Inspiration from suffering
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October 12, 2012, Friday
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THE Nobel Prize winner was forced to drop out of primary school and herd cattle during China's "cultural revolution" (1966-76) and was sometimes so destitute he ate tree bark and weeds to survive.
But Mo, 57, credits this suffering for inspiring his works which tackle corruption, the family planning policy and rural life in the nation.
"Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation," he once said.
Influenced by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, D.H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway, Mo uses fantasy and satire in many of his books.
"Red Sorghum" tells of hardships endured by farmers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Mo was born into a farm family in Gaomi, in eastern China's Shandong Province.
In 1976 when the "cultural revolution" ended, he joined the People's Liberation Army.
He studied at the army's institute of arts and literature and later at Beijing Normal University, where he received a master's degree in literature and art.
But Mo, 57, credits this suffering for inspiring his works which tackle corruption, the family planning policy and rural life in the nation.
"Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation," he once said.
Influenced by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, D.H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway, Mo uses fantasy and satire in many of his books.
"Red Sorghum" tells of hardships endured by farmers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Mo was born into a farm family in Gaomi, in eastern China's Shandong Province.
In 1976 when the "cultural revolution" ended, he joined the People's Liberation Army.
He studied at the army's institute of arts and literature and later at Beijing Normal University, where he received a master's degree in literature and art.
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