Mo Yan
Author of Red Sorghum
About the Author
Mo Yan is the pseudonym of Guan Moye, who was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province, China on March 5, 1955. He became a teenager during the Cultural Revolution, leaving school to work first on a farm and then in a cottonseed oil factory. He started writing while he was serving in the People's show more Liberation Army. His first short story was published in 1981. His works include Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out, Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, The Republic of Wine, and Sandalwood Death. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Mo Yan - Photo: © J. Kolfhaus
Works by Mo Yan
Flores tardías (Spanish Edition) 2 copies
(208) 檀香刑 1 copy
Yaşam ve Ölüm Yorgunu 1 copy
Cambioa 1 copy
莫言訪問 1 copy
Lost Dreams No. 3 1 copy
BRETKOSA 1 copy
L'hotel de tous les plaisirs 1 copy
La bourrasque 1 copy
Mo Yan volume (contemporary Chinese novelist Collector s Edition) / to Nobel (Paperback) (1991) 1 copy
රතු සෝගම් 1 copy
檀香刑 (莫言作品全编) 1 copy
Mo Yan (Guan Moye) 1 copy
Associated Works
Literaire rechtspraak — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
Trésors de la turquie. notes et commentaires de robert mantran. photographies de yan. (1959) — Photographer — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Mo Yan
- Legal name
- Moye, Guan
- Other names
- Yan, Mo
Mo, Yan - Birthdate
- 1955-02-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- China
- Country (for map)
- China
- Birthplace
- Gaomi, Shandong Province, China
- Places of residence
- Gaomi, Shandong Province, China
Beijing, People's Republic of China - Education
- Beijing Normal University
People's Liberation Army Art School - Occupations
- teacher
novelist
short story writer - Organizations
- Bayrische Akademie der schönen Künste, Abteilung Literatur, korrespondierendes Mitglied
- Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature, 2012)
Members
Discussions
Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh - discussion in Read Mo Yan (April 2013)
Is Mo Yan one of the Nobel laureates who shouldn't be? in Nobel Laureates in Literature (February 2013)
Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out - discussion in Read Mo Yan (February 2013)
The Garlic Ballads - discussion in Read Mo Yan (February 2013)
Red Sorghum - discussion in Read Mo Yan (December 2012)
Sandalwood Death - discussion in Read Mo Yan (November 2012)
Pow! - discussion in Read Mo Yan (November 2012)
Big Breasts & Wide Hips - discussion in Read Mo Yan (November 2012)
The Republic of Wine - discussion in Read Mo Yan (November 2012)
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Lists
1980s (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 101
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 4,215
- Popularity
- #5,964
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- Languages
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