A primer on Chinese literature's first Nobel winner and providing wheelchairs around the world

October 18, 2012

View the story "Worldview 10.18.12" on StorifyWorldview 10.18.12A primer on Chinese literature's first Nobel winner and providing wheelchairs around the worldStorified by · Thu, Oct 18 2012 08:33:51A primer on Chinese literature's first Nobel winnerLast week, Mo Yanbecame the first Chinese citizen ever awarded the Nobel Prize in literature(Gao Xingjian won in 2000, but he was a French citizen). Mo Yan, a pen-name for Guan Moye meaning "don't speak," grew up during the Cultural Revolution, the setting for many of his works.The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature: AnnouncementthenobelprizeThe Nobel Committee praised the author's "hallucinatory realism." Interview: The 2012 Nobel Prize in LiteraturethenobelprizeChina Focus - Controversy Over Mo Yan and the Nobel Prizentdtv

We’llfind out more about Mo Yan’s life and work from Chicago-based writer WenguangHuang.

Providing wheelchairs around the world

Worldviewtalks with Don Schoendorfer, the founder andpresident of Free Wheelchair Mission, an organization dedicated to providingwheelchairs for the disabled in developing nations.