1937年4月,龙瑛宗以《植有木瓜树的小镇》获日本改造社悬赏创作奖佳作奖(一、二等奖从缺),成为继朝鲜作家张赫宙之后第二位获得该奖的殖民地作家,同时,也成为继杨逵、吕赫若之后第三位进入日本中央文坛的台湾作家。此事引发日本本土、台湾岛内及朝鲜文艺界广泛关注,《植有木瓜树的小镇》成为当时文坛热议的小说之一。在这些评论中,有些谈及龙瑛宗与鲁迅的某种关联,并注意到他的左翼现实主义倾向,从而“以 In April 1937, Long Yingzong won the Prize for Excellence in Japanese Redemption Creation Awards (”First Prize“ and ”Second Prize Award“) from ”The Town with Papaya Tree“ and became the second winner after North Korea writer Zhang He-chou As a third-generation Taiwanese writer who entered Japan’s central literary arena after Yang Kui and Lvhe Ruo. The incident caused widespread concern in Japan, Taiwan Island and North Korea’s literary and art circles. ”The town with papaya trees“ became one of the hot novels in the literary world at that time. Some of these commentary talked about some connection between Long Ying-tsung and Lu Xun and noticed his tendency towards left-wing realism that ”