Mo Yan
Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè; born 17 February 1955), better known by the pen name Mo Yan (/moʊ jɛn/, Chinese: 莫言; pinyin: Mò Yán), is a Chinese novelist and short story writer.
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 Mo Yan in 2008 | |
| Native name | 莫言 |
| Born | Guan Moye (管谟业) 17 February 1955 Gaomi, Shandong, China |
| Pen name | Mo Yan |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher |
| Language | Chinese |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Master of Literature and Art – Beijing Normal University (1991) Graduated – People's Liberation Army Arts College (1986) |
| Period | 1981 – present |
| Notable works | Red Sorghum Clan, The Republic of Wine, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 |
| Spouse | Du Qinlan (杜勤兰) (1979–present) |
| Children | Guan Xiaoxiao (管笑笑) (Born in 1981) |
He is best known to Western readers for his 1987 novel Red Sorghum Clan. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".[1]
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References
- ↑ Laughlin, Charles (17 December 2012). "What Mo Yan's Detractors Get Wrong". The New York Times. http://cn.nytimes.com/article/culture-arts/2012/12/17/c17moyan/en/?pagemode=print. Retrieved 17 December 2012.[dead link]