Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Guan Moye, better known as Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story writer. He has been referred to by Donald Morrison of U.S. news magazine, TIME, as "one of the most famous and widely pirated of all Chinese writers". He is best known to Western readers for Red Sorghum Clan , which was later adapted for the film, Red Sorghum. In 2012, Mo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mo Yan was born in Gaomi County, Shandong Province. He was 11 years old when the Cultural Revolution started, at which time he left school to work as a farmer. At the age of 18, he began to work at a factory. During this period, his access to literature was largely limited to novels. At the close of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Mo joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and began writing. During this period, the works of Chinese literature, as well as translations of foreign authors such as William Faulkner, made an impact on his works. In 1984, he received a literary award from the PLA Magazine, and at the same year he began attending the Military Art Academy, where he first used the pen name of Mo Yan. "Mo Yan" means "don't speak" in Chinese. He explained that the name came from a warning from his father and mother about not saying what he thought when he was outside. It also related to the subject matter of his writings. Mo's first novel was Falling Rain on a Spring Night, published in 1981. Several of his novels were translated into English by Howard Goldblatt, professor of East Asian languages and literature, at the University of Notre Dame. He published his first novella , A Transparent Radish, in 1984, and released Red Sorghum Clan in 1986, making him a nationally recognized novelist. Five years later, he obtained a Master's degree in literature from Beijing Normal University.

1. what prize did Mo receive?
2. what else were they awarded?
3. what else is Mo Yan known as?
4. where are they from?
5. how old was he when the cultural revolution started?
6. what foreign author made an impact on him?
7. what county was Mo born?
8. what province is that in?
9. what year did the cultural revolution start?
10. when did it end?
11. what does his name mean?
12. when did he get the PLA Magazine award?
13. who translated his novels into English?
14. when did his first novel get published?
15. what university was Goldblatt a professor at?
16. what dept?
17. what was the name of Mo's first novel
18. and the name of his first novella?
19. when was that published?
20. did he eventually get a Master's degree?

Numbered answers:
1. a literary award from the PLA Magazine
2. the Nobel Prize in Literature
3. Guan Moye
4. China
5. 11 years old
6. William Faulkner
7. Gaomi County
8. Shandong Province
9. unknown
10. 1976
11. "don't speak"
12. In 1984
13. Howard Goldblatt
14. in 1984
15. the University of Notre Dame
16. East Asian languages and literature
17. Falling Rain on a Spring Night
18. A Transparent Radish
19. in 1984
20. yes