Novelist Mo Yan

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Mo Yan

Living place: China

Birthday: 17-2-1955 (69 years old)

Population of the world 1955: 2.780 billions

Global rank: #70989

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Who is Novelist Mo Yan?
A Nobel Prize winning Chinese writer, he is best known for his 1987 novel, Red Sorghum Clan. His other famous works include Life and Death Wearing Me Out and Republic of Wine.
He has received both the 2009 Newman Chinese Literature Prize and the 2011 Mao Dun Literary Award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He obtained a Master's degree in Literature and Arts from Peking University in 1991.

Family life info

He was born into a peasant family in China's Shandong province. With his wife, Du Qinlan, he had a child named Guan.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Mo Yan?
His popular novel, Red Sorghum, inspired a 1987 film starring Jiang Wen.

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When was Novelist Mo Yan born?
Mo Yan birthday 17-2-1955 (at the age of 69).
Where is Novelist Mo Yan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Mo Yan was born in China. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Mo Yan's global rank is 70989 and whose rank is 753 in list of famous Novelist. Population of the world in 1955 is about 2.780 billions persons.
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Events in 1955 and 17-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Mo Yan

  • Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
  • Churchill resigns (April 5); Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
  • Federal Republic of West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
  • The Soviet Union and seven East European countries sign the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty (May 14).
  • Argentina ousts dictator Juan Perón (Sept. 19).
  • US starts sending $216 million in aid to Vietnam.
  • The US, UK, USSR, and France meet at a summit in Geneva.

Birthday Mo Yan (17-2) in history

  • Day 17-2 year 1600: Italian philosopher and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno were burned alive by a Catholic court after being convicted of heresy. He is also known as an alchemist and proponent of the Copernican theory.
  • Day 17-2 year 1801: The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
  • Day 17-2 year 1817: Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
  • Day 17-2 year 1864: The Confederate submarine Hunley , equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
  • Day 17-2 year 1904: Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.
  • Day 17-2 year 1972: President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
  • Day 17-2 year 1996: Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
  • Day 17-2 year 2008: Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
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