 2023 paperback edition cover | |
| Author | Jing Tsu |
|---|---|
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Published | 2022 (Riverhead Books) |
Publication date | 18 January 2022 |
| ISBN | 9780735214729 |
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution that Made China Modern is a nonfiction book written by Taiwanese-American professor Jing Tsu. First published in January 2022, the book comprises seven chapters, each highlighting innovators in the modernization of the Chinese language. It was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and received nominations for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, and the Cundill History Prize.