China gets first Nobel prize in literature
12 Oct 2012 8:26 AM IST
The Chinese writer Mo Yan, 'who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary', won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, the Swedish Academy announced.
According to the Nobel Prize web site, Mo was born in 1955 in China's Shandong province. In 1976, he joined the People's Liberation Army and during this time he began to study literature and write. As a 12-year-old, he left school to work first in agriculture, and later in a factory. His parents were farmers. His first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981. His breakthrough came a few years later with the novella 'Touming de hong luobo' in 1986.
In his writing, Mo draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth. He grew up in Gaomi. This is apparent in his novel Hong gaoliang jiazu in 1987 [in English Red Sorghum].
According to the Nobel Prize web site, Mo was born in 1955 in China's Shandong province. In 1976, he joined the People's Liberation Army and during this time he began to study literature and write. As a 12-year-old, he left school to work first in agriculture, and later in a factory. His parents were farmers. His first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981. His breakthrough came a few years later with the novella 'Touming de hong luobo' in 1986.
In his writing, Mo draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth. He grew up in Gaomi. This is apparent in his novel Hong gaoliang jiazu in 1987 [in English Red Sorghum].
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