The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000
Awarded on: 2000-10-12
"for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"
Gao Xingjian
Born: 1940-01-04 in Ganzhou, China
Gender: male
Field: Chinese novelist, critic, playwright and Nobel laureate
Biography
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré and later French naturalized 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, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.