致诺贝尔文学奖评审委员会的一封推荐函

诺贝尔文学奖评审委员会:

我们非常荣幸地向贵评审委员会推荐来自中国的叶世斌先生。

叶世斌先生是中国当代最杰出的诗人之一，他于20世纪80年代初开始诗歌写作，二十余年来，已出版了近10部文学著作，其中包括诗歌、散文、小说等，他的文学作品，尤其是诗，充满了对生与死、灵与肉、此岸与彼岸、现实与超验、人类命运与自然造化的严肃追问和深度反思，独特而深刻地表达了现代人的生命体悟和在世经验。一方面，他更多地揭示了后工业社会的生存真相，譬如灾难、疾病、罪恶、死亡，以及由此派生的苦难、焦虑和灵魂的挣扎等等；另一方面，他坚持人道主义和理想主义的探索与担当，把诗歌作为诗意关怀的形式，执著地传达了对生命状态的关切、博爱、悲悯以及灵魂的救赎与超拔，并以此引领和提升人类的精神境界。

叶世斌先生的诗，大气、深邃、经典、精致、厚重，他已在精湛的艺术技巧与深刻的哲学思辨基础之上，建立起自己独特的艺术和思想体系。这决定了叶世斌先生是一位具有很高艺术成就的诗人，是一位值得研究和期待的当代杰出的诗人。

叶世斌先生的文学作品，曾先后被译成十余种外国文字流布于世界各国，并荣获多种国际文学奖。可以说，他是一位享有世界性声誉的杰出的诗人。

基于此，我们毫不犹豫地推荐叶世斌先生角逐诺贝尔文学奖。我们十分荣幸地知道叶世斌先生现居中国安徽省天长市，全身心致力于文学创作。在这里，我们奉上中英对照版《叶世斌诗选》（“Selected Poems of Ye Shibin”）和法文版《叶世斌诗选》(“Florilège sélection de poèmes de YE Shibin ”) 各18册，供您们参考。最后，我们恳请尊敬的评委们，考虑将伟大的诺贝尔文学奖，授予中国当代杰出的诗人、作家叶世斌先生，非常感谢！

致以最深的敬意！

国际诗歌翻译研究中心主席

世界诗人大会国际执委会执委     张  智  博士

（诗人，评论家，学者）

                         国际诗歌翻译研究中心副主席

                      中国中原工学院教授               张智中  博士

（诗人，翻译家，学者）

国际诗歌翻译研究中心副主席

中国宁波大学教授                 杨成虎  博士

                                                     （诗人，翻译家，学者）

公元2008年8月8日

Letter of Recommendation to the Appraisal Committee of Nobel Prize in Literature

The Appraisal Committee of Nobel Prize in Literature：

We feel that it is our great honor to recommend to you Mr. Ye Shibin, who is from P. R. China.

Mr. Ye Shibin is one of the most distinguished poets in contemporary China, and he began his poetry creation since the beginning of the 80s of the 20^th century and has so far published 10 literary works, including poems, prose, novels, etc. His literary works, particularly his poems, are full of close examinations of and profound reflections on life and death, soul and body, this bank and the other bank, reality and transcendentalism, human destiny and natural phenomenon, etc., through which life realization and life experience of contemporary people are expressed uniquely and profoundly. On the one hand, he reveals the existential realities of post-industrial society, such as disasters, diseases, crimes, death, and their derivative tribulations, misgivings, and psychical struggles, etc.; on the other hand, he sticks to exploration and act as of humanism and idealism, taking poetry as the form of poetic concern to express perseveringly his solicitude, philanthropism, commiseration for or of life status, as well as spiritual salvage and promotion, so as to uplift and upgrade the spiritual realm of human beings.

Poems by Mr. Ye Shibin are massive, majestic, refined, profound, and classical; on the basis of his consummate skills and deep philosophy, he has established his own unique system of art and thought. All this contributes to the fact that Mr. Ye Shibin is an accomplished and distinguished poet in contemporary China, who deserves our study and expectation.

The works of Mr. Ye Shibin have been translated into over a dozen of foreign languages to be shared by readers throughout the world, and he has won many international prizes. It is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Ye Shibin is an outstanding poet of world renown.

For all this, we do not hesitate to recommend Mr. Ye Shibin as candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. We are honored to know that Mr. Ye Shibin now lives in Tianchang City, Anhui Province, P. R. China, applying himself to literary creation. Enclosed with the letter are 18 copies of Selected Poems of Ye Shibin (Chinese-English) and Florilège Sélection de Poèmes de Ye Shibin (French) for your reference. Last but not the least, we would be greatly honored if your respectable committee members would give your consideration to award the great Nobel Prize in Literature to Mr. Ye Shibin, a distinguished poet-writer in contemporary China. Millions of thanks!

With the most profound respect and regards!

Dr. Zhang Zhi (poet, critic, scholar),

Chairman of International Poetry Translation and Research Centre;

Executive Member of International Executive Committee of World Congress of Poets.

Dr. Zhang Zhizhong (poet, translator, scholar),

Vice-Chairman of International Poetry Translation and Research Centre;

Professor of English at Zhongyuan University of Technology, P. R. China.

Dr. Yang Chenghu (poet, translator, scholar),

Vice-Chairman of International Poetry Translation and Research Centre;

Professor of English at Ningbo University, P. R. China.

August 8, 2008