Chinese Nobel literature laureate Mo Yan released a new book Friday charting his experience receiving the award in Sweden last December, state media reported.

The book, titled Grand Ceremony, is his first to be published since he won the 2012 Nobel Prize, Xinhua news agency said. It was released at a national book fair held in Haikou, capital of Hainan Province.

Mo said he wanted to give readers a "first-hand" glimpse into his greatest achievement, the report said.

"The new book also shows my great eagerness to return to my desk to write my next book," he was quoted as saying.

The author, born Guan Moye, whose pen name means "not speak," won the Nobel in October for what judges called his "hallucinatory realism."

His works cover some of the darkest periods of China's recent history, and are often infused with politics and a black, cynical humor.

The 160,000-character book records Mo's daily activities, speeches, interviews and thoughts in chronological order leading up to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at a "grand ceremony" on December 10, 2012. 

The work includes 13 dairies, seven speeches and eight interviews, as well as over 60 pictures, a number of which have never been published before.

AFP - Global Times