Well, clearly Nobel laureate Herta Müller wasn't the one who nominated Mo Yan for the prize, as she has given an interview to Dagens Nyheter (not freely accessible, but apparently here) in which ... well, the AP reports she:
says she wanted to cry when she learned of the 2012 laureate choice. She says she feels "it's a catastrophe," and an "incredibly upsetting" choice.Or, as The Australian has it, Fellow laureate excoriates Nobel winner.