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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2000s (123) 2000 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1940 (17) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Asia (96) Asia, northeast (41) China (12) Ganzhou (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) G (55) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 22. Shared Family Name 22. Shared Family Name E-K (24) G (4) Gao (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 61 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Asia, northeast (38) China (11) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Asia (83) Asia, northeast (31) China (6) complete name: Gao Xingjian nobel prize: literature award year: 2000 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000 was awarded to Gao Xingjian "for an æuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Gao family name: Xingjian occupation: writer occupation: playwright occupation: translator occupation: painter occupation: literary critic occupation: novelist description: Gao Xingjian is a 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 is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship. Gao's drama is considered to be fundamentally absurdist in nature and avant-garde in his native China. His prose works tend to be less celebrated in China but are highly regarded elsewhere in Europe and the West. (This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gao.) pronunciation: (Chinese: 高行健; Mandarin: [Gāo Xíngjiàn]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2000/summary/> date birth: 1940 usual name: Gao Xingjian
