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莫言 (Chinese writer)

  • Mo Yan
  • 管谟业
  • Guan Moye
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Date of birth
1955-02-17
Place of birth
Shandong

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Mo Yan (, Chinese: 莫言; pinyin: Mò Yán; lit. 'don't speak'), born Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè; born 5 March 1955), is a Chinese writer. He gained attention for his 1984 novella, A Transparent Radish, and rose to international fame for his 1986 novel Red Sorghum, the first two parts of which were adapted into the Golden Bear-winning film Red Sorghum (1988). In 2012, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".

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Born in Gaomi, Shandong.

Last modified: 2023-05-01 (revision #139276)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Die KnoblauchrevolteHardcover3-498-04359-51997-01
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Q8998

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