Mo Yan receives Nobel Prize

Winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature Mo Yan (L) of China smiles as he 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/Agencies]

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