Gao Xingjian
Author of Soul Mountain
About the Author
Xingjian Gao was born on January 4, 1940 in Ganzhou, China. As a child, he was encouraged to paint, write and play the violin, and at the age of 17, he attended the Beijing Foreign languages Institute, majoring in French and Literature. He is known as being at the fore of Chinese/French Literature, show more attempting to revolutionize Chinese literature and art. At the height of the Cultural Revolution, Gao destroyed all of his early work after being sent to the country for "rehabilitation." His "Preliminary Explorations Into the Techniques of Modern Fiction" caused serious debate in the Chinese literary world by challenging the social realism that was at the core of Chinese literature and art. The authorities condemned his work and Gao was placed under surveillance. He left China for Paris in 1987 and was honored by the French with the title of Chevalier de L'Ordere des Artes et des Lettres. None of Gao's plays have been performed in China since 1987, when "The Other Shore" had been banned. In 1989, Gao left the Communist party. After the publication of "Fugitives," which was about the reason he left the communist party, Gao was declared "persona noon grata" by the Chinese regime and all of his works banned. On October 12, 2000, Gao won the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first Chinese writer ever to do so. He is well known for his writing as well as his painting and has had exhibitions all over the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian : Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof©Ưa, Madrid, del 22 de enero al 15 de abril de 2002 (2000) 4 copies
Por otra estetica seguido de Reflexiones sobre la pintura (Pensamiento De La Diversidad) (2004) 3 copies
Cold Literature: Selected Works by Gao Xingjian (Bilingual Series on Modern Chinese Literature) (2005) 2 copies
La Montagne de l'Ame. Une canne à pêche pour mon grand-père. Le Livre d'un homme seul.… (2012) 2 copies
A Collection of Short Stories by Gao Xingjian ('Gao xing jian duan pian xiao shuo ji', in traditional Chinese, NOT in… (2001) 1 copy
Góra duszy 1 copy
Linh Sơn 1 copy
Kinh Thánh của một người 1 copy
CUHK Series:Snow in August 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Gao, Xingjian
- Legal name
- Xingjian, Gao
Gao Xingjian - Birthdate
- 1940-01-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Taiwan
France (naturalisation) - Country (for map)
- Taiwan
- Birthplace
- Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
- Places of residence
- Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
Nanjing, China
Bagnolet, France - Education
- Istituto di lingue straniere di Pechino
Nanjing Number 10 Middle School
Beijing Foreign Studies University - Occupations
- novelist
painter
playwright
critic
translator
director - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature ∙ 2000)
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1992) - Short biography
- Aus China ins Exil gezwungen und zur Persona non Grata erklärt.
- Disambiguation notice
- VIAF:102266649
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