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Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian (高行健 in Chinese - born January 4, 1940) is an exiled Chinese 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." He is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.
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Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

Born 4 Jan 1940

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  • Cover of: One Man's Bible

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  • Cover of: Soul Mountain

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  • Cover of: The other shore: plays

    First published in 1999 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories

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  • Cover of: Escape and The Man Who Questions Death: Two Plays by Gao Xingjian

    First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Snow in August

    First published in 2003 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Mei you zhu yi

    First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Soul Mountain

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  • Cover of: Return to Painting

    First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Cold Literature: Selected Works by Gao Xingjian (Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature)

    First published in 2005 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Der Berg der Seele.

    First published in 2001 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Zhou mo si chong zou

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Flucht: eine moderne Tragödie

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Gao Xingjian xi ju ji

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Une canne à pêche pour mon grand-père

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  • Cover of: One Man's Bible

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  • Cover of: Gao Xingjian: aesthetics and creation

    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Case for Literature

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Che zhan

    First published in 2001 — 2 editions
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Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

Born 4 Jan 1940

Subjects

Chinese drama, Translations into English, History and criticism, Literature, Chinese literature, Exhibitions, Drama, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Chinese Ink painting, Fiction, China, fiction, Chinese Short stories, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fishing stories, History, Modern Painting, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Technique, Arts, Authorship, Catalogs, Chinese Painting, Chinese fiction

Places

China, Guangdong Sheng

People

Xingjian Gao, Denis Bourgeois

Time

20th century, 21st century, Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

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Alternative names

  • Xingjian Gao
  • 高行健
  • Gao Gao Xingjian
  • GAO XINGJIAN

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October 12, 2022 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
October 10, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
August 23, 2021 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import