Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gao Xingjian lives in Paris.
(Comprehensive report from Stockholm) Gao Xingjian, a China writer living in Paris, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000 yesterday, becoming the first China writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Gao Xingjian, 60, is a novelist and playwright with a long reputation in China. 1940, from Ganzhou, Jiangxi. He painted traditional paintings and held art exhibitions in primary schools. He is a generalist in the field of art.
Gao Xingjian has published 4 short stories, 6 scripts/kloc-0, and 3 theories of literature and drama. Many of his works have been translated into many languages, and his plays in the past ten years have been staged frequently all over the world. Great achievements have also been made in novel creation, especially the novel Lingshan, which was published in 1989, and its French translation caused a sensation in the French literary world. Also translated into German, Japanese, Italian, English and other languages.
A Singaporean scholar specializing in Gao Xingjian, Ke Siren, said in an interview with this newspaper yesterday: "Among many famous contemporary writers in China, Gao Xingjian is undoubtedly the most qualified to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Although Wang Meng, Bei Dao and others have made great achievements, they have strong feelings for China and deep addiction to the China issue. "
Ke Siren, an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University, believes that Gao Xingjian's works are influenced by western absurd drama and existentialism, Lao Zi's thoughts and Zen thoughts. The source of philosophical thought is complicated, but his works present a simple style, which can be deeply felt by readers of any cultural and ideological background after reading his works.
Ke Siren also pointed out that Gao Xingjian is a pluralistic artist. He is a playwright, director and novelist. At the same time, he settled in France as a painter. His paintings are based on China's ink paintings, but the artistic conception in his paintings always reveals a strong Zen. Gao Xingjian's musical attainments are also profound. Although he didn't compose music, his research on music and painting also had a certain influence on his works.
On June 1987, June 65438+February 3 1, Gao Xingjian, as a playwright of Beijing People's Arts, arrived in China with Professor Yu of Shanghai Theatre Academy for a four-day drama camp. Gao Xingjian, 47, told 270 young people who participated in the drama camp at that time that modern people should not regard themselves as gods, nor others as gods, and should not engage in modern god-making movements.
As his works were criticized in China and could not be staged, he moved to France in 1988 and became a prolific playwright. 1989, published the first novel "Lingshan", describing the experience and mental journey during self-exile and extending it from the individual to the inner world of human beings.
According to a report from China News Service in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy Literature Award issued a statement saying that in 2000, Nobel Prize in Literature awarded Gao Xingjian, a French Chinese writer, in recognition of his "universal value, unforgettable insight and rich wit in language, which opened a new path for China's novel art and drama". He is the first China writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature so far.
According to China News Service, Gao Xingjian (65438-0940) was born in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. Under the influence of his mother, he showed interest in drama and writing at an early age. 1962 graduated from French Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Gao Xingjian was a talented playwright of Beijing People's Arts before he went abroad. His plays Absolute Signal and Savage were sensational. The former was China's first little theatre drama.
In a press release awarded to Gao Xingjian Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy said that Gao Xingjian's masterpiece Lingshan is an unparalleled and rare literary masterpiece and a pilgrimage novel. This novel is based on the impression left by the author when he roamed in remote areas in the south and southwest of China.