Dr. Gao Xingjian

محل: Ganzhou

بدنیا آمدن: 1940

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Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. He was born on January 4, 1940, in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China. Gao received a degree in French from the Beijing Language Institute in 1962 and worked as a translator while writing novels and painting during the 1960s and 1970s. During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to the countryside for reeducation and burned some of his manuscripts. In the 1980s, Gao published experimental literary works and nonfiction, but after one of his plays was banned, he retreated to nature to avoid controversy. He left China for Paris in 1987 and was granted French citizenship in 1997. Gao's work is characterized by its universality, bitter insights, and linguistic ingenuity. He has written novels, plays, and essays that explore the human condition, identity, and the search for meaning. Gao's style is influenced by Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and other avant-garde writers. He is also a painter, photographer, film director, and translator.