People's Literature

People's Literature (《人民文学》 Renmin wenxue) was the first literary magazine to be created in communist China.[1] The magazine was established in 1949.[2] The calligraphy for the title was done by Chairman Mao Zedong.[2] The publisher is People's Literature Publishing House.[2] Zhu Wei served as the editor of the magazine during the 1980s.[3] Shi Zhanjun is the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[4]

Foreign language editions In November 2011 the magazine started its English version, named Pathlight.[1][5] Later the magazine expanded its multilingual editions, including French and Japanese.[4] The latter edition was launched in 2015 and is named Tomoshibi.[4] It is published annually.[4] The French edition of People's Literature, published annually, was also started in 2015.

The People's Literature Awards (Renmin wenxue jiang 人民文学奖) are annual awards for the most outstanding works published each year. The awards were introduced in 1986, and include the categories of novel, novella, short story, essay, non-fiction, poetry, translation. In 2003 the name was changed to the Maotai Cup People's Literature Awards (Maotai bei renmin wenxue jiang 茅台杯人民文学奖).[6]