He delivers food by day and pens poetry by night. Now he’s won China’s top literary prize

BEIJING: “Should there be a fifth season on earth, it would surely be the delivery riders’ spring.” The line closes Low Flight, the title poem in a collection by Chinese food delivery rider Wang Jibing that has won one of China’s highest literary honours, the Lu Xun Literary Prize. For Low Flight, Wang interviewed over 140 fellow delivery riders and collected more than 60 responses via questionnaires, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said. Established in 1996 and founded in memory of renowned Chinese novelist Lu Xun, the Lu Xun Literary Prize is one of China's top literary prizes. Low Flight received the top nod in the poetry category.