Mo Yan
Mo Yan
Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers", and Jim Leach called him the Chinese answer to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 February 1955
CountryChina
writing thinking stories
I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.
thinking world great-work
I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.
writing thinking soul
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.
thinking profound understanding
Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.