Mo to stay close to roots even after Nobel award
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October 15, 2012, Monday
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ON the doors of Mo Yan's hometown house in Gaomi is a black-inked Chinese calligraphy couplet that reads: "honesty and uprightness keep a family lasting, poetry and books alike circulate far over time."
The couplet, usually posted during the traditional Spring Festival, is favored by Chinese people to convey their hopes for their offspring to succeed through knowledge.
Mo succeeded. He was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, the nation's first indigenous writer to win the literature award.
Gaomi, where Mo was born and raised used to be called Yi'an and has a history of about 2,200 years.
Home to about 860,000 people, Gaomi has a tradition of colorful folk arts such as clay sculpture, paper-cutting art, traditional new year paintings, as well as an indigenous opera, Mao Qiang.
"I think my hometown is closely related with my writings," Mo told reporters after he won the Nobel prize.
Mo brought fame to his hometown and he is cherished in Gaomi. The Literature Museum of Mo Yan was founded in 2009 within the No. 1 Middle School of Gaomi.
"Mo Yan is the pride of Gaomi," said Mao Weijie, curator of the museum and a long-time friend. "We are going to grow the museum to enrich the literary spirit of Mo Yan."
Mo left his hometown of Gaomi at age of 21, when he joined the army after years of farming. When asked if he would consider leaving China to resettle in another country, Mo said: "Why should I leave? I don't even want to leave Gaomi, where I have many friends and the food suits me so well."
The couplet, usually posted during the traditional Spring Festival, is favored by Chinese people to convey their hopes for their offspring to succeed through knowledge.
Mo succeeded. He was awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, the nation's first indigenous writer to win the literature award.
Gaomi, where Mo was born and raised used to be called Yi'an and has a history of about 2,200 years.
Home to about 860,000 people, Gaomi has a tradition of colorful folk arts such as clay sculpture, paper-cutting art, traditional new year paintings, as well as an indigenous opera, Mao Qiang.
"I think my hometown is closely related with my writings," Mo told reporters after he won the Nobel prize.
Mo brought fame to his hometown and he is cherished in Gaomi. The Literature Museum of Mo Yan was founded in 2009 within the No. 1 Middle School of Gaomi.
"Mo Yan is the pride of Gaomi," said Mao Weijie, curator of the museum and a long-time friend. "We are going to grow the museum to enrich the literary spirit of Mo Yan."
Mo left his hometown of Gaomi at age of 21, when he joined the army after years of farming. When asked if he would consider leaving China to resettle in another country, Mo said: "Why should I leave? I don't even want to leave Gaomi, where I have many friends and the food suits me so well."
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