| 1 | Mo Yan (born Guan Moye, February 17, 1955) is a Chinese author. |
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| 3 | His first novel ''Red Sorghum Clan'', published in 1986, brought him national recognition. |
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| 5 | In 2012, he was awarded the UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature with the Nobel Committee describing him as an author "who with hallucinatory realism merges folktales, history, and the contemporary." |
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| 7 | !!Selected Bibliography: |
| 8 | * ''Red Sorghum Clan'' |
| 9 | * ''The Garlic Ballads'' |
| 10 | * ''The Republic of Wine'' |
| 11 | * ''Big Breasts & Wide Hips'' |
| 12 | * ''Life and Death are Wearing Me Out'' |
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| 14 | !!Tropes: |
| 15 | * AuthorAppeal: Liquor |
| 16 | --> '''Mo Yan''': ''People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.'' |
| 17 | * AuthorAvatar: Often shows up as a character in his own novels. His portrayal of himself is usually not flattering. |
| 18 | * BlackComedy: This aspect of his work has drawn comparisons to Joseph Heller and Creator/FranzKafka. |
| 19 | * NomDePlume: Mo Yan means "Don't speak" in Chinese. The name comes from his parents warning him as a child not to speak his mind due to China's political situation at the time. |
| 20 | * RagsToRiches: The son of poor farmers, he has become one of China's most famous writers. |
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