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　　近年来，中华文化“走出去”的影响力不断扩大，在全球文化多元化发展日益兴盛的背景下，中国文化译研网（CCTSS）联合中国作家协会《小说选刊》杂志社，启动“新世纪中国当代作家、作品海外传播数据库”项目，将100位中国当代优秀作家的简介、代表作品以及展示作家风采的短视频翻译为10种语言，集结成1000张中国作家名片向全球推介。千张“作家名片”将鲜明地向世界宣告：我是中国作家，我在进行中国创作。

　　此种形式和规模是中国故事走向世界的一大创新，会让世界更加全面、客观、公正地了解中国优秀作家作品，同时也是打通中国文化走向世界的“最后一公里”。

　　叶梅，原名房广兰，女，土家族。1953年出生于湖北巴东。1969年在原恩施县鸦鹊区幺牌公社幸福二队插队务农；1970年代初在恩施县文工团担任编剧、大提琴演奏；1987年毕业于湖北大学汉语言文学专业；1973年，叶梅开始了她的文学创作，迄今著有小说集《撒忧的龙船河》《五月飞蛾》《最后的土司》《妹娃要过河》《歌棒》，长篇纪实《九种声音》《第一种爱》《美卿——一个中国女子的创业奇迹》《强国重器》，散文集《我的西兰卡普》《朝发苍梧》《大翔凤》《穿过拉梦的河流》《根河之恋》等。散文《根河之恋》被选为2017年北京市高考考题。曾获《中国作家》优秀中篇小说奖、第二届湖北文学奖、第八届全国少数民族文学创作骏马奖、第五届“冰心散文奖”等。多部作品翻译成英、法、日、韩、阿拉伯、保加利亚、蒙古等多种文字。

　　叶梅致力于对地域文化和少数民族文化的探求，联合国科教文组织《世界小说选》在翻译转载其作品的译注中称：“她以对鄂西土家族风土人情的描绘引起文学界及读者的关注。她的作品尤其是对女性及妇女解放问题进行了深入探究。”多年来，她始终坚持深入民族地区第一线的生活体验，用率真隽永的文字记录下对人民、对时代的真切感悟。评论家们认为叶梅的作品是“有根的写作”。

　　散文集《穿过拉梦的河流》，充溢着格桑花的明艳、凤尾竹的妙曼、普洱的醇厚、红松的挺拔......像一部多民族文化的索引书，让人从中读到了更为广阔的少数民族的文化图景。长篇纪实作品《美卿——一个中国女子的创业奇迹》则以散文化的笔法、日常化的叙事，抒写女主人公翟美卿的成长经历、追梦过程，既具有文学价值也具有社会意义。作品以个人成功之路提供了当代青年志在创业的励志样本，展现了新型民营企业家的典型形象和特有风采，讴歌了改革开放历史进程，也勾勒出中国三十多年来的发展轨迹。

　　在最新的叙事散文集《根河之恋》中，叶梅以赤子之心拥抱山水、生灵、人间，超越了世俗功利和狭隘，呈现出中华民族你中有我、我中有你及各民族独特的生命伦理、文化价值和梦想，表达了作者深厚的人文情怀。通过书写祖国秀美而又雄浑的自然风光，她展现了不同民族文化、生存境况、精神品质及其独特的生命意识，其语言浸染着沈从文般的隽永、深邃、剔透，以展示多民族历史文化及其充满灵性的思想，在当代散文创作中独具特色。

　　叶梅

　　Ye Mei

　　Ye Mei， formerly known as Fang Guanglan is a female author of the Tujia ethnicity. She was born in 1953 in Badong， Hubei. In 1969， she worked as a famer as part of the second happiness team in Yaopai Commune in the Yaque region of the county formally known as Enshi； she worked as a writer and cellist at the Enshi County Culture and Art Troupe in the early 1970s. In 1987， she graduated from Hubei University with a major in Chinese language and literature. In 1973， Ye Mei started her literary creations； so far she has written a collection of novels including： Dragon Boat River， May Moth， The Last Chieftain， Girls Want to Cross the River， and Song Stick， long documentary works including： Nine Sounds， The First Love， Meiqing – a Chinese Woman’s Entrepreneurial Miracle， and Strong Country Heavy Weapons， the essay collections My Xilankapu， Chaofa Cangwu， Daxiangfeng， Through the River of Dreams， The Love of Root River and so on. The prose work The Love of Root River was selected for the 2017 Beijing College Entrance Examination. She has won awards including the “Chinese Writers” Outstanding Novella Award， the 2nd Hubei Literature Award， the 8th National Ethnic Minority Literature Creation Horse Award， and the 5th “Bing Xin Prose Award”. Many of her works have been translated into English， French， Japanese， Korean， Arabic， Bulgarian， Mongolian and other languages.

　　Ye Mei is committed to the exploration of regional culture and ethnic minority culture. The UNESCO World Cultural Novels note on the translation of her work says： “She has captured the attention of the literary world and readers with her depiction of the customs of the Tujia nationality in western Hubei. Her works contain in-depth explorations of women and women’s liberation issues.” Over the years， she has always adhered to the front-line life experience in the ethnic minority areas， and recorded the true feelings of the people and the times with true and eternal words. Critics believe that Ye Mei’s work is “writing with roots”.

　　The essay collection Through the River of Dreams is filled with the bright colors of Gesanghua， the wonder of phoenix tail bamboo， the mellowness of Pu’er， and the straightness of pine. It is like an index of multi-ethnic culture， which allows people to read from it a wider view of the cultural landscape of ethnic minorities. The long documentary work Meiqing - A Chinese Woman’s Entrepreneurial Miracle uses the brushwork of scattered culture and the daily narrative to write about the growth experience and dream-seeking process of the heroine Zhai Meiqing， which has both literary and social significance. The work provides an inspirational sample of contemporary youth-oriented entrepreneurship by means of personal success. It shows the typical image and unique style of the new private entrepreneurs， sings the praises of the historical process of reform and opening up， and outlines the development track of China over the course of more than 30 years.

　　In the latest narrative essay collection The Love of Root River， Ye Mei embraces mountains and rivers， living spirits， and human beings with whole-hearted devotion， transcending worldly utilitarianism and narrowness. It shows the Chinese nation， me within you， and you within me as well as the unique living ethics， cultural values and dreams of all nationalities， expressing the author’s profound humanistic feelings. By writing about the beautiful and magnificent natural scenery of the motherland， she shows different national cultures， living conditions， spiritual qualities and unique life awarenesses. Her language is immersed in Shen Congwen’s timelessness， profundity and clarity， showing multi-ethnic history， culture and soulful thoughts. This is unique in contemporary prose creation.