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Mo Yan: books and prizes

Mo Yan is the pen name of Guan Moye, a Chinese novelist and short story writer from Northeast Gaomi Township in Shandong Province. He grew up in a farming family and published his first novel in 1981. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012.^4,3,1

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1986Touming de hong luobo²Novellanovel
2. 1987Red Sorghum^2,4Hong gaoliang jiazuEnglish translation 1993. Britannica dates a first Red Sorghum text to 1986novel
3. 1988The Garlic Ballads²Tiantang suantai zhi geEnglish translation 1995novel
4. 1989Shisan bu²novel
5. 1992The Republic of Wine^2,4JiuguoEnglish translation 2000novel
6. 1996Big Breasts and Wide Hips²Fengru feitunEnglish translation 2004novel
7. 2000Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh^2,4Shifu yuelai yue youmoEnglish translation 2001short stories
8. 2001Sandalwood Death^2,4TanxiangxingEnglish translation 2013novel
9. 2003Pow²Sishiyi paoEnglish translation 2013novel
10. 2006Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out^2,4Shengsi pilaoEnglish translation 2008novel
11. 2009Frog^2,4Wanovel

Prizes

1. 2012Nobel Prize in Literature^1,4For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Mo Yan, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Nobel Prize Outreach, Mo Yan, Bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. Nobel Prize Outreach, Mo Yan, Biographical, Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 (accessed 2026-10-28)
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mo Yan, Encyclopaedia Britannica (accessed 2026-10-28)