  3. ^ 孟伟哉 (Meng Weizai) (2019-09-04). "《当代》40年:"我想特别讲讲这份大型文学杂志的诞生" (40 years of Dangdai: "I want to talk about the birth of this large literary magazine")" (in Chinese). 中国作家网 (China Writers Network).
  4. ^ 洪子诚 (Hong Zicheng) (2010). 中国当代文学史 (History of Contemporary Chinese Literature). Peking University Press.
  5. ^ 陈泽宇 (Chen Zeyu) (2019-12-28). "四十载青春岁月,《当代》走在现实主义广阔的大路上 (For forty years of youth, Contemporary has been on the broad road of realism.)" (in Chinese). 中国作家网 (China Writers Network) .