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Mo Yan – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
English For me, a farm boy from Gaomi’s Northeast Township in far-away China, standing here in this world-famous hall after having received the Nobel Prize in Literature feels like a fairy tale, but of course it is true. My experiences during the months since the announcement have made me aware of the…
moreMo Yan – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
English 7 December, 2012 Storytellers Distinguished members of the Swedish Academy, Ladies and Gentlemen: Through the mediums of television and the Internet, I imagine that everyone here has at least a nodding acquaintance with far-off Northeast Gaomi Township. You may have seen my ninety-year-old father, as well as my brothers, my sister,…
moreHarold Pinter – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture
English Art, Truth & Politics In 1958 I wrote the following: ‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.’ I believe that…
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