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A review of the early life and career of the Chinese writer Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, reveals the factors that influenced his successes in literature, art, theater and opera.

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The 2000 Nobel Laureate for Literature, Gao Xingjian, suffered cardiac arrest while directing rehearsals for his mega-scale opera Snow in August that was due to premiere in late 2002 at the National Opera House, Taipei. He recovered, and the opera premiered as scheduled with the help of a co-director before he returned to Paris to direct the Comédie Français premiere of his Quatre quatuors pour un week-end. He underwent surgery in February and March of 2003, but was soon again back at work. The year 2003 had been designated 'Gao Xingjian Year' by the City of Marseille, and he would direct his new play Le Quêteur de la Mort at Théâtre du Gymnase, and then his Snow in August at Opéra de Marseille. It was during rehearsals for the former that he collapsed again, and was hospitalized: the play was co-directed by Romain Bonnin, 23-26 September 2003. Large exhibitions of Gao's artworks had been held earlier that year, but the performance of Snow in August was postponed. During his recuperation for most of 2004, he sometimes wrote poems, some of which he later polished or rewrote for his 2012 collection Wandering Spirit and Metaphysical Thoughts. These translations by Mabel Lee are poems 1 through 9 from that collection (Taipei: Lianjing, 2012, 89-97). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In her article "Aesthetics in Gao's Soul Mountain" Mabel Lee analyses Nobel Laureate 2000 Xingjian Gao's aesthetics. Transnational conglomerates today control the book industry from publishing house to bookshop and through aggressive market strategies they exert considerable influence on readers. Nonetheless, there are writers who refuse to capitulate to market demands and seek only to actualize their aesthetic ideas in the creation of literary texts. One such writer is Gao, author of the novel Soul Mountain. Lee posits that Gao's aesthetics is founded on the close interrogation of both Chinese and European models and practices and explores specific aspects of Gao's aesthetics and how these are embedded in his novel Soul Mountain. In an Appendix the article includes lists of Gao's works in Chinese and English, as well as a list of studies on his oeuvre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the author's accounts on translations from Asian languages published by the company Wild Peony in Australia. Development of Chinese language textbooks; Publication of the manuscript of "Putonghua: A Practical Course in Spoken Chinese"; Edition of the footnotes of "Shijin: Autobiography of the Poet Kaneko Mitsuharu."

The aesthetic dimensions of the Nobel prize winning play "Taowang," by Gao Xingjian, relate to the controversy regarding the award. The death of Mao Zedong led to outside influences on Chinese literary developments. Gao's writings excited China's youth who had been brought up on politically correct guidelines.