Mo, Yan 1955-
Overview
Works: | 842 works in 3,019 publications in 17 languages and 31,933 library holdings |
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Genres: | Fiction Novels History Historical fiction Political fiction Black humor Romance fiction Drama War films Short stories |
Roles: | Author, Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Contributor, Writer of accompanying material, Honoree, Other, Translator |
Classifications: | PL2886.O1684, 895.1352 |
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Most widely held works about
Yan Mo
- Mo Yan in context : Nobel laureate and global storyteller by Angelica Duran( )
- The garlic ballads by Yan Mo( Book )
- A subversive voice in China : the fictional world of Mo Yan by Shelley W Chan( )
- Big breasts and wide hips : a novel by Yan Mo( Book )
- Xing fu shi guang = Happy times by Yimou Zhang( Visual )
- Change by Yan Mo( Book )
- Explosions and other stories by Yan Mo( Book )
- Shifu, you'll do anything for a laugh by Yan Mo( Book )
- The republic of wine : a novel by Yan Mo( Book )
- Mo Yan yan jiu zi liao( Book )
- Mo Yan thought : six critiques of hallucinatory realism by Jerry Xie( )
- Hong gao liang = Red sorghum by Yimou Zhang( Visual )
- Mo Yan ping zhuan by Kai Ye( Book )
- Mo Yan liao bu qi : yi tiao you yi yu Zhongguo dang dai wen xue kun jing de jing yu by Zaifu Liu( Book )
- Mo Yan dui hua xin lu by Yan Mo( Book )
- Mo Yan lun by Zhizhong Zhang( Book )
- Mo Yan jiang yan xin pian by Yan Mo( Book )
- Mo Yan yan jiu zi liao( Book )
- Mo Yan, le lieu de la fiction by Yinde Zhang( Book )
- Bian by Yan Mo( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Yan Mo
Red sorghum : a novel of China by
Yan Mo(
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201 editions published between 1987 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 2,559 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. A legend in China, where it won major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film, Red Sorghum is a book in which fable and history collide to produce fiction that is entirely new--and unforgettable
201 editions published between 1987 and 2019 in 11 languages and held by 2,559 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty, as the Chinese battle both Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. A legend in China, where it won major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film, Red Sorghum is a book in which fable and history collide to produce fiction that is entirely new--and unforgettable
Frog by
Yan Mo(
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97 editions published between 2009 and 2020 in 11 languages and held by 1,875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize. In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. In his much-anticipated new novel, Mo Yan chronicles the sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversial one- child policy. Frog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In her youth, Gugu-the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist-is revered for her skill as a midwife. But when her lover defects, Gugu's own loyalty to the Party is questioned. She decides to prove her allegiance by strictly enforcing the one-child policy, keeping tabs on the number of children in the village, and performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant. In sharply personal prose, Mo Yan depicts a world of desperate families, illegal surrogates, forced abortions, and the guilt of those who must enforce the policy. At once illuminating and devastating, it shines a light into the heart of communist China."--
97 editions published between 2009 and 2020 in 11 languages and held by 1,875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The author of Red Sorghum and China's most revered and controversial novelist returns with his first major publication since winning the Nobel Prize. In 2012, the Nobel committee confirmed Mo Yan's position as one of the greatest and most important writers of our time. In his much-anticipated new novel, Mo Yan chronicles the sweeping history of modern China through the lens of the nation's controversial one- child policy. Frog opens with a playwright nicknamed Tadpole who plans to write about his aunt. In her youth, Gugu-the beautiful daughter of a famous doctor and staunch Communist-is revered for her skill as a midwife. But when her lover defects, Gugu's own loyalty to the Party is questioned. She decides to prove her allegiance by strictly enforcing the one-child policy, keeping tabs on the number of children in the village, and performing abortions on women as many as eight months pregnant. In sharply personal prose, Mo Yan depicts a world of desperate families, illegal surrogates, forced abortions, and the guilt of those who must enforce the policy. At once illuminating and devastating, it shines a light into the heart of communist China."--
Life and death are wearing me out : a novel by
Yan Mo(
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75 editions published between 2006 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 1,821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stripped of his possessions and executed as a result of Mao's Land Reform Movement in 1948, benevolent landowner Ximen Nao finds himself endlessly tortured in Hell before he is systematically reborn on Earth as each of the animals in the Chinese zodiac
75 editions published between 2006 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 1,821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Stripped of his possessions and executed as a result of Mao's Land Reform Movement in 1948, benevolent landowner Ximen Nao finds himself endlessly tortured in Hell before he is systematically reborn on Earth as each of the animals in the Chinese zodiac
The republic of wine : a novel by
Yan Mo(
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92 editions published between 1992 and 2019 in 8 languages and held by 1,475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plagued by persistent reports of cannibalism in a province known as the Republic of Wine, the Chinese government sends a special investigator to substantiate the disturbing rumors
92 editions published between 1992 and 2019 in 8 languages and held by 1,475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plagued by persistent reports of cannibalism in a province known as the Republic of Wine, the Chinese government sends a special investigator to substantiate the disturbing rumors
The garlic ballads by
Yan Mo(
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92 editions published between 1988 and 2019 in 6 languages and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In China, the tragic romance of farmer Gao Ma and Fang Jijnu, the pregnant woman who elopes with him. It is told against the background of the 1988 garlic farmers' revolt, protesting corrupt officialdom in Paradise County. By the author of Red Sorghum
92 editions published between 1988 and 2019 in 6 languages and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In China, the tragic romance of farmer Gao Ma and Fang Jijnu, the pregnant woman who elopes with him. It is told against the background of the 1988 garlic farmers' revolt, protesting corrupt officialdom in Paradise County. By the author of Red Sorghum
Sandalwood death = (Tanxiang xing) : a novel by
Yan Mo(
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68 editions published between 2001 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,067 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sun Meiniang interacts with the three men in her life during the Boxer Rebellion, including Sun Bing, her father and a leader of the rebellion, who is destined to come to a cruel end
68 editions published between 2001 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,067 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sun Meiniang interacts with the three men in her life during the Boxer Rebellion, including Sun Bing, her father and a leader of the rebellion, who is destined to come to a cruel end
Shifu, you'll do anything for a laugh by
Yan Mo(
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64 editions published between 2000 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author of The Republic of Wine presents a new collection of innovative short stories, which range from the tragic to the comic and reflect the author's own disdain for bureaucracy and repression, that includes the title story, which is being made into a major film by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou
64 editions published between 2000 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author of The Republic of Wine presents a new collection of innovative short stories, which range from the tragic to the comic and reflect the author's own disdain for bureaucracy and repression, that includes the title story, which is being made into a major film by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou
Big breasts and wide hips : a novel by
Yan Mo(
Book
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72 editions published between 1995 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman, constantly risking her life to save several of her children and grandchildren as the political tides shift dramatically from year to year. ... Each of the seven chapters recounts a different era, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the early years of Sun Yat Sen's Republic, the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years"--Page 4 of cover
72 editions published between 1995 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In a country where patriarchal favoritism and the primacy of sons survived multiple revolutions and an ideological earthquake, this epic novel is first and foremost about women. As the title implies, the female body serves as the book's most important image and metaphor. The protagonist, Mother, is born in 1900. Married at seventeen into the Shangguan family, she has nine children, none by her husband, who is sterile. The youngest is her only boy, the narrator of the book, a spoiled and ineffectual child who stands in stark contrast to his headstrong and forceful sisters. Mother, a survivor, is the quintessential strong woman, constantly risking her life to save several of her children and grandchildren as the political tides shift dramatically from year to year. ... Each of the seven chapters recounts a different era, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 through the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the early years of Sun Yat Sen's Republic, the Japanese invasion in the 1930s, the civil war, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao years"--Page 4 of cover
Pow! by
Mo Yan(
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42 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], "a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China."--Jacket
42 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], "a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China."--Jacket
Hong gao liang = Red sorghum by
Yimou Zhang(
Visual
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35 editions published between 1987 and 2020 in Chinese and English and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story is told from the first person's point of view. In a village of Shandong province during the earlier period of War of Resistance against Japan, a beautiful girl named Jiu'er was forcefully bethrothed by her avaricious father to the owner of a sorghum winery Datou Li who was said to be leprous. One of his crew in the sorghum winery Zhan'oa Yu, being bold, stouthearted and brave, took away Jiu'er's virginity in the broomcorn field when she came back to her parent's home. They finally became a couple and made out a well-known kind of wine. Then the Japanese army came, slaughtering and snatching the village, and provoked deep hatred among the people in the sorghum winery. In the broomcorn field, they [ambushed] the Japanese army. Jiu'er and other crews die, and only Zhan'oa Yu and his nine-year old son left
35 editions published between 1987 and 2020 in Chinese and English and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story is told from the first person's point of view. In a village of Shandong province during the earlier period of War of Resistance against Japan, a beautiful girl named Jiu'er was forcefully bethrothed by her avaricious father to the owner of a sorghum winery Datou Li who was said to be leprous. One of his crew in the sorghum winery Zhan'oa Yu, being bold, stouthearted and brave, took away Jiu'er's virginity in the broomcorn field when she came back to her parent's home. They finally became a couple and made out a well-known kind of wine. Then the Japanese army came, slaughtering and snatching the village, and provoked deep hatred among the people in the sorghum winery. In the broomcorn field, they [ambushed] the Japanese army. Jiu'er and other crews die, and only Zhan'oa Yu and his nine-year old son left
Shi san bu by
Mo Yan(
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46 editions published between 1989 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu biao da zuo zhe dui ren sheng de si kao, shi yi bu si xiang shen ke de xin zuo
46 editions published between 1989 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu biao da zuo zhe dui ren sheng de si kao, shi yi bu si xiang shen ke de xin zuo
Shi cao jia zu by
Yan Mo(
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32 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This epic novel characterizes the author's family history, his spiritual development and the struggle of his mind and state"--Provided by vendor
32 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This epic novel characterizes the author's family history, his spiritual development and the struggle of his mind and state"--Provided by vendor
Hong shu lin by
Mo Yan(
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40 editions published between 1999 and 2019 in Chinese and Japanese and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in a fishing village in southern China, not far from a modern city, where money, desire, power and sex set squarely in people's lives--from the older generation who were part of the Revolution to their children oblivious to the past
40 editions published between 1999 and 2019 in Chinese and Japanese and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in a fishing village in southern China, not far from a modern city, where money, desire, power and sex set squarely in people's lives--from the older generation who were part of the Revolution to their children oblivious to the past
Huai bao xian hua de nü ren by
Yan Mo(
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26 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu nei rong you : mo yan xiao shuo jin zuo ji, jin zuo ping lun xuan, chuang zuo zi liao xiao ji
26 editions published between 1993 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu nei rong you : mo yan xiao shuo jin zuo ji, jin zuo ping lun xuan, chuang zuo zi liao xiao ji
Huan le by
Mo Yan(
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38 editions published between 2002 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman psychologique (intime). Roman de société
38 editions published between 2002 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman psychologique (intime). Roman de société
Feng ru fei tun by
Yan Mo(
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32 editions published between 1996 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surrounded by a remorseless mother and seven sisters, each named in anticipation of his birth, a boy-child becomes the narrator of this story, presenting a generation of life in a rural Chinese community in twentieth century, populated by strong women and weak husbands, bandits and government bureaucrats, hen-murdering mid-wives and missionaries
32 editions published between 1996 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Surrounded by a remorseless mother and seven sisters, each named in anticipation of his birth, a boy-child becomes the narrator of this story, presenting a generation of life in a rural Chinese community in twentieth century, populated by strong women and weak husbands, bandits and government bureaucrats, hen-murdering mid-wives and missionaries
Radish by
Yan Mo(
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36 editions published between 1986 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During China's collectivist era in the late 1950s, a rural work team responsible for building an important floodgate receives a strange new recruit: Hei-hai, a skinny, silent and almost feral boy. Assigned to assist the blacksmith at the worksite forge, Hei-hai proves superhumanly indifferent to pain or suffering and yet, eerily sensitive to the natural world. As the worksite becomes a backdrop to jealousy and strife, Hei-hai's eyes remain fixed on a world that only he can see, searching for wonders that only he understands. One day, he finds all that he has been seeking embodied in the most mundane and unexpected way: a radish
36 editions published between 1986 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During China's collectivist era in the late 1950s, a rural work team responsible for building an important floodgate receives a strange new recruit: Hei-hai, a skinny, silent and almost feral boy. Assigned to assist the blacksmith at the worksite forge, Hei-hai proves superhumanly indifferent to pain or suffering and yet, eerily sensitive to the natural world. As the worksite becomes a backdrop to jealousy and strife, Hei-hai's eyes remain fixed on a world that only he can see, searching for wonders that only he understands. One day, he finds all that he has been seeking embodied in the most mundane and unexpected way: a radish
Si shi yi pao by
Yan Mo(
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25 editions published between 2003 and 2019 in Chinese and English and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China
25 editions published between 2003 and 2019 in Chinese and English and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[In this novel by the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Literature], a benign old monk listens to a prospective novice's tale of depravity, violence and carnivorous excess while a nice little family drama--in which nearly everyone dies--unfurls ... As his dual narratives merge and feather into one another, each informing and illuminating the other, Mo Yan probes the character and lifestyle of modern China
Bai mian hua by
Yan Mo(
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24 editions published between 1991 and 2020 in Chinese and Vietnamese and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu shou " ren yu shou ", " ai qing gu shi ", " bai mian hua " deng 6 pian zhong, duan pian xiao shuo
24 editions published between 1991 and 2020 in Chinese and Vietnamese and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ben shu shou " ren yu shou ", " ai qing gu shi ", " bai mian hua " deng 6 pian zhong, duan pian xiao shuo
Yu da shi yue hui by
Yan Mo(
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22 editions published between 2005 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of author's over 40 short stories published during 1990-2005
22 editions published between 2005 and 2019 in Chinese and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of author's over 40 short stories published during 1990-2005
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- Goldblatt, Howard 1939- Contributor Translator Editor
- Duran, Angelica Author Editor
- Huang, Yuhan 1988- Author Editor
- 西安电影制片厂
- 张艺谋 Other Restager Film editor Director Author
- 巩俐 1965- Costume designer Performer Actor
- 朱伟 Scenarist Author of screenplay Writer of accompanying material
- 滕汝骏 Other Performer Actor
- 姜文 1963- Costume designer Performer Actor
- Chan, Shelley W. Author
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Baku, Gen.
Baku, Gen. 1956-
Bakugen
Bo̍k-giân
Guan Mo ye 1955-....
Guǎn Móyè
Guan Moye 1955-....
Guan, Moye 1956-
Guan, Muoye
Guon, Moye, 1955-
Jan Mo
Jan, Mo, 1955-
Kuan, Mo-yeh.
Kuan Mo-yeh 1955-....
Kuan, Mo-yeh 1956-...
Mạc Ngôn
Mạc, Ngôn 1956-
Mo, Ien
Mo Jaņs
Mo, Jaņs, 1955-
Mo, Jen, 1955-
Mo Jen čínský spisovatel
Mo Jen kínai író
Mo, Jeņs, 1955-
Mo, Yan
mo yan, 1955-
Mo-Yan 1956-
Mo Yan Chinees schrijver
Mo Yan Chinese novelist
Mo Yan chinesischer Schriftsteller
Mo Yan écrivain chinois
Mo Yan escritor chino
Mo Yan Hiina romaanikirjanik
Mo Yan Insik a nobelista
Mo Yan kinesisk författare
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Mo Yan novel·lista xinès
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Mo Yan novelista chinés
Mo Yan romancier chinez
Mo Yan scrittore e sceneggiatore cinese
Mo Yan Talasulat a Isik
Mo Yan úrscéalaí Síneach
Mo Yann
Mo, Yen.
Mo Yen 1955-
Mo, Yen 1956-
Mŏ̤h-ngiòng
Moo, Ien
Moq Yenz
Möve, Yan 1956-
Moyan
Moyan 1955-
Moyän 1956-
Moye, Guan
Moyen
Moyen 1955-
Moyen 1956-
Mu, Yan
Mu, Yan 1956-
Muiwej Yav 1956-
Muo, Yan
Muoye, Guan
Müve, Yan 1956-
Yan, Mo.
Yan, Mo 1955-
Yan, Mo 1956-
Yuan, Moye 1956-
Μο Γιαν Κινέζος συγγραφέας
Гуань Мое
Мо Йен
Мо Янь
Мо, Янь, 1955-
Мо Янь китайский писатель, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе
Мо Јен кинески романописец и нобеловец
Янь, Мо
Янь, Мо, 1955-
Մո Յան
יאן, מו, 1955-
מו יאן מחבר רומנים סיני
מו, ין
مو يان
مو, يان 1956-
مو يان روائي صيني
مو, يەن 1956-
مو یان
مو یان نویسنده چینی
مويان، 1955-
مويەن (نوبېل ئەدەبىيات مۇكاپاتى ساھىبى)
مۆ یان
يان، مو، 1955-
मो यान
মো ইয়ান চীনা ঔপন্যাসিক
ਮੋ ਯਾਨ
மோ யான்
మోయన్ చైనీస్ నవలకారుడు
മോ യാൻ
โม่เหยียน
မိုယန်
მო იენი
관모예 1955-
막언 1955-
모옌
カン, ボギョウ
バク, ゲン
バク, ゲン, 1956-
モー, イエン
モオ, イエン
モオイエン 1956-
管, 谟业
管 谟业 1955-....
管, 谟业 1956-
管谟业
管谟业, 1955-
管谟业 1956-
管谟业 Nobel Laureate for literature
莫, 言.
莫 言, 1955-
莫, 言 1956-
莫言
莫言 1955-....
莫言 Nobel Laureate for literature
莫言 中國現代作家
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