China’s modern Grimm’s Fairy Tales author had to end his 36-year-long magazine due to trademark infringements
连载36年的《童话大王》停刊！郑渊洁将全力投入商标维权工作
China’s prolific children’s book writer Zheng Yuanjie recently announced on Sina Weibo that his magazine Fairy Tale King, which he has managed for 36 years that was also dubbed as China’s modern “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” will be shutting down in January 2022.
The author noted that the reason behind his tearful decision is that he needs to dedicate more time to tackling trademark infringements, or “672 trademark gangsters,” as Zheng said in his Sina Weibo post.
在中国的儿童出版市场，《童话大王》绝对是一个传奇。1985年创刊，至今出刊495期，总印数超过两亿册，创下世界纪录。而且每一个故事都由郑渊洁独立撰写。
然而，昨日，郑渊洁在其微博正式宣布，《童话大王》将于2022年1月停刊，今年的12月刊将成其绝唱。
郑渊洁在《郑渊洁写给三个商标的一封信中》中表示：“我要对36年来支持《童话大王》月刊的千百万读者朋友说声对不起，抱歉已经66岁的我精力有限，只能通过停止写作《童话大王》月刊从而拿出全部精力去和第7197328号皮皮鲁商标、第8229932号童话大王商标、第5423972号舒克商标斗争维权。”
