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1、ChinasMoYanWinsNobelinLiterature.2019NobelPrizeforLiteratureTheSwedishAcademyinStockholmonThursdaynamedMoYanwinneroftheTwenty-TwelveNobelPrizeinLiterature.The2019NobelPrizeinLiteraturewasawardedtoMoYanwhowithhallucinatoryrealismmergesfolktales,historyandthecontemporary.Throughamixtureoffantasyandrea
2、lity,historicalandsocialperspectives,MoYanhascreatedaworldreminiscentinitscomplexityofthoseinthewritingsofWilliamFaulknerandGabrielGarciaMarquez,atthesametimefindingadeparturepointinoldChineseliteratureandinoraltradition.Talking about literature, Chinese writer Mo Yan has already won Chinas first No
3、bel Prize in Literature. The 57-year-old contemporary Chinese writer, Mo Yan, has been dominating Chinese media headlines. His literary achievements make him a serious competitor for this years prize. Lets find out more about the author, whos been a popular figure in Chinas literary scene since the
4、mid-1980s. .MoYanwasbornin1955,thefourthchildinhisfamily.Inhisearlyyears,heexperiencedpoverty,hungerandwasrepressedbyaparticularlyharshfather.AllofthesethingshaveinfluencedMoYanslaterwritings.WhenMoYanwas12yearsold,hewasforcedtoleaveschoolandgrazecattle.Tosatisfyhisthirstforreading,MoYanreadeverysin
5、glebookhecouldgetholdof,eventhedictionary.Whenheturned20,hejoinedthearmyandgottoseetheworldbeyondhishomevillage.Sixyearslaterin1981,hestartedhiswritingcareer.In1987,TheRedSorgumburstontoChinasliteraryscene.Before2019,hewasmostlyknowforthetwoofhisnovelsthatformedthebasisofthefilmRedSorghum,directedby
6、award-winningChinesedirectorZhangYimou.MoiscurrentlytheonlyChineseauthorwhohaswontheNobelPrizeinLiterature.MorethananyotherChineseauthor,MoYaniswellrepresentedinforeignlanguagesaroundtheworld.Andwithgoodreason-hesoneofthegreatnovelisticmastersofmodernChineseliterature,withalonglistofambitiousnovelst
7、ohisname.Hiswritingispowerful,visual,andbroad,dippingintohistory,fantasyandabsurditytotellstoriesofChinaanditspeople.HowardGoldblatt:1.LifeandDeathAreWearingMeOut2.RedSorghum:ANovelofChina3.TheRepublicofWine4.BigBreastsandWideHips5.TheGarlicBallads6.Shifu,YoullDoAnythingforaLaugh7.Change8.Pow!.Zhang
8、YiMouRedSorghum(1987),wontheGoldenBearatthe1988BerlinFestival.ZhangYimou:oneofthebest-knowndirectorsJiangwen:famousactoranddirector,wontheGrandPrixinthe2000CannesFilmFestivalGongLi:hastwicebeenawardedtheGoldenRoosterandtheHundredFlowersAwardsaswellastheBerlinaleCamera,CannesFestivalTrophy,NationalBo
9、ardofReview,NewYorkFilmCriticsCircleAward,andVolpiCup.Respondingtoaquestionaboutwhichnovelwouldrepresenthimbest,MoYanhaspreviouslyheldthatBigBreastandWideHipswouldbehischoice.TheSwedishAcademypraisedhisworkwhichwithhallucinatoryrealismmergesfolktales,historyandthecontemporary.Unlikewhenpoliticaldiss
10、identLiuXiaobowontheNobelPeacePrizein2019,MosawardisbeingcelebratedinChina,theAssociatedPressreportedThursday.InformingMoYanofhiswintoday,SwedishAcademysecretaryPeterEnglundsaidMo,whowasatthehomeinChinawhereheliveswithhis90-year-oldfather,wasoverjoyedandscared,theGuardianreported.Inarecentintervieww
11、ithChinaDaily,UniversityofNotreDameprofessorHowardGoldblatt,whohastranslatedmuchofMosworkintoEnglish,said:Allthebest-knowncontemporarywritershaveauniquepersonalstyle;itwouldbeunhealthyifitwereotherwise.Motendstobemorehistoricalthanmanyofhiscontemporaries.WhetheritstheBoxerRebellionortheculturalrevol
12、ution(1966-76),heseemsmostcomfortablewithahistoricalperspective.SomeChineserightsactivistswerenothappywiththeaward,Reutersreported:Onthepoliticalfront,heissingingthesametunewithanundemocraticregime,prominentrightslawyerTengBiaosaidbeforetheaward.thinkforhimtowintheNobelPrizeforLiteratureisinappropri
13、ate.JustfourdaysafterMoYanwasnamedNobellaureate,officialsinhishometowninShandongProvincecameupwitha670-million-yuan($107million)plantoturnhisiconicvillageintoatourismattractions,theBeijingNewsreported.myview:TheawardsofMoyanthransferssomeclearsignal.First,inthenonnaturalscienceaward,thedensityofChin
14、eseisontheincrease.AllthatreflectstheunprecedentedattentionofwesternsocietytoChina.Second,itshowsthatChinasmainstreamisimpossiblyrefusedbywesternforalongtime.Lastly,thewinningofaman,doesnotnecessarilymeanChineseliteratureisonthetopoftheworldliterature;Justasnoonegainstheprize,alsonotnecessarilyexplainsthatChineseliteratureintheworldiswithoutaplace.thankyou!.
