莫言 Traditional form: 莫言 Pinyin (reading): Mò Yán Definitions: Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature Characters: 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say Traditional characters: 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say