也许你不知道布克奖“Man Booker Prize” ，但您一定看过《辛德勒的名单》和《英伦情人》! 没错，这两部搬上大银幕的著作，分别是1982年及1992年的布克文学奖的得奖作品。

源自英国的世界文学大奖布克奖“Man Booker Prize”是英国年度最重要的书籍文学小说创作奖，创设于1968年，奖励当年最佳的以英文写作的小说作品。

2004年英国作家Alan Hollinghurst（阿兰-霍林格赫斯特）以其历时6年的最新创作“美的线条”（The Line of Beauty）一书荣获该奖。这是一本以英国前首相撒切尔夫人执政为背景英国国内的同性恋问题的小说。 

喜欢英国文化的你，爱好文学的你，一定还了解多一些，那么还等什么？快来预约参加我们的艺术沙龙的活动，聆听这位最新出炉的英国小说家的作品独白吧！

本次活动，由Alan Holinghurst全英文主讲，届时会和大家分享他对自己作品和布克奖项的一些想法。现场提供免费饮料和小食，活动后您还可以购买英文原版《The Line of Beauty》，并请Alan Hollinghurst签名以做纪念。

活动时间：2005年3月18日 （周五）19：30

活动地点：英国总领事馆文化教育处上海办公室

                  上海市福州路318号百腾大厦一楼

报名方式：63912626*294

                  bc.shanghai@britishcouncil.org.cn ( 以得到邮件回执为预约成功)

想了解更多英国现代小说的情况请登陆：

http://www.contemporarywriters.com

http://www.themanbookerprize.com

预约时请填写回执，谢谢配合。

Arts Cafe --- Meet Prize-winning British Author Alan Hollinghurst

The British Council in Shanghai is proud to help bring award winning UK Novelist Alan Hollinghurst to Shanghai.

Alan’s latest book, The Line of Beauty won the 2004 Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for literature. Here in China it was also the winner of the Best Foreign Novel Award from the People’s Literature Publishing House in 2004.

Alan will appear at the British Council Shanghai office on Friday 18 March 2005 at 19.30. He’ll talk about his work, the role of prizes in literature, and will read from his books. He’ll also take questions from the audience. You will also be able to buy signed copies of the original English language version of The Line of Beauty at the event. Besides this, free drinks and cookies will be provided on-site.

Time:   18^th March 19:30

Venue: British Council Shanghai Office

            1st Floor Pidemco Tower, 318 Fu Zhou Road, Shanghai

Welcome to reserve a place for the event.

Telephone: 021-63912626*294

E-mail: bc.shanghai@britishcouncil.org.cn

More details of Alan’s work is available on

http://www.contemporarywriters.com

More details on the Man Booker prize are available on http://www.themanbookerprize.com