CRI听力:Mo Yan Awarded 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature

Mo Yan was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Sweden on Monday.

Mo Yan has received the Nobel diploma, medal and a document confirming the prize from King Carl Gustaf.

"I left my speech script at the hotel, but I've got all the words in my mind. For me, a farm boy from Gaomi's Northeast Township in far-away China, standing here in this world-famous hall after having received the Nobel Prize in Literature feels like a fairy tale, but of course it is true."

Mo Yan says he's very grateful for those translators for converting his works into so many languages.

"I'd like to pay my great respect to those academians in Swedish Academy who insist on their belief in me and I am very grateful for that. Compared with science, literature may be not having strong power,but the strongest power of literature lies in its soft power."

He says he is a storyteller, who has found nourishment in where he grew up.

2012 Nobel Prize laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology, Medicine and Economics have also received their award.

The amount of each Nobel Prize this year was 800 million Swedish kronor, or about 114 million U.S. dollars.

About 1,500 people attended the Award Ceremony this year, including members of the royal family of Sweden and Swedish politicians.

Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to the Laureates on December 10th, which is the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

For CRI, this is Chen Xuefei reporting from Stockholm.