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Also Known As	Guan Moye • Mo Yen
Born	March 5, 1955 (age 71) • China
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (2012)
Notable Works	“A Late Bloomer” • “Big Breasts and Wide Hips” • “E Yu” • “Explosions and Other Stories” • “Frog” • “Honggaoliang” • “Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out” • “Red Sorghum Family” • “Sandalwood Death” • “Shifu, You’ll Do Anything for a Laugh” • “The Garlic Ballad” • “The Republic of Wine”