Mo Yan

Mo Yan, born Guan Moye, is a Chinese writer best known for the 1986 novel Red Sorghum, which brought Mo international attention and was adapted into the film Red Sorghum. In 2012 Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mo's other books include the historical and magical realist novel Big Breasts and Wide Hips, along with Sandalwood Death, The Garlic Ballads, and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out.