New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1992) Winner
Simon Leys
シモン・レイズ
Shimon Reizu
Aliases:
Pierre Ryckmans
Pen Names:
Pierre Ryckmans（real name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1935-09-28 （Brussels）
- Died
- 2014-08-11 （Sydney） age 78
- Nationality
- Belgian
- Languages
- French, English, Chinese
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Brussels, Belgium → Taiwan → Singapore → Hong Kong → Canberra, Australia → Sydney, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- writer, essayist, literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, university professor
- Active Years
- 1955-2014
- Affiliations
- Australian National University, University of Sydney
- Memberships
- Australian Academy of the Humanities, Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic University of Leuven | Faculty of Law and Art History | Law and Art History | — | 1953- | Belgium |
| National Taiwan University | Fine Arts Department | Fine Arts | — | 1958-1960 | Taiwan |
Catholic University of Leuven
Faculty of Law and Art History
/ Law and Art History
Period:
1953-
Country:
Belgium
Studied law and art history
National Taiwan University
Fine Arts Department
/ Fine Arts
Period:
1958-1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
Taiwan
Studied under Puru, research on Shitao
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Prix Renaudot | Protée et autres essais | エッセイ | Prix Renaudot Committee | 受賞 |
| — | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca | — | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Prix Guizot-Calvados | Les Naufragés du Batavia | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Christina Stead Prize | The Death of Napoleon | フィクション | — | 受賞 |
Prix Renaudot
2001
Work:
Protée et autres essais
Category:
エッセイ
Organization:
Prix Renaudot Committee
Result:
受賞
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Prix Guizot-Calvados
2004
Work:
Les Naufragés du Batavia
Result:
受賞
Christina Stead Prize
Work:
The Death of Napoleon
Category:
フィクション
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Chairman's New Clothes
1971 Political CriticismChronicle denouncing the Cultural Revolution
Cultural RevolutionMao Criticism
Chinese Shadows
1974 EssayOn Chinese politics and culture
Chinese PoliticsTraditional Culture
The Analects of Confucius
1997 TranslationTranslation and commentary of Confucius' Analects
ConfucianismChinese Classics
Bibliography
- The Chairman's New Clothes
- Chinese Shadows
- Broken Images
- The Death of Napoleon
- The Hall of Uselessness
Adaptations
- The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film)
Translations by Author
- Shitao's Treatise on Painting
- Analects of Confucius
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sharp criticismWittyEssayistic
- Recurring Motifs
- Critique of Cultural RevolutionTraditional Chinese CultureCritique of University CommercializationNautical Fiction
Health
-
cancer晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Prescient sinologist and writer who early exposed the Cultural Revolution to the West. Known for critiques of Chinese politics and culture.
Quotes
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It would be inconceivable to live in this world, in our age, without a good knowledge of Chinese language and a direct access to Chinese culture.
Source: Interview (2011)
Trivia
- Pen name 'Simon Leys' from Apostle Peter's original name and Victor Segalen's novel René Leys.
- Also allusion to Antwerp painter family Leys.