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Gao Xingjian

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Gao Xing·jian  (gou shngjyän) Born 1940.
Chinese-born writer whose works include the play Bus Stop (1983) and the novel Soul Mountain (1999). He won the 2000 Nobel Prize for literature.

Gao Xingjian [gaʊ ˈʃɪŋˈdʒjæn]
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(Biographies / (1940 M, Chinese, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist, POLITICS: dissident) born 1940, Chinese dramatist, novelist, and dissident, living in France from 1987; his works include the play Chezhan (Bus Stop, 1983) and the novel Lingshan (Soul Mountain, 1989): Nobel prize for literature 2000


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Also during the quarter, HarperCollins' authors, Gao Xingjian (Soul Mountain) was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature and Gloria Whelan (Homeless Bird) was awarded the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Born and educated in China, Gao Xingjian studied French literature at the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute between 1957 and 1962.
 
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