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1955 Born in Gaomi, Shandong Province in February, he studied in his hometown primary school when he was a child, then dropped out of school due to the Cultural Revolution and worked in the countryside for many years.
From 65438 to 0976, he joined the People's Liberation Army and served as monitor, chief of security department, librarian, teacher and officer.
198 1 started his creative career, and his published works include dry river, autumn water and folk music.
1986 Graduated from the Literature Department of PLA Art College.
199 1 graduated from the creative postgraduate class of Lu Xun College of Literature, Beijing Normal University with a master's degree in literature and art.
1997 won the highest literary prize in China's history with the novel "Big Breasts and Fat Buttocks", with a prize as high as100000 yuan.
1997 left the army and went to the local newspaper to inspect the daily newspaper and wrote a series of scripts for the film and television department of the newspaper.
In 2000, The Red Sorghum Family was selected by Asia Weekly as one of the top 20 China novels 100.
200 1 sandalwood punishment was awarded the best literary book of the year by Taiwan Province United Daily News.
In 2003, Sandalwood Punishment won the literary prize of 1 Ding Jun Biennale.
In 2005, I missed the Mao Dun Literature Award again. "Forty-one Artillery" won the annual outstanding achievement award of the second Chinese literature and media awards. Received an honorary doctorate in literature from the Open University of Hong Kong.
In 2006, Zhang Hui's first novel Life and Death Fatigue was published and won the Fukuoka Asian Culture Award.
On June 5438+February 65438+May, 2006, the list of the richest writers in China was released, and Mo Yan ranked 20th in the list of the richest writers with a royalty income of 3.45 million yuan, which aroused widespread concern.
In July 2007, he published a collection of essays, Talking, Mo Yan. This set of books is divided into three volumes, about 6.5438+0 million words, which fully shows Mo Yan's mental journey.
In 2008, Fatigue of Life and Death won the first prize of the Second Dream of Red Mansions. The novel "Forty-one Artillery" is the final finalist of the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award.
From June 5438 to February 2009, the novel Frog was published with unique creative techniques. The novel consists of four long letters and a drama, which tells the life experience of a rural obstetrician and gynecologist and shows the hardships and pains of an era.
20 1 1 In August, the novel Frog won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize.
20 1 1 year 1 1 month was hired as a visiting professor at Qingdao university of science and technology.
2011165438+1On the afternoon of October 24th, the first plenary session of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association voted to elect the vice chairman of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and Mo Yan was elected as the vice chairman.
Main work
Sandalwood punishment, fatigue of life and death, breast and fat buttocks, red sorghum family, transparent carrot, breast and fat buttocks-supplementary edition, treasure map, forty-one cannon, song of garlic shoot in heaven, thumb cuff, swing of white dog, swing of white dog. The Commander's Woman, Conscience Witness, Room in the Keyhole, What Smells Best, Mo Yan's Legend, Mo Yan's Prose, Mo Yan's Selected Novels, Dialogue between Mo Yan and Yao Wang, Reunion of Comrades, Frog, among which Uncle Luohan (excerpt from Red Sorghum) made money.