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Mo Yan
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Mo Yan, born Guan Moye, is a renowned Chinese contemporary novelist. Born on February 17, 1955, in Gaomi City, Shandong Province, his works are known for their unique narrative style and profound social criticism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. more

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“Escrever, para um escritor, é como respirar. Ele não se imagina fazendo nada além de escrever. Se você é assim, então vale a pena. Mas por que escrever? Nós escrevemos porque precisamos contar histórias. É mais do que uma maneira de comunicar ideias, para algumas pessoas é uma oportunidade para se conectar com seus interiores, criar histórias e levantar questões sobre a vida.”

“Certos escritores se desculpam de não haverem forjado coisas excelentes por falta de liberdade -- talvez ingênuo recurso de justificar inépcia ou preguiça. Liberdade completa ninguém desfruta: começamos oprimidos pela sintaxe e acabamos às voltas com a Delegacia de Ordem Política e Social, mas, nos estreitos limites a que nos coagem a gramática e a lei, ainda nos podemos mexer”

“Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains ... an unuprooted small corner of evil. Since then I have come to understand the truth of all the religions of the world: They struggle with the evil inside a human being (inside every human being). It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each person.”