As the first person in China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Mo Yan's works and popularity soared overnight.
This is actually a very normal thing. After all, Nobel Prize in Literature is such a high-standard award. Being able to win this award means that it has been affirmed by readers all over the world.
Tu Youyou, a pharmacist from China, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on 20 1515, becoming the first Nobel Prize winner in China and the first China woman to win the Nobel Prize.