(XINHUA)

Chinese writer Mo Yan (center), the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, discusses literature with others including Anna Gustafsson Chen (first left), Swedish translator of Mo's works, at a seminar in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 12.

Mo received his diploma at an official ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10. The value of each Nobel Prize this year was 8 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million). About 1,500 people attended the ceremony, including members of the Swedish royal family and local politicians.

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been presented to laureates on the date marking the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.