Chinese author Mo Yan today won the Nobel Literature Prize for writing that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced.

　　Nobel Literature Prize：诺贝尔文学奖（Nobel Prize in Literature）

　　"Through a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives, Mo Yan has created a world reminiscentin its complexity of those in the writings of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, at the same time finding a departure point in old Chinese literature and in oral tradition," the Swedish Academy said.

　　Yan was born in 1955, "with hallucinatoryrealism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary," the jury said.

　　Mo Yan has published novels, short stories and essays on various topics, and despite his social criticism is seen in his homeland as one of the foremost contemporary authors, the Nobel committee noted.

　　social criticism：社会批判

　　The 57-year-old, whose real name is Guan Moye, is perhaps best-known abroad for his 1987 novella "Red Sorghum", a tale of the brutal violence that plaguedthe eastern China countryside - where he grew up - during the 1920s and 30s.

　　Red Sorghum：《红高粱》

　　The story was later made into an acclaimedfilm by leading Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

　　In a style that has been compared to the magical realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mo Yan authored other acclaimed works including "Big Breasts and Wide Hips", "Republic of Wine" and "Life and Death are Wearing Me Out".

　　Gabriel Garcia Marquez：加夫列尔