Talk:Mo Yan

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oft banned[edit]

The intro says he is often banned. But the body of the story offers no details. The list notes he won a prize for Frog, but the body offers no details about the work. This guy might be winning a Nobel. More info would be good. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.90.80.201 (talk) 13:57, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He did. Good prediction. ;) --86.40.98.29 (talk) 14:51, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is also my question. Actually this guy is the vice president of the state-run Chinese Writers Association. He works at the state-run newspaper Procuratorial Daily, which is an official newspaper run by Chinese Supreme People's Procuratorate. He won a lot of Prizes in China. He is also a CCP party member and has military background. I highly doubt if he has ever been banned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.229.143.250 (talk) 08:27, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually he has - several of his books esepcially in the 1980s were banned in mainland China and had to be published in Taiwan or elsewhere instead. Check the more recent, lengthier profiles of him published by various international media sources. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 12:35, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

zh:莫言 has a list of his books by publication date in simplified Chinese (in mainland China) and in traditional Chinese (in Taiwan or Hong Kong) - most of his works from the 1980s and 1990s were banned in mainland China until very recently. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 17:09, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The dates were incorrect, I have fixed this, all of his works came out in simplified before traditional. --68.238.164.242 (talk) 18:02, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Film based on two works?[edit]

The article states that the film Red Sorghum was based on two of Yan's works, but it doesn't state which two. Even the page for the film doesn't give any indication of this. What was the other one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.7.88.129 (talk) 20:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Genre[edit]

Somebody merely uttering the words "hallucinatory realism" doesn't make it the best genre classification. Perhaps a better choice would be the "broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous" magic realism.

Going by the Wikipedia description "a kind of modern fiction in which fabulous and fantastical events are included in a narrative t

by 183.62.196.12 (talk) 01:48, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The sources overwhelmingly contradict the above. You can't just decide it is "magic realism" because it looks like it might be. Wikipedia operates on verifiability, not original research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.98.29 (talk) 02:03, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this, as it certainly appears too much like original research. Not to mention, trying to fit his work into a better known genre for convenience will only cause more confusion. Retinalsummer (talk) 20:20, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

English translations[edit]

A blog states that this article in the Nanfang Weekly has details from Howard Goldblatt, the English translator of Mo Yan:

"葛浩文谈中国文学." Nanfang Weekly. March 26, 2008.

WhisperToMe (talk) 03:16, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

family name[edit]

Hi! Today I read "As Chinese names, Guan Moye's family name is Guan, Mo Yan's family name is Mo."
Regards ‫·‏לערי ריינהארט‏·‏T‏·‏m‏:‏Th‏·‏T‏·‏email me‏·‏‬ 12:39, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, because "Moye" is his real given name, while his pen name uses "Mo" as the "surname" WhisperToMe (talk) 13:33, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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