Mo Yan, formerly known as Guan Moye, was born in Gaomi, Shandong on February 17, 1955. He is the vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is also the first to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Chinese writer. ?

In 1981, he began to publish his work "Spring Night Rainfall". In 1984, he became famous with "Transparent Carrot". In 1986, the novella "The Red Sorghum Family" was published in the "People's Literature" magazine and caused a great sensation in the literary world. In 1987, he served as screenwriter for the film "Red Sorghum", which won the Golden Bear Award at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2011, he won the Mao Dun Literature Award for his novel "Frog". Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012. The award was given for "merging folktales, history and contemporary society through hallucinatory realism."

In 2013, he served as the honorary president of the University of Online Literature. In December 2014, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In December 2016, he was elected vice chairman of the 9th National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. In November 2017, Mo Yan received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Hong Kong Baptist University. In December of the same year, he won the short story award in the "2017 Wang Zengqi Chinese Novel Award" for his work "Peace in the World".

Mo Yan is known as a writer of "root-seeking literature" for a series of rural works full of complex emotions of "nostalgia" and "resentment for hometown". According to incomplete statistics, Mo Yan's works have been translated into at least 40 languages.

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From a literary standard, Mo Yan can win the Mao Dun Literature Award at least 10 times. Because 90% of the works awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize are not as good as Mo Yan’s worst one. ——Yu Hua?

Mo Yan won the award, which is great! I like Mo Yan's "Life and Death Fatigue" the most. His novels are full of dialects. You can thoroughly see how the experience of the village can give people abundant vitality. The most earthy people are the most international. Every time I read Mo Yan's novels, I lament that I am not as good as him. ——Long Yingtai

A Chinese writer has finally entered the ranks of the Nobel Prize. I think this is not only the glory of Mo Yan, but also the glory of the entire Chinese literature. It will have a lasting and widespread impact on the Chinese literary world. . Mo Yan is a very good writer. His unique thinking and artistic personality have had a wide impact on the Chinese literary world and even world literature. He is well-deserved to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. ——Chen Zhongshi

I am very excited and congratulate Mo Yan on winning the award, which is belatedly. Mo Yan is a Chinese storyteller from the 20th century to the 21st century. He is a fantastic storyteller with Western novel models such as "Rabelais" and "Cervantes". His novels are full of imagination, folk carnival and the unkind wilderness. He is a genius! ——Luo Yijun

I have written ten times as many books as Mo Yan, but after reading Mo Yan's "Life and Death Fatigue", I thought this man was a hundred times better than me. I told Mo Yan that I couldn't write it. book, I hope you can help me write it. ——Sima Zhongyuan

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mo Yan