The Golden Tripod Award ( Chinese : 金鼎奖 ) is the highest honor in Taiwan ’s publishing industry. It was launched in 1976, and was sponsored by the Government Information Office until 2012, when the Ministry of Culture began awarding the prize. The award ceremony was first televised in 1982.
18-536: A total of 1178 entries were submitted for 19 awards. There were 29 winners and 29 excellent publication recommendation awards. Special contribution award: Guo Zhongxin 郭重興 (Head of the Reading Republic Publishing Group 讀書共和國出版集團社長) A total of 1189 magazines, books and digital publications were submitted for 21 awards. There were 28 winners and 31 excellent publication recommendation awards. Special contribution award: Howard Chen (Founder of
36-479: A "picture reading" phenomenon in 1994, by introducing the fully illustrated, pocket-sized encyclopedia Découvertes Gallimard into Taiwan. In 1989, Rex advocated for and organized the first Taiwan Pavilion exhibit and delegation for the Frankfurt Book Fair. In 1996, as the organizer of the 1996 Taipei International Book Fair (TIBE), he increased the exhibition's scale from the previous year, and established
54-439: A day, 7 days a week. Using partner assisted scanning , a transcriber repeatedly recited a French language frequency-ordered alphabet (E, S, A, R, I, N, T, U, L, etc.), until Bauby blinked to choose the next letter. The book took Bauby about 200,000 blinks to write at an average of approximately two minutes per word. The book also chronicles everyday events for a person with locked-in syndrome. These events include playing at
72-428: Is a memoir by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby . It describes his life before and after a massive stroke left him with locked-in syndrome . The French edition of the book was published on March 7, 1997. It sold the first 25,000 copies on the day of publication, reaching 150,000 in a week. It went on to become a number one bestseller across Europe. Its total sales are now in the millions. On December 8, 1995, Bauby,
90-744: Is a Taiwan and Chinese publisher. He is the founder and Chairman of ChineseCUBES, Locus Publishing, and Net and Books. How was born in Busan Metropolitan City (or Pusan), South Korea in 1956. He attended the Busan Overseas Chinese Elementary, Middle and High School. In 1974, he studied at the National Taiwan University , where he later completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in International Trade in 1978. After graduation Rex entered
108-643: The Complete Manga Works of Tezuka Osamu . How left China Times Publishing Company in 1996 and founded Locus Publishing Company while also taking on the position of President and Editor-in-Chief at The Commercial Press (Taiwan), Ltd. Publications by Locus Publishing Company included Le Scaphandre et le Papillion and Tuesdays With Morrie , which sold 200,000 and 60,000 copies respectively. Starting in 2000, Locus published picture books, A Garden In My Heart , Sound of Colors , and The Moments by illustrator writer Jimmy Liao . Later in 2001, Rex founded
126-997: The Most Important Chinese Publishers for the Past Decade (1994–2004). In 2006, he was named Man of the Year by the Book Reviews of China Times Daily, and once again Publisher of the Year by the Kingstone Bookstore. In 2014, Rex was presented with the Golden Tripod Special Contribution Award for his publishing work in Taiwan. Le Scaphandre et le Papillion The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (original French title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon )
144-668: The Taiwan Association for Independent Bookshop Culture) A total of 1403 titles were submitted for 22 awards. Special contribution award: Ho Cheng-kuang (for advancing art education in Taiwan over the last 40 years, including the art periodical Artist Magazine ) Best Literature Book Best Non-fiction A total of 1791 books, magazines and digital publications submitted for 22 awards. New awards were introduced: for book editing, design, illustration, excellent publication recommendations. Special Contribution Award: Rex How (founder of Locus Publishing Co) Book Publication of
162-709: The Year: Voices Refusing to Be Forgotten: An Oral History on the Environmental Record of Radio Corporation of America in Taiwan (published by Flaneur Culture Lab and CommonWealth Parenting by CommonWealth Group. Best Education and Learning Magazine: CommonWealth Parenting Prizes were awarded in fourteen categories across books, journalism, magazines, and phonographs. Book category Book award: Magazine category Editor’s award: Art design award Rex How Rex How ( Chinese : 郝明義 , born on March 30, 1956, pen name Ma-Li 馬利 )
180-482: The beach with his family, getting a bath, and meeting visitors while in hospital at Berck-sur-Mer . On March 9, 1997, two days after the book was published, Bauby died of pneumonia . In 1997, Jean-Jacques Beineix directed a 27-minute television documentary, "Assigné à résidence" (released on DVD in the U.S. as "Locked-in Syndrome" with English subtitles), that captured Bauby in his paralyzed state. He also explored as
198-447: The editor-in-chief of French Elle magazine, suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma . He awoke 20 days later, mentally aware of his surroundings, but physically paralyzed with what is known as locked-in syndrome , with the only exception some movement in his head and eyes. Further, his right eye had to be sewn up because of irritation. Bauby wrote the entire book by blinking his left eyelid, which took him two months working 3 hours
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#1733084589749216-564: The eight-year tenure, he oversaw the publication of many bestsellers: The Master series was the first to introduce authors Milan Kundera , Haruki Murakami , and Italo Calvino to Taiwan. Emotional Intelligence , part of the Next series, reached a record high of 700,000 copies sold, and the Brain Turner series reached six million copies sold. The company's Red Novels and Blue Novels series also included best sellers. In addition, he initiated
234-489: The first Chinese Character Festival in New York with New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The festival consisted of a month-long of cultural activities, performances, and online contests to give people the opportunity to explore Chinese Characters and Culture. In 1996, Rex was named Publisher of the Year 1996 by Kingstone Bookstore. In 2004, China Book Business Report named him among
252-481: The foundation for future development. Also in 1989, he founded the Sunday Comics. Using the pen name of Ma-Li as the comic playwright, he collaborated with comic artist Chen Uen for the comic, Abi Sword . In 2008, he started publishing the serial novel Abi Sword prelude on his personal website. In addition, during his tenure at China Times Publishing Company, Rex introduced many Japanese comic titles, which included
270-521: The process of composing the book. Artist/director Julian Schnabel released a feature-film adaptation of the book in 2007, starring Mathieu Amalric as Bauby. The film was nominated for several international awards and won best director that year at the Cannes Film Festival . In 2019, The Dallas Opera was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant to commission The Diving Bell and
288-458: The publishing industry. He started working as a freelance editor, editor, and then the editorial director at Long Bridge Publishing. Later, he became the chief editor of 2001 Magazine, as well as the chief editor of “Productivity Magazine”. In 1988, he joined China Times Media Group (now Want Want China Times Group), where he worked as the President of China Times Publishing Company until 1996. During
306-557: The website “Net and Books”. On December 8, 2003, Rex wrote and published an open letter on China Times addressed to Taiwan's publishing industry and the Government Information Office to raise awareness of the importance of Taipei International Book Exhibition . The next year, Taipei Book Fair Foundation (TBFF) was founded and he was appointed the President of the foundation. Rex organized the TIBE from 2005 to 2007. In 2009, Rex
324-547: Was appointed as a National Policy Advisor to the President of Republic of China, Taiwan. After four years of advising on art, cultural, and social issues, he resigned in 2013. In 2010, Rex designed a new digital and tactile Chinese language learning system called ChineseCUBES, and founded the company ChineseCUBES. The system uses augmented reality and physical cubes, combined with a holistic approach to learning Chinese. The learning system has won awards in design, education, and technology. October 2013 Rex founded and co-organized
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