On July 17th, 2018, at the 4th Elba Book Festival, Barbara Lonesi(Left) and Caterina Vigilone(Right), translators of the Italian version of The Lantern Bearer, written by Jia Pingwa and published by People's Literature Publishing House (PLPH) in China, won second place of the Claris Appiani Translation Award. The novel was published by Elliot, an independent publishing house based in Rome that aims to publish world literary classics for elite intellectuals in Italy.(translated byChen Huiyi)
