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Gao Xingjian (高行健, pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn; born January 4, 1940), is a Chinese emigré novelist, dramatist and critic, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also a noted translator, stage director and painter. Born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, he is now a French citizen. In 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi he was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Although the general position by the Chinese media and government towards Gao is silence, the Yangcheng Evening News , a state-run newspaper, in 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap, during a criticism of his novel Soul Mountain, called him an "awful writer", and that the idea of him winning the Nobel Prize, was "ludicrous". The Chinese government officially regards Gao as an exiled dissidentA dissident is a person that actively opposes the established order. The term is most often used to refer to political dissidents usually against authoritarian regimes. Political dissidents usually use non-violent means, including voicing criticism of the, and all of his works are banned.1 Selected works
- 寒夜的星辰 ("Constellation in a Cold Night", 1979)
- 现代小说技巧初探 ("A Preliminary Examination of Modern Fictional Techniques", 1981)
- 绝对信号 (Signal Alarm, 1982)
- 车站 (Bus Stop, 1983)
- 野人 (Wild Men, "Savages", 1985)
- 有只鸽子叫红唇儿 ("Such a Pigeon called Red Lips", 1984) - a collection of novellas
- 彼岸 (The Other Shore: Plays by Gao Xingjian , 1986)
- 给我老爷买鱼竿 (" A Fishing Rod for my GrandpaBuying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather also rendered from Chinese as A Fishing Rod for My Grandpa is a 2004 translation by Mabel Lee of six short stories by Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. All of the stories were originally written between 1983 and 1990.", 1986) - a short story collection
- 灵山 (Soul Mountain, 1990)
- 没有主义 (Without -isms, "No Ideology", 1995)
- 一个人的圣经 (One Man's Bible, 1998)
2 Works of Gao Xingjian in German
- The bus station: a lyric comedy from the VR China by Chang and Wolfgang Kubin Hsien chen. - Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1988.
- Escape: a modern tragedy by Helmut Forster Forster-Latsch and Marie Marie-Luise Latsch. - Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1992. - [ appendix: Escape and literature of Gao Xingjian ]
- At the border between life and death by Marks of Renné// booklet for East Asian literature. NR 13 November 1992.
- Yeren: Tradition and avant-garde in Gao Xingjian's play "The Wild Ones" (1985). by Monica Basting- Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1988. - ( Includes the text in the original Chinese and in German)
- Hard man, Sascha, and/or NO (1992): a drama of Gao Xingjian . - Bochum: Project publishing house, 1999.
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