ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Mr Gao became the first Chinese-born writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, although his win was largely ignored by China, where his works have been banned for years.

Detailed explanation-2: -The novelist has been recognized for his genre-bending style and social critique. 2012 #NobelPrize in #Literature was awarded to Mo Yan “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary."

Detailed explanation-3: -Mo Yan, Wade-Giles romanization Mo Yen, pseudonym of Guan Moye, (born March 5, 1955, Gaomi, Shandong province, China), Chinese novelist and short-story writer renowned for his imaginative and humanistic fiction, which became popular in the 1980s. Mo was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Chinese writer Mo Yan (born 1955) “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.” He is the second Chinese author to win the prize after the exiled Gao Xingjian.

Detailed explanation-5: -Chinese Author Wins 2012 Nobel Prize In Literature Mo Yan was one of three writers favored to win. He is perhaps best known in the West as the author of Red Sorghum, which was made into a film. He is only the second Chinese writer to win the Nobel-the other is poet Gao Xingjian, who won in 2000.