Mo Yan
Full Name: Mo Yan
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Profession: Novelist
Why Famous: Won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature for his work as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"
His famous works include the "Red Sorghum Clan" and "The Republic of Wine".
Born: February 17, 1955 (63 years old)
Star Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gaomi, Shandong, China
Historical Events in the Life of Mo Yan
- 2012-10-11 Mo Yan, a Chinese hallucinatory realist writer, wins the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
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