moyan 莫言 英语演讲稿.ppt

Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 11 The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the prestigious award, praised Mos hallucinatory realism[h?lu?s?n?,t(?)r?] saying it merges[m??d?] folk tales, history and the contemporary. 10月11日，瑞典文学院宣布，中国作家莫言获2012年诺贝尔文学奖，授奖辞为“莫言将魔幻现实主义融合了民间故事、历史与当代社会”。莫言原名管谟业，1955年出生于山东高密县农一个农民家庭，在写第一部小说时为自己取了笔名“莫言”。 Mo YanBorn: 1955, Gaomi, ChinaResidence at the time of the award: ChinaPrize motivation: who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary Mo Yan is fifty-seven. His real name is Guan Moye. Mo Yan means “Don’t Speak.” The writer said he chose the name to remember to stop his tongue from getting him in trouble. Born into a farmers family in Gaomi in Shandong province, eastern China in 1955, Mo Yan had the experiences of working in the field in countryside and in a factory. In 1976, he joined Chinas Peoples Liberation Army and began to study literature and write. Garrulous by nature, Mo has said the name, meaning dont speak, was intended to remind him to hold his tongue lest he get himself into trouble and to mask his identity since he began writing while serving in the army. His first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981. His breakthrough came in 1986 with the novella Touming de Hong Luobo, published in French as Le Radis de Cristal in 1993. Mo is one of Chinas top contemporary authors. His writings draw on his youthful experiences and on settings in the region where he was born - Shandong province in northeastern China. Hes written 11 novels and lets say a hundred short stories Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges were Red Sorghum(1993), The Garlic Ballads(1995), Big Breasts Wide Hips (2004). Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscent in its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez, at the sam