据《成都日报》报道,2014年5月底,中国著名作家阎连科获得2014年度卡夫卡文学奖,这是中国作家首次获得该奖项,也使阎连科成为继村上春树后第二位获此殊荣的亚洲作家。据悉,卡夫卡文学奖由捷克政府创立于2001年,为纪念伟大的小说家弗兰茨·卡夫卡而设,每年评选一次,奖金1万美元,同时授予卡夫卡雕像。阎连科透露,他将于10月26日前往捷克领奖。值得一提的是,2004、2005年度的诺贝尔文学奖获得者——奥地利女作家耶利内克和英国戏剧家哈罗 According to the Chengdu Daily, at the end of May 2014, Yan Lianke, a famous Chinese writer, won the 2014 Kafka Literary Prize. This is the first time that a Chinese writer has won the award, making Yan Lianke the second winner after Haruki Murakami Asian writer. It is reported that the Kafka Literary Award was founded by the Czech government in 2001, in honor of the great novelist Franz Kafka and set once a year, a prize of 10,000 US dollars, while giving Kafka statue. Yan Lianke said he will be in the Czech Republic on October 26 to receive the award. It is worth mentioning that 2004 and 2005 Nobel Prize winners - the Austrian writer Jelinek and English dramatist Harrow