Mo Yan
莫言
Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature! Mo is the first Chinese who won the prize.
中國作家莫言獲得2012年度諾貝爾文學獎!莫言是獲得此項獎項的第一個中國人。
When he heard the news, Mo said he never expected to win the prize, as there were so many good writers all over the world.
當莫言聽到這一消息時,他說他從來也沒期望能獲獎,因為全世界有那么多優秀的作家。
Mo Yan is the writer's pen name. His real name is Guan Moye. He was born into a farmer's family in Gaomi, Shandong, in February 1955.
莫言是筆名。他的真名是管謨業。1955年2月,他生于山東高密的一個農民家庭。
When he was 12, he dropped out of school and started to work, first in his village and later in a factory.
12歲的時候他退學開始工作,他先是在村里,然后去了工廠。
Little Moye enjoyed reading. But at that time, there were only a few books available in his village. He had to try every means to find books to read.
小謨業很喜歡讀書。但在當時,村里能看到的書很少。他想方設法地找書來看。
With no more books at hand, he started reading a Chinese dictionary. He read it so many times that he found several mistakes in it.
手頭上再沒有書了,他就開始讀一本漢語字典。他讀字典讀了很多遍,結果他發現里面竟有幾處錯誤。
In 1976, he joined the army. During that time, he began to study literature and write stories. His first short story was published in 1981.
1976年,他參了軍。在此期間,他開始學習文學和寫故事。他的第一篇短篇小說在1981年出版。
He became famous in 1987 when his novel Red Sorghum was made into a film by the famous director Zhang Yimou.
他成名于1987年,他的小說《紅高粱》由著名導演張藝謀拍成了電影。
He also won the 18th Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2011 for his novel Frog.
2011年,他還因為他的小說《蛙》而獲得了第18屆茅盾文學獎。
Mo Yan is a famous writer in the world now. More and more people are becoming interested in his works.
莫言現在是一位世界知名的作家了。越來越多的人對他的作品產生了興趣。