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Gao Xingjian

4 Jan 1940 -

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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  • Cover of: One Man's Bible

    First published in 2000 20 editions in 5 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition ellibroduunhombr00gaox Cover of edition onemansbiblenove00gaox Cover of edition onemansbible0000gaox Cover of edition onemansbible00xing
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  • Cover of: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories

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  • Cover of: The other shore: plays

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  • Cover of: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories

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  • Cover of: Snow in August

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

    First published in 2007 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mei you zhu yi

    First published in 1996 3 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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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 in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Zhou mo si chong zou

    First published in 1996 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Case for Literature

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Der Berg der Seele.

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Flucht: eine moderne Tragödie

    First published in 1992 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Che zhan

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  • Cover of: Gao Xingjian xi ju ji

    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: One Man's Bible

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  • Cover of: Une canne à pêche pour mon grand-père

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  • Cover of: Soul Mountain

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  • Cover of: Return to Painting

    First published in 2002 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Gao Xingjian: aesthetics and creation

    First published in 2000 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Chinese drama, Translations into English, History and criticism, Chinese literature, Literature, Drama, Exhibitions, Chinese Ink painting, Fiction, Philosophy, Aesthetics, 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 poetry
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