Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
About Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjianis a Chinese emigre 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 (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.
Gao’s drama is considered to be fundamentally absurdist in nature and avant-garde in his native China.
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Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women’s worlds.
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
When you use words, you’re able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )
Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )