A man has been sentenced to six months in jail and fined 2,000 yuan ($320) after being convicted of illegally publishing copies of the works of Mo Yan, winner of last year's Nobel Prize in literature.

The National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications said on Monday that Wan Yongshen published 3,000 illegal copies of Mo's books.

Haidian District People's Court in Beijing delivered its verdict on Wan on April 9.