Sunday, July 29, 2012

Gao Xingjian


Artist, script-writer, filmmaker and novelist, Gao Xingjian is renowned for his prodigious novel ‘Soul Mountain’, which honored Gao as the first author, to be awarded the Nobel Prize for a body of works written in the Chinese language. Gao was also awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 1992, and the Lions Award by the New York Public Library in 2006.  Gao’s paintings have been exhibited worldwide, notably in cities including Vienna, New York, London.  Gao’s exhibition in December 2009, held at the Berardo collection of the Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Lisbon, Portugal, featured Gao’s Ink paintings.





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