TV Guide:
Leaving his home village
In what ways would he continue to write Tibetan culture
Walking towards the world
How would he regard preservation and development of culture?
“One on One” Dong Qian exclusively interviews Tibetan writer Alai, in broadcast
Commentary: In 1996, Alai joined Chengdu’s Science Fiction Magazine, and later became the magazine’s editor-in-chief. Despite leaving his home village, Alai didn’t forget the land where he was born and raised. He said he left his home village, but used writing as a way to return. In 1999, he participated in Yunnan People’s Press’ “Entering Tibet” cultural study tour, and completed the lengthy essay “Land of Ladders”.
Reporter: Weren’t you also paying attention to the people in all the places you went, what kind of lifestyle did they have, what kind of appearance did their lives have? (more…)
Host: Tibetan writer Alai is an influential writer in contemporary literary circles, based on his full-length novel As the Dust Settles (English title, Red Poppies), he once won the Fifth Mao Dun Literature Award, and is up to now the only Tibetan writer to gain this honor. Being a Tibetan writer, Alai pays greater attention to the original living conditions of Tibetan compatriots, and the changes and desires contained in this kind of life. Today, let us get closer to Alai, to regard the historical and cultural changes in Tibetan areas from a Tibetan writer’s point of view.
