. "1940Z"^^ . . "Writer" . . . "Gao Xingjian"@en . . "Gao, Xingjian"@en . . "1940-01-04Z"^^ . "Gao Xingjian (Chinese: \u9AD8\u884C\u5065; Mandarin: [k\u00E1u \u0255\u012D\u014B t\u0255i\u025B\u0302n]; born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese \u00E9migr\u00E9 novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature \u201Cfor an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity.\u201D He is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eug\u00E8ne Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter."@en . .