作为“艺述英国”的旗舰活动之一，英国著名作家大卫•米切尔（David Mitchell）将于2012年8月11日来到中国，与中国作家和文学爱好者们展开为期10天的中外文化交流活动。大卫•米切尔是英国当代文坛不可多得的天才作家。由于在日本旅居多年，米切尔集东西方文学之所长，他具备了保罗•奥斯特编织绚丽迷宫的能力，又擅长如村上春树一般将幽灵鬼怪埋藏于字里行间。1999年，他的小说处女作《幽灵代笔》一经出版，立即轰动欧美文学界。之后，米切尔的名字便成为西方各种文学奖名单上的常客。2003年，他凭借畅销小说《云图》获得英国国家图书奖。2007年，他更以杰出的文学成就被美国《时代》杂志评选为“世界100位最具影响力人物”之一。

在他的中国之行中，将与来自中国的优秀作家，展开一场史无前例的精彩交流，从各具特色的中外文学作品出发，探讨文学艺术的多样性，必将碰撞出别样的思想火花。

时间：8月11日周六，下午2：30-4：30

地点：雕刻时光咖啡吧，北京东城区美术馆东街22号三联书店二楼

主题：长篇小说的困局与可能性

嘉宾：徐则臣

时间：8月12日周日，晚上7点-8：30

地点：尤伦斯当代艺术中心

主题：虚构的魔力

嘉宾：李洱

米切尔还将于8月16日下午亮相“上海国际文学周”，对话中国当代著名作家苏童，并与读者零距离接触。

上海：

8月16日 周四

15：00-17：00 大卫•米切尔对话苏童

地址：上海展览中心友谊会堂一楼

８月17日 周五

14:00-16:30　影像时代的文学写作：上海国际文学周国际论坛

地址：外滩茂悦酒店

关于艺述英国

“艺述英国”将是迄今为止在中国举办的规模最大的英国艺术节。为了庆祝伦敦奥运会和纪念中英建交40周年，“艺述英国”旨在把中英两国的艺术家、艺术机构和艺术爱好者们更紧密地联系在一起。

David Mitchell – author tour of China

11 August 2.30-4.30 p.m.

David Mitchell Dialogue with Xu Zechen - Difficulties and Possibilities of Novel Writing

Venue: Sculpting in Time (San Lian Bookstore)

12 August 7.00-8.30 p.m.

David Mitchell Dialogue with LI Er- The Magic of Fiction

Venue: UCCA, 798 Arts District

David Mitchell has been hailed as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by British Granta magazine, listed in "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time weekly and has had five novels translated into Chinese.

Mitchell’s 10-day tour, organised in collaboration with Shanghai Book Fair and Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House, is packed with talks, book-signings, readings, speeches and discussions. Fans of his work and literature lovers alike have plenty of opportunity to meet him in person, and copies of his five translated books will be presented to readers.

Two of David Mitchell’s novels – number9dream and Cloud Atlas – were short-listed for the Booker Prize in 2001 and 2004 respectively. A film based on Cloud Atlas of the same name, will be shown in European cinemas in October this year, reaching fans in China by the end of the year.

About David Mitchell

David Mitchell was born in Southport, England, in 1969, and grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire. He studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent, going on to gain an MA in Comparative Literature at the same university. He taught English in Japan for eight years.

David Mitchell’s first novel, Ghostwritten, (1999) includes nine mutually independent but interlinking stories taking place in Japan, Hong Kong, Sichuan, Mongolia, London and New York respectively, was narrated by nine different narrators. This novel was awarded the John Lewellyn Rhys Prize, and was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.

His second novel, number9dream, (2001) was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 2002. This novel earned him a place among Granta’s Best Young British Novelists and tells the story of a Japanese boy looking for his biological father.

His third novel, Cloud Atlas, (2004) was awarded British National Book Award’s Book of the Year and short-listed for the Booker Prize, Nebula Award, John Bates Clark Medal. It is a popular best seller with a million copies printed, and an epic of humanity.

His fourth novel, Black Swan Green, (2006) was awarded National Library Journal Best Novel title, short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and nominated for the Booker Prize.

His fifth novel, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, (2010) was awarded Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and nominated for the Booker Prize.

（来源：英国使馆文化教育处，编辑 Helen）