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Gao Xingjian: Literature as Testimony

publication · 2026-04-23

In the eyes of French readers, one figure inevitably dominates the realm of contemporary Chinese fiction: Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 2000.

Key facts

  • Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
  • The Nobel Prize was awarded in the year 2000
  • The article is from artpress, published April 1, 2004
  • The article focuses on Gao Xingjian's literary testimony

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Artists

  • Gao Xingjian

Institutions

  • artpress

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