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Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter.

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Age71Born 1955

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Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Born on 17 February 1955 in Gaomi, Yan is 71.

Positions held include member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Notable works include Red Sorghum, The Republic of Wine and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. Yan studied at College of Military Culture at the PLA National Defense University and Beijing Normal University. Honours include Prix Laure Bataillon, International Nonino Prize and Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, among 6 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 109 languages, Mo Yan is No. 12,059 in the People and Position Index.

Born: 17 February 1955, Gaomi (age 71)
Country: People's Republic of China
Known as: Writer, novelist, teacher
Field: Literature
Party: Chinese Communist Party
Education: College of Military Culture at the PLA National Defense University, Beijing Normal University
Languages: Chinese
Wikipedia editions: 109

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17 Feb

Shares a birthday with Michael Jordan and Paris Hilton.

109

Has a Wikipedia article in 109 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Career

Positions held

—Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Honours and works

Awards

Prix Laure Bataillon2000
International Nonino Prize2005
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize2006
Nobel Prize in Literature2012
Honorary doctor of the Aix-Marseille University2015
Honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Notable works

Red Sorghum
The Republic of Wine
Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
Big Breasts and Wide Hips
A Wonderful Work of Literature Eulogizing Human Life: On Reading Frog,a Novel by Mo Yan
The Herbivorous Family
Pow!
Sandalwood Death