Mo Yan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first time a Chinese author has won. Yan first came to world attention with his highly acclaimed book Red Sorghum which was later made into a film. Mo Yan is a pen name meaning “don’t speak”.
Haruki Murakami favourite in Nobel Prize race
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has emerged as favourite in the 2012 race to the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature with the bookies Ladbrokes quoting odds of 10/1. Not far behind, at 12/1, are Chinese author Mo Yan (actually a pen name for renowned dissident author Guan Moye, it translates as Don’t Speak)…