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Which author, awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote 'Red Sorghum Clan', 'Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out' and is known for his magical-realist portrayals of rural China?

Answer: Mo Yan — Mo Yan (Guan Moye) was praised by the Nobel committee for merging 'folk tales, history and the contemporary' in his work, often set in his home county of Gaomi in Shandong province.

Mo Yan (Guan Moye) was praised by the Nobel committee for merging 'folk tales, history and the contemporary' in his work, often set in his home county of Gaomi in Shandong province.

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