Mo Yan was born into a family in Shandong in 1955.

1955年，莫言出生在山东的一个家庭。

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Mo Yan is fifty nine years old in 2015, and his real name is Guan Moyue.

莫言在2015年59岁，真名为管谟月。

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No sooner had Mo Yan stepped on the stage than the audience broke into thunderous applause.

莫言一上台，观众就爆发出雷鸣般的掌声。

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Newspapers run extensive coverage of the awarding of the Nobel Prize for literature to Chinese author Mo Yan.

BBC: China morning round-up: Nobel Literature Prize to China

China celebrated another achievement last week, as Mo Yan became the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize for literature.

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One consists of commercially viable and politically adroit writers, many of whom are also known to international readers: Mo Yan, Su Tong, Wang Shuo, Wang Meng.

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