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Writer
Gao Xingjian
Famoose for
Writing Soul Mountain and experimental drama that crossed Chinese and European traditions.
Bus Stop · Soul Mountain
- Born
- 4 January 1940
- Birthplace
- Ganzhou, China
More people
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese-born French writer and painter whose work explores identity and individual freedom.
Early life
Jiangxi
Grew up in eastern China.
Languages
Studied French in Beijing.
Career
- 1980s
Experimental theatre
Published and staged innovative plays in China.
- 1987
France
Settled abroad as pressure on his work increased.
- 2000
Nobel Prize
Received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Selected work
Bus Stop
Used an absurd waiting situation for social observation.
Soul Mountain
Combined journeys, folklore and shifting narrative voices.
One Man’s Bible
Revisited life during the Cultural Revolution.
Beyond work
Painting
Developed a parallel practice in ink painting.
Citizenship
Became a French citizen after settling in France.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: Jwh. CC BY-SA 3.0 lu · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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