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It is not inconceivable that Mo Yan will be the last Chinese Nobel Laureate for the next few decades. Chair number five in the Academy belongs to Prof. Göran Malmqvist whose specialty is modern Chinese literature. Prof Malmqvist is 88 years old and will most likely be succeeded by an academic with a different field than Chinese literature. When Gao Xingjian received the prize there was something of a stink in Swedish media because Prof. Malmqvist's translation of Soul Mountain coincided with the announcement.
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