Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Literature Prize
- Published: 11 Oct 2012 at 10.49
- Online news: World
Mo Yan, one of China's leading writers of the past half-century, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for his writing that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced.
Chinese author Mo Yan, seen here in March 2012, has won the Nobel Literature Prize for writing that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced.
At 57 he became the first Chinese national to win the prize, and the initial official reaction indicated it would be held up as a victory for China, in sharp contrast to Beijing's angry response to the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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