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84 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
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Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, director and translator who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature “for a work of global value, insight and ingenuity in the language ”. He is also a well-known translator, screenwriter, director and painter. Gao's film is considered fundamentally absurd and pioneering in his home country of China. Absolute Signal is a breakthrough in Chinese test theaters. Production of The Bus Stop and The Other Shore was halted by the Chinese government, with Wild Man notoriously being his last work to be shown publicly in China. He left the country in 1987 and his plays for The Other Shore increasingly focused on common interests, but his 1989 play Exile angered the government for its portrayal of China and the democratic movement abroad. because of an intellectual description. In 1998, he obtained French nationality.
BornJanuary 4, 1940, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Occupationnovelist, playwright, critic, translator, screenwriter, director, painter
LanguageChinese
CitizenshipRepublic of China (1940–49), People's Republic of China (1949–98), France (since 1998)
Alma materBeijing Foreign Studies University
GenreAbsurdism
Notable worksAbsolute Signal (1982), The Bus Stop (1983), Wild Man (1985), The Other Shore (1986), Soul Mountain (1990)
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature, (2000)
SpouseWang Xuejun (王学筠), divorced

About Gao Xingjian

Novelist Gao Xingjian was born on January 4, 1940 in China (He's 84 years old now).

He was a novelist, screenwriter, director, and artist in addition to being a Chinese pioneer of absurdist drama. Soul Mountain, a novel, and The Other Side, a play, are two of his literary works.

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Gao Xingjian before becoming famous

Gao Xingjian was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1940 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1957, he enrolled in Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Achievement of Gao Xingjian

In 2000, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Gao Xingjian's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father worked as a bank clerk, and his mother worked as an actress.

Gao Xingjian Collabed with

He translated Playwright Samuel Beckett's works into Chinese.

Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) (Playwright)
Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)

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Gao Xingjian Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Gao Xingjian updated on March 08 2023.