Mo Yan receives Nobel Prize

Mo Yan (L) of China, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, smiles as he poses next to his wife Du Qinlan after receiving his prize during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]

Winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan (L) of China receives his prize from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua]

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