Gao Xingjian
Novelist, Author
1940 –
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Who is Gao Xingjian?
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.” He is also a noted translator, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship.
Gao's drama is considered to be fundamentally absurdist in nature and avant-garde in his native China. His prose works tend to be less celebrated in China but are highly regarded elsewhere in Europe and the West.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1940
Ganzhou - Also known as
- Kao Hsing-chien
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- China
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Jinling High School
(1952 - 1957) - Beijing Foreign Studies University
French
(1957 - 1962)
- Jinling High School
- Lived in
- Taizhou
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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