I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

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• Mo Yan:

  My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese p

• Mo Yan:

  I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describi

• Mo Yan:

  One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

• Mo Yan:

  A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

• Mo Yan:

  I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

• Mo Yan:

  I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down.

• Mo Yan:

  For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Ar

• Mo Yan:

  I have always been independent.

• Mo Yan:

  When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.

• Mo Yan:

  I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic