Tag: Gao Xingjian
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On this day, Gao Xingjian was born in 1940
Happy birthday to Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian, a painter, novelist, essayist, and more. Below, read about two essay collections Gao published with Cambria—in which he discusses aesthetics, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic—and a study of his original artistry: Called “a tour de force” and “a most valuable collection of writings and public statements,”…
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Forthcoming: “Calling for a New Renaissance” by Gao Xingjian
With “Calling for a New Renaissance,” the Nobel Laureate explores his primary aesthetic concerns of the past decade. He criticizes the influence of ideology on art and literature and calls for a new Renaissance that would generate truly innovative creations. Unprecedented in this book is Gao’s insight into how, despite being educated in the People’s…
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Meet Mabel Lee, Shen Jiawei, and Victor Mair at the double book launch
The double book launch for Mabel Lee and Shen Jiawei just got even more exciting! Attendees will also get to meet world-renowned Sinologist Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania), general editor of the Cambria Sinophone World Series. Register now for the event! The double book launch for Painting History: China’s Revolution in a Global Context and Gao…
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Double Book Launch at iPRECIATION (Singapore) – July 14, 2018
A double book launch for Painting History: China’s Revolution in a Global Context and Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics will be held on July 14, 2018 (Saturday) at 2–5 p.m. at iPreciation, a premier gallery that showcases the best of modern and contemporary Asian Art, including the works of Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian. Attendees will…
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Cambria Press Author Liu Jianmei – Speech at AAS 2018 Reception
Cambria Press author Professor Liu Jianmei, Professor of Chinese Literature at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, gave a speech about her book, Gao Xingjian and Transmedia Aesthetics, coedited with Mabel Lee, at the Cambria Press reception at the AAS 2018 conference in Washington, DC. Watch Professor Liu Jianmei’s speech and/or read the transcript below.…
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Double Book Launch & Distinguished Professor Lecture by Mabel Lee
Professor Mabel Lee, Distinguished Professor in the “Chinese Culture in a World Context” research project at the Open University of Hong Kong, will be giving a lecture “Transcending Cultural Traditions: Lu Xun and Gao Xingjian” on March 19 (Monday) at 2:30 p.m. at the OUHK Main Campus in the B0614, 6/F. Professor Lee is best…
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Start the New Year Right, with a Nobel Laureate!
Today is Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian’s birthday! In celebration and in honor of all his tremendous contributions to the literary world, we highlight his eponymous book, Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation, which Gao himself has maintained is the key to understanding all his creative works. This book will be very welcome by fans of Gao’s…
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MCLC book review nails it on why this book by Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian needs to be read by all in literary studies!
Cambria Press congratulates Gao Xingjian and Mabel Lee on the glowing review of Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation by Dr. Kwok-Kan Tam (Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong) for the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC). The book review accurately captures the essence of…
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Editors’ Favorite: Book by Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian!
Congratulations to Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian and Mabel Lee for Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation being picked as an editors’ favorite by Cerise Press, a journal of literature, arts, and culture! The book review praises the “long-awaited” book “an illuminating read” casting light on how “Gao relentlessly probes the boundaries between languages, literature, theater, cinema…