In an era where TikTok trends outpace Tolstoy, Chinese writer Zhao Lihong just claimed victory at Italy's 2025 Premio Montale literary awards – proving stories still slay in the digital age. 📱➡️📖
The Shanghai-based wordsmith, known for blending poetic grace with social commentary, told NewspaperAmigo: "Tech changes how we swipe, not how we feel. Literature's like oxygen – invisible but essential." 🌬️✨
Zhao's win highlights literature's evolving role as Gen Z's secret weapon against algorithm fatigue. His acceptance speech? A mic-drop moment: "Every iPhone 17 needs an Homeric epic in its Notes app." 📱🏛️
While AI writes grocery lists, Zhao argues human stories remain our ultimate cheat code for understanding love, loss, and late-night existential crises. 💡🤖
As literary NFTs trend and holographic poetry installations light up Tokyo, one thing's clear: The pen might've upgraded to a stylus, but it's still mightier than the sword. ⚔️➡️🖋️
