17+ Gao Xingjian Soul Mountain Images. Gao xingjian, born january 4, 1940 in ganzhou (jiangxi province) in eastern china, is today a french citizen. 'arguably gao's finest work… soul mountain is a quirky, thick, playful monster of a book, a bit like what one might expect if beckett or ionesco had traveled in china and been steeped in chinese myths.

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Xingjian was also renowned as a stage director and as an artist. Infobox writer name = gao xingjian. It is recorded in the late qing dynasty work annals of yunyangfu that in this forest running 800 li from north to south, all day.

The novel is loosely based on the author's own journey into rural china, which was inspired by a false diagnosis of lung cancer.

Gao xingjian, chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the nobel prize for literature for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity. he was also renowned as a stage director and as an artist. *free* shipping on qualifying offers. Oct 2017 419 views 8 comments. Gao xingjian, chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the nobel prize for literature for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity. he was also renowned as a stage director and as an artist.