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Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian (pron.;; Wade-Giles: Kao Hsing-chien; born January 4, 1940), the French Chinese émigré novelist, dramatist and critic, who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature

person, writer, artist, author, novelist, playwright, translator, award winner, atheist, Capricorn person

Legal name, Full name: "Gao Xingjian"
Born: ▶
1940, January 1940, January 4th 1940, China, China, …
Asia, the world, east Asia, the Far East, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, the China Time region, the Yuan zone, Eurasia, Africa-Eurasia, the UK 'rest of the world' postal zone, US postal Group 3, Jiangxi
Wrote: ▶
Soul Mountain, The Other Shore, Buying a fishing rod for my grandfather, Soul mountain =, Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian, …
Der Berg der Seele., The Case for Literature, Le livre d'un homme seul, Quatre quatuors pour un week-end, La fuite
Occupation: author, playwright, novelist
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Xingjian
Won: Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature (2000), Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1992)
Gender: male
Nationality: chinese, french
Residence: Taizhou
Educated: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Jinling High School
Last Name: "Xingjian"
First Name: "Gao"
Class: ▶
person, atheist, translator, artist, writer, …
playwright, Capricorn person, novelist, author, award winner
Religion: atheist
Born During: 1940s
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001505ad"
Attributes: male, chinese
Related Websites: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/gao_xingjian
Influences, Influence: Fernando Pessoa
OpenCyc ID: "Mx4rwFOXopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Gao_Xingjian
Birthday: the 4th of January
Quotes: "Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature."; "Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?"; "In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?"
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Gao Xingjian - Bibliography

Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature; Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Literature ... Gao Xingjian, le moderniste // La Chine aujourd'hui No 41, septembre 1986.

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Gao Xingjian and "Soul Mountain": Ambivalent Storytelling

Idiotprogrammer Essay: Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian ... In fact, there is no such novel in the history of literature."

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