Xingjian Gao – författare

Gao Xingjian, Nobelpristagare i litteratur 2000, skriver sällan poesi och denna bok är den första diktsamlingen med hans verk i svensk översättning. Samlingen ger en inblick i Gaos frihetsfilosofi och oberoende anda, och kastar ljus över hans tankar som författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Här möter vi Gao som en naturlig, varm och insiktsfull tänkare med förmåga att skapa elegans, skönhet och sin egen form av esoterisk vishet, ibland nästan överdrivet uppriktig, men aldrig utan humor och finess.

From Gao Xingjian, a winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes a "major drama about life.Snow in August blends Eastern and Western cultures. In form, there are elements of Shakespearean and Greek tragedy, but in spirit, it embodies a uniquely Eastern sensibility."―Gao XingjianSnow in August is based on the life of Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. Packed with the myriad sights and sounds of both the Eastern and Western theatrical traditions, the play exudes wonder and mysticism. The many koan cases and the story of Huineng's enlightenment afford the audience fascinating vignettes of Gao's vision of life and existence ¢w an awareness of the Void and the need for a personal peace with oneself.

Gao Xingjian is the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in Literature. The Swedish Academy summarized his achievements as follows: "An oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chines novel and drama." The collection, which aims to present the diversity of Gao's literary talents, contains the highlights of his essays, stories, plays and poems.