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Gao Xingjian (高行健 in Chinese; born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese [2] émigré and later French naturalized novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity." [1]
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity.”
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Writer of prose, translator, dramatist, director, critic and artist. Gao Xingjian grew up during the aftermath of the Japanese invasion, his father was a bank official and his mother an amateur actress who stimulated the young Gao’s interest in the theatre and writing.
Gao Xingjian. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000. Born: 4 January 1940, Ganzhou, China. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama” Language: Chinese. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
Nov 22, 2013 · Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese-born writer to win the Nobel Prize, tells the BBC that China is part of his "distant past" but that the terror of the Cultural Revolution must be...
Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1940 in Jiangxi Province, Gao Xingjian earned a degree in French literature in Beijing and settled in Paris in 1987.
Gao Xingjian is a celebrated Chinese-French painter, writer, and cultural figure. View Gao Xingjian’s 136 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
