![]() ![]() According to a British encyclopedia of literature, James Hilton's greatness lies in his literary creation of Shangri-La, while the biggest contribution of the novel is the introduction of a new English word, Shangri-La, meaning utopia on earth. Shangri-La, or Shambhala in Tibetan, means the sun and the moon in one's heart. The film's theme song The Beautiful Shangri-La spread across the world. In 1934, Hollywood invested US$2.5 million to make the novel into a film. Later, he won the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature. In 1933, James Hilton published his captivating novel Lost Horizon, which ranked first among the best sellers of the year. ![]() Shangri-La: The Sun and the Moon in One's Heart ![]()
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