The winning list is out for the 2011 Taipei International Book Exhibition

and several authors are being honored today for their first published novels.

In both the fiction and non-fiction categories, most of the highly praised works center around the topic of "adolescence".

Distinguished Taiwanese writer Tsao Yu-fang passed away a while ago.

Her son Lee Wei, who also writes, dedicates the book "4444" to his mother.

Picking up the award on his behalf is writer Ying-di, who says the book is like a journey for a rebellious son to get to know his mother once again.

Each chapter in the book starts with an English poem.

It tells a story and also depicts what Lee feels.

The special writing format won him the biggest award in the non-fiction category of the 2011 Taipei International Book Exhibition.

Also a winner in the non-fiction category is Lu Cheng-li, who spent three years to complete his first book, called " Reading the Mirror of History."

Another winner is Lien Mei-an, a 24-year-old girl, who spent 14 months backpacking in Europe alone, shares her story in "The Disappeared Year."

In the category of fiction, the three winners are "Early Summer Love" by Chu Tien-hsin, "The End of the River" by Lee Yong-ping and "I am Hsu Liang-Liang" by Lee Wei-jing.

It was Lee's first book.

In the book, the protagonist is a 38-year-old woman who is recently dumped by her boyfriend.

It's a novel in which many readers can find similar experiences.

Lee is thrilled that her first novel wins the big award.

The organizer believes the phenomenon means the rising of emerging generations and the dedication of the publishing industry in cultivating new fiction writers.