The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything. - Gao Xingjian

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The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything.

Gao Xingjian

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Gao Xingjian (pronounced [káu ɕĭŋ tɕiɛ̂n]; Chinese: 高行健; pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn; Wade-Giles: Kao Hsing-chien; born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese-born novelist, playwright, and critic. An émigré to France, Gao was granted the French citizenship in 1997. The recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature, he is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.

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Alternative Names: Xingjian Gao • Hành Kiện Cao • Hsing-chien Kao

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