In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?
-- Gao Xingjian
   
Gao Xingjian   Name:
Gao Xingjian
Type:
Novelist
Nationality:
Chinese
Birth:
January 4, 1940
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