Gao Xingjian

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Gao Xingjian and His Majesty the King

Gao Xingjian receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2000. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2000
Photo: Hans Mehlin

Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian after receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty the King at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2000. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2000
Photo: Hans Mehlin

Award Ceremony

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Eric R. Kandel is first from left, front row. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2000
Photo: Hans Mehlin

Nobel Laureate in Literature Gao Xingjian at the table of

Gao Xingjian at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2000.

Copyright © Pressens Bild AB 2000, SE-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: +46 (0)8 738 38 00 Photo: Jonas Ekströmer

Portrait of Gao Xingjian

Literature laureate Gao Xingjian at CERN on 23 September 2015.

© 2015-2023 CERN. Photo: Sophia Elizabeth Bennett.

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