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Mo Yan [1955-0] Chinese

Rank: 106
Novelist

Guan Moye, better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine TIME referred to him as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers", and Jim Leach called him the Chinese answer to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.

Courage, Famous, Nature, Society

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A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.	Nature, Society	101
Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.		102
I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.		103
My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.		104
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.		105
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.		106
For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.		107
Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.		108
No person writes to win awards.		109
I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.		110
One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.		111
I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.	Famous	112
I have always been independent.		113
When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.		114
I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.		115
When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.		116
I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.	Courage	117
I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.		118

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