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A tuxedo? Mo's Nobel dress pick draws debate
By Li Qian |
November 15, 2012, Thursday
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Chinese novelist Mo Yan has sparked another kind of online debate about what he should wear at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10.
It is reported that China's first Nobel laureate has ordered his tailor-made tuxedo and is learning Waltz because Swedish king and queen will also attend the ceremony.
However, many Chinese netizens regret Mo's decision and they even tried different Chinese-style clothes on him in Photoshop-edited portraits of the author, the Youth Daily reported.
One photo showed Mo in a loose-fitting robe worn by the Chinese for over 3,000 years until the Manchus invaded China in 1644 and established the Qing Dynasty.
"Mo represents the Chinese writers who hardly wear a tuxedo," a netizen named Linsa said. Young author Zhang Yiyi noted that Kawabata Yasunari, Japan's first Noble-winning writer, wore a kimono when he received the prize in 1968.
It is reported that China's first Nobel laureate has ordered his tailor-made tuxedo and is learning Waltz because Swedish king and queen will also attend the ceremony.
However, many Chinese netizens regret Mo's decision and they even tried different Chinese-style clothes on him in Photoshop-edited portraits of the author, the Youth Daily reported.
One photo showed Mo in a loose-fitting robe worn by the Chinese for over 3,000 years until the Manchus invaded China in 1644 and established the Qing Dynasty.
"Mo represents the Chinese writers who hardly wear a tuxedo," a netizen named Linsa said. Young author Zhang Yiyi noted that Kawabata Yasunari, Japan's first Noble-winning writer, wore a kimono when he received the prize in 1968.
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