» » » » Media China's first Andersen Awards winner: No house of straw APR . 14 2016 Peking University, Apr.14, 2016: It is rare to see an author receiving the adulation the public usually reserves for movie stars. Such a sight unfolded at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Saturday, when CaoWenxuan arrived from Italy. Hundreds of people had gathered to greet Cao, China's first winner of the Hans ChristianAndersen Awards, which are top honors presented every two years to one writer and oneillustrator from the world of children's literature, named after the Danish master of fairy tales. Cao, 62, says he expected the media spotlight to fall on him soon after he received acongratulatory phone message from an acquittance in Beijing while he was attending theBologna Children's Book Fai来源(Source From):
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