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Gao Xingjian
Born: 1940 AD
Currently alive, at 68 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Critics, Novelists, Playwrights
Currently alive, at 68 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Critics, Novelists, Playwrights
Gao Xingjian is a French (Chinese-born) dramatist and novelist.
1940 - Gao Xingjian was born 4th of January in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
1985 - Wrote play "The Wild Man".
1990 - Wrote the novel "Soul Mountain" and "One Man's Bible".
1992 - Awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
1998 - Fled in China and immigrated to France and naturalized French citizen.
2000 - Received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2001 - Criticized one of his works. A Chinese columnist called him an "awful writer," and said that the idea of him winning the Nobel Prize was "ludicrous."
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Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian (Paperback - Nov 1, 2001) As one of Gao Xingjian's characters remarks, if a fiction writer could know the true stories of the people he passes on the street, he would be amazed. Surely the Nobel laureate's own story, which...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Other Shore by Gao Xingjian and Gilbert C. F. Fong (Paperback - Jun 15, 1999) When Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, he became the only Chinese writer to achieve such international acclaim. The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Escape and The Man Who Questions Death: Two Plays by Gao Xingjian by Gao Xingjian and Gilbert C. F. Fong (Hardcover - Mar 1, 2007) Inspired by the author's personal trauma in Europe and Mao's China, these two plays scrutinize the psychology of self-proclaimed heroes and the consequences of dangerous revolutions that turn... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Return to Painting by Gao Xingjian (Paperback - Sep 1, 2002) Gao Xingjian's introduction to his sumptuous collection of watercolour art is a strongly worded manifesto, a rallying cry for a return to the art of painting.The art world needs, he claims, to...  In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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