Awards and Honours
- 1998: Neustadt International Prize for Literature, candidate
- 2005: Kiriyama Prize, Notable Books, Big Breasts and Wide Hips
- 2005: Doctor of Letters, Open University of Hong Kong
- 2006: Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize XVII
- 2007: Man Asian Literary Prize, nominee, Big Breasts and Wide Hips
- 2009: Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, winner, Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out
- 2010: Honorary Fellow, Modern Language Association
- 2011: Mao Dun Literature Prize, winner, Frog
- 2012: Nobel Prize in Literature
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