Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet A primer on Chinese literature's first Nobel winner and providing wheelchairs around the world October 18, 2012 By: Worldview Download Story [View the story "Worldview 10.18.12" on Storify]Worldview 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 PrizentdtvWe’llfind out more about Mo Yan’s life and work from Chicago-based writer WenguangHuang. Providing wheelchairs around the worldWorldviewtalks with Don Schoendorfer, the founder andpresident of Free Wheelchair Mission, an organization dedicated to providingwheelchairs for the disabled in developing nations. Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Previous post in Worldview Providing wheelchairs around the world Next post in Worldview Worldview 10.19.12 View the discussion thread. Top Headlines On WBEZ.org Two views of Roseland, decades apart Chicago 'TomKat' play takes on celebrity culture Old Maxwell Street remembered on film Searching for Chicago’s cable car tunnels Sharpen the pencils! Nailed it! The history of race and class in Chicago's nail art How Superman saved a small Illinois town Chicago books that would make great movies Chicago's municipal device: The city's symbol lurking in plain sight
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