| China's Mo Yan wins Nobel Literature Prize |
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Mo Yan, the Chinese writer, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy praised his works for their “hallucinogenic
realism”, which “merges folk tales, history and the contemporary”. The choice of Mr Mo, the first Chinese citizen to win any Nobel Prize other than the peace prize, will be controversial in his home country. When rumours first began to circulate earlier this week that he was a front-runner, many Chinese took to their microblogs to ridicule the suggestion because of Mr Mo’s staunch support for the country’s authoritarian regime. http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/ |
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
China's Mo Yan wins Nobel Literaure Prize
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