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Acclaimed Hong Kong author Hon Lai-chu has published several award-winning novels, including Kite Family (among 2008’s Books of the Year, China Times, Taiwan; Top 10 Chinese Novels World-wide, 2008, 2009; and New Writer’s Novella first prize, Unitas Literary Association, Taiwan) and Grey Flower (Honorable Mention, 2010 Dream of Red Chamber Award) as well as the short story collections Half Eclipse, Darkness under the Sun and Homecoming
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Acclaimed Hong Kong author Hon Lai-chu has published several award-winning novels, including The Kite Family (among 2008’s Books of the Year, China Times, Taiwan; Top 10 Chinese Novels World-wide, 2008, 2009; and New Writer’s Novella first prize, Unitas Literary Association, Taiwan) and Grey Flower (Honorable Mention, 2010 Dream of Red Chamber Award) as well as the short story collections Half Eclipse, Darkness under the Sun and Homecoming. Hon was named Hong Kong Arts Development Council Artist of the Year in 2018, and has been recognised with the Hong Kong Book Prize (2012), the Hong Kong Biennial Award for Chinese Literature (Fiction, 2003 - 2004), and the 2021 Taipei International Book Exhibition Book Prize (Non-fiction).
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