Nobel Laureate Mo Yan
Fantastic China | 2023-09-01 | Views：5228
Guan Moye (管谟业), better known by the pen name Mo Yan (莫言), is a Chinese novelist and short-story writer famous for his imaginative and humanistic fiction, which were widely popular in the 1980s. In 2012, Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, bringing him a second round of fame.
To Western readers, Mo Yan is best known for his 1987 novel Red Sorghum Clan, which was later adapted for the Zhang Yimou-directed film Red Sorghum in 1988 and won the prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.