Taipei: A Czech translation of "Northwest Rain," a novel by Taiwanese author Tung Wei-ge, has been shortlisted for the 2024 Josef Jungmann Prize, according to the Czech Literary Translators' Guild (CLTG). The novel is one of 25 selected from nearly 90 entries in 24 languages, with "Northwest Rain" being the only Chinese-language work on the list, the CLTG announced on May 14.

According to Focus Taiwan, the original Taiwanese long-form novel "Northwest Rain" employs techniques such as "rewinding, repeating, skipping, and delaying to reassemble fragments about death and family history," as detailed by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (MOC). Its author, Tung, was born in 1977 in what is now the Wanli District of New Taipei in northern Taiwan.

Tung currently teaches at the Taipei National University of the Arts. His fiction often explores themes of death and memory, the MOC stated.