
Per Wastberg (R), chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, introduces why Chinese writer Mo Yan (4th L, front row) has won Nobel Prize in Literature at the 2012 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

Chinese writer and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan shows the medal after receiving Nobel Prize in Literature from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 2012 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

Chinese writer and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan (2nd L) and his wife Du Qinlan (1st L), Chinese Ambassador to Sweden Lan Lijun (1st R) and his wife Gu langlin (2nd R) attend an evening reception after Mo received Nobel Prize in Literature from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 2012 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)

Chinese writer and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan delivers an acceptance speech during the evening reception after Mo received Nobel Prize in Literature from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 2012 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 2012.

Chinese writer and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan (R) attends an evening reception after Mo received Nobel Prize in Literature from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 2012 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 2012. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)