Chinese author Yan Lianke has received the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize in the Czech Republic.
中國(guó)作家閻連科在捷克榮獲頗具聲望的2014年弗蘭茨·卡夫卡文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)。

Yan said he was grateful as he accepted the annual $10,000 prize Wednesday at Prague's City Hall.
卡夫卡文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)的獎(jiǎng)金為1萬(wàn)美元，閻連科在獲獎(jiǎng)后表達(dá)了自己的感謝。

Each spring, it's awarded to authors whose works "appeal to readers regardless of their origin, nationality and culture."
卡夫卡文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)于每年春天進(jìn)行評(píng)選，要求獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)叩淖髌纺軌蛭煌錾?、?guó)籍和文化背景的讀者。

Past winners have included American novelist Philip Roth, Nobel laureates Elfriede Jelinek of Austria and Harold Pinter of Britain, and Israeli author Amos Oz.
該獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)以往的獲獎(jiǎng)人包括美國(guó)小說(shuō)家菲利普·羅斯，諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主奧地利的艾爾弗麗德·耶利內(nèi)克和英國(guó)的哈羅德·品特，還有以色列作家阿莫斯·奧茲等。