Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, Herta
Mueller, has been quoted as saying the choice to give the 2012 award to Mo Yan
is a "catastrophe".
Mueller, according to her interview, published few days ago
in Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, says giving Mo Yan the award should never have
happened. She accuses the Chinese writer of supporting China’s unpopular censorship
laws.
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| Herta Mueller. |
Mueller, a Romanian-born author
says she nearly shed tears when the award was given to Mo Yan. She described
the 2012 award: "it's a catastrophe… incredibly upsetting." Mueller
was also a victim of censorship under dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Mo
Yan is a Communist Party member and vice president of China’s official writers
association.
Giving the Nobel Prize to her was a catastrophe. Does she know Chinese and has she ever read a single word from Mo Yan's books? How dare he criticize someone's work based on his political views? It is preposterous to compare the Communism in China to the one in Romania.
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