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Chinese writer Mo Yan wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

The pride of the Chinese people!!!!

The Swedish Academy has just announced that the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded to Chinese writer Mo Yan. Mo Yan has become the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The committee's award citation said that Mo Yan combines reality and fantasy, history and social perspective. The world in his creation is reminiscent of the fusion of the works of Faulkner and Marquez, while at the same time drawing on traditional Chinese literature and oral literature.

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This year's Nobel Prize in Literature has attracted enthusiastic attention from literary enthusiasts around the world, especially the Chinese. In the earlier Nobel Prize odds tables of two famous gambling companies, Chinese writer Mo Yan and Japanese writer Haruki Murakami occupied the top two spots respectively.

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Mo Yan (February 17, 1955 -), formerly known as Guan Moye, was born in Gaomi County, Shandong Province. He is a famous contemporary Chinese writer. He holds an honorary doctorate in literature from the Open University of Hong Kong and is a visiting professor at Qingdao University of Science and Technology. He has written a series of local works since the mid-1980s.

Rising, full of complex emotions of "nostalgia" and "resentment for hometown", is classified as a writer of "root-seeking literature". His works are deeply influenced by magical realism, and he writes about a "story" that took place in Northeast Township, Gaomi, Shandong.

"Legend". In his novels, Mo Yan constructed a unique subjective world, made imaginative narrations, and used defamiliarization to create a mysterious and transcendent world of objects, which carry a distinct "avant-garde" flavor.

Mo Yan’s life and creation chronology:

Mo Yan was born on February 17, 1955 in Pingan Village, Heya Town, Gaomi County, Shandong Province. In 1960, his family sent him to the village primary school. After graduating from primary school in 1966, because his family was a wealthy middle peasant, Mo Yan also offended a rural representative.

Deprived of the right to continue attending middle school, he could only farm at home and become a small commune member.

In 1967, when Mo Yan was twelve years old, he stole a carrot from the production team next to a water conservancy construction site due to hunger. After being escorted to the construction site, a special struggle meeting was held for him. He stood in front of the statue of Chairman Mao

Mo Yan cried bitterly and declared that he would never dare to do it again. After returning home, he was severely beaten by his father. This painful memory was written by Mo Yan into the novella "Transparent Carrot" and the short story "Dry River"

In 1973, Mo Yan participated in the excavation of the Jiaocai Canal and became a migrant worker. Later, he worked as a clerk in a cotton spinning factory and became a Chinese teacher at a cotton spinning industry night school. In 1976, after going through many twists and turns, Mo Yan finally joined the army at the age of 21.

In July 1979, Mo Yan returned to his hometown to get married. After that, he was transferred but had no hope of promotion. With the help of his colleagues, he became a popular political teacher among students. In the autumn of 1981, he published his debut novel in the fifth issue of "Lotus Pond" magazine.

--The short story "Spring Night Rainfall". In the same year, her daughter Guan Xiaoxiao was born. In 1982, she published the short stories "Ugly Soldiers" and "For the Children" in the "Lotus Pond" magazine and was promoted to Yanqing as a clerk.

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In 1983, he published the short story "Folk Music", which was appreciated by Sun Li, who praised it for its ethereal feel.

In 1984, the short story "Wind on the Island" and the novella "River in the Rain" were published in the 2nd and 5th issues of "Great Wall" magazine respectively, and the short story "Black Beach" was published in the 7th issue of "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art". In the same year

, Mo Yan was appreciated by the famous writer Xu Huaizhong and became the first student of the Literature Department of the People's Liberation Army Art Academy.

In 1985, Mo Yan was 30 years old. The novella "Transparent Carrot" was published in the second issue of "Chinese Writer" and caused a great response. "Chinese Writer" organized writers and critics in Beijing to hold a seminar to discuss the work. In the same year, he published the novel "Transparent Carrot" in the second issue of "Chinese Writer".

The novella "Ball Lightning" was published in the fifth issue of "Harvest", the novella "Blonde Baby" was published in the first issue of "Zhongshan", the novella "Explosion" was published in the twelfth issue of "People's Literature", and has been published in many publications

Published short stories such as "Dry River", "Old Gun", "White Dog Swing", "Strong Wind", "Three Horses", "Autumn Water", etc.

In 1986, the novel collection "Transparent Carrot" was published by Writers Publishing House.

The novella "Red Sorghum" published in the third issue of "People's Literature" won the 4th National Novella Award. Subsequently, a series of novellas "Sorghum Wine", "Sorghum Funeral", "Dog Road" and "Strange Death" were published. At the same time

He also published "Building Roads", short stories "Straw Shoes", "Flies' Front Teeth", etc. In the summer of the same year, Zhang Yimou approached Mo Yan to discuss purchasing the film rights for the adaptation of "Red Sorghum". Mo Yan collaborated with Chen Jianyu and Zhu Wei to adapt it into a film version

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In 1987, the novel "Red Sorghum Family" was published by the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House. In 2000, it was selected as one of the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century by Asia Weekly. The subsequent novellas "Happiness" and "Red Locust" were criticized.

Comment. In 1988, the movie "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award at the 38th Xibaipo Film Festival. In the same year, he published the full-length "Song of Garlic Sprouts in Paradise" in "October Magazine". In April of the same year, a single book was published by Writers Publishing House. He

He also published "Revenge" and "The Horse Crosses the Swamp". In the autumn of the same year, Shandong University and Shandong Normal University jointly held the "Mo Yan Creation Seminar" in Gaomi, and compiled the relevant papers into "Mo Yan Research Materials". In September,

Mo Yan was admitted to the creative writing graduate class of Beijing Normal University. The novel collection "Explosion" was published by the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House.

In 1989, at the age of 34, Mo Yan visited West Germany, the first time he went abroad. In March of the same year, his short film "White Dog Swing" won the Taiwan United Daily News Award for Fiction. The film "Warm" adapted from it won the 16th Tokyo Film Festival.

Festival Golden Kirin Award. In April, the short story collection "Thirteen Chapters of Joy" was published by Writers Press. In June, the novella "Your Behavior Frightens Me" was published. In winter, he began to write the novel "Wine Country".

In 1990, he published the novella "Father in the Civil Fulian" in "Flower City" magazine. In 1991, he wrote the novella "White Cotton", "Reunion of Comrades", "Woman with Flowers", and "Red Ears"; he went to Singapore and

Participated in literary activities in Malaysia; during the summer vacation, he wrote short stories such as "The Divine Dart", "Night Fishing", "Fish Market", and "Soaring". In the same year, Mo Yan collaborated with friends to create a six-episode TV series "The Youthful Past of Brothers", written by

Filmed at Henan Film Studio.

In 1992, he created the novella "Humor and Fun", "Patterns and Archetypes", and "Dreams and Hybrids".

In 1993, he published the novel "Wine Garden", "Herbivore Family", the novella "Woman Embracing Flowers", and the short story collection "Shenxia". In 1994, Mo Yan's mother passed away in Gaomi County, Shandong Province, which directly inspired Mo Yan to write a book.

This novel is dedicated to my mother.

In 1995, when Mo Yan was 40 years old, he wrote the novel "Big Breasts and Fat Hips" and published the five-volume "Collected Works of Mo Yan". The publication of the novel caused huge controversy and pushed Mo Yan to the forefront. In 1996, the film "The Sun" written by Mo Yan

"With Ears" won the Silver Bear Award at the 46th Berlin Film Festival. In the same year, "Big Breasts and Fat Butts" ceased printing.

In 1997, he co-wrote the drama "Farewell My Concubine". He left the army and worked at the "Inspection Daily" of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. "Big Breasts and Fat Hips" won the first "Everyone's Honghe Literature Award" with a bonus of 100,000 yuan.

In 1998, he published the novella "Cow" in the sixth issue of "East China Sea" magazine, the novella "A Long-distance Running Race Thirty Years Ago" in the sixth issue of "Harvest", and the short stories "Thumb Copy" and "Chang'an Avenue".

"The Beauty Riding a Donkey", "The Battle in the Poplar Forest", "A Group of Wolves Hanging Upside Down in the Apricot Trees", "The Strange Tales of Locusts", and published a collection of essays "The Singing Wall". The 18-episode TV series "Mangrove"

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In 1999, he published the novella "The Master is Getting More and more Humorous" in the second issue of "Harvest", the short story "Our Seventh Uncle" in the first issue of "Flower City", and the novella "Wild Ass" in the fourth issue of "Harvest"

". The novel "Mangrove" and the novel collection "The Beauty Riding a Donkey on Chang'an Avenue" were published by Haitian Publishing House, and "The Master is Getting More and more Humorous" was published by the People's Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House.

In 2000, when Mo Yan was 45 years old, he published the novella "The Commander's Woman" in the first issue of "Harvest" and the short story "Ice and Snow Beauty" in the 11th issue of "Shanghai Literature". The full-length "Wine Garden" was reprinted and published by Nanhai Publishing House.

."Mo Yan's Short Stories" (Volume 1-3) is published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, and "Mo Yan's Prose" is published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House.

In 2001, the novel "Sandalwood Punishment" was published by Writers Publishing House. After its publication, it aroused renewed heated discussion in the literary circle. Later, it was awarded the top ten women in Taiwan in 2001. In the first issue of "Mountain Flower", the short story "Handstand" was published and won the second place.

The Feng Mu Literary Award. The novel "Wine Garden" won the French Jules Bataillon Foreign Literature Award.

In 2002, he collaborated with Yan Lianke on the novel "Conscience Testimony", which was published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House. The novella "Broom Star" was published in "Buhuhu Novella Spring Volume". A collection of novels, novels, and essays "Red Sorghum Family",

"Wine Garden", "Thumb Coat", "The Lucid Dreamer", "Sin", "The Master is Getting More Humorous", "Transparent Carrot" was published by Shandong Publishing House, and the collection of essays "The Lucid Dreamer"

, "What's the Best Smell" was published by Shandong Literature and Art Publishing House and Hainan Publishing House respectively. The novel "Sandalwood Punishment" won the first "Jun Literature Award".

In 2003, the novel "Forty-One Shots" was published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House. It won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2nd Chinese Literature Media Awards and was shortlisted for the 7th Mao Dun Literary Award. In the same year, he received an honorary doctorate in literature from the Open University of Hong Kong.

The fifth issue of "Harvest" published the short story "The Carpenter and the Dog". The collection of essays "The Smell of Novel" was published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House, as well as the collection of essays "Letter to My Father" and the collection of novels "Treasure Map".

In 2004, Mo Yan was awarded the French Knight of the Order of Culture and Arts and the "Outstanding Achievement Award of the Year at the Chinese Literature and Media Awards"

In 2005, Mo Yan won the 30th Italian Nonino International Literary Award.

In 2006, the novel "Life and Death Fatigue" was published by Writers Publishing House and won the first prize of the 2nd Dream of Red Mansions Award in 2008. The essay collection "Hokkaido Essays" was published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House and won the 17th Fukuoka Asian Culture Award. In 2007,

The complete collection of essays "Shuo Mo Yan" was published by Haitian Publishing House.

In December 2009, he published the novel "Frog", which won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Award in August 2011.

A review of the Nobel Prize for Literature in the past five years:

In 2011, Swedish poet Thomas Tranströmer won the Nobel Prize for Literature.asllosa).

In 2009, the Romanian-born German female novelist, poet, and essayist Herta Muller (1953-) won the Nobel Prize for Literature., 1919-) won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Vertical and horizontal editor's conclusion: This is the first native-born Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. It is really not easy! Our Chinese writers are not inferior internationally.

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