2000 Nobel Prize in Literature

2000 Nobel Prize in Literature
Gao Xingjian
"for an æuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama."
Date
  • 12 October 2000 (2000-10-12) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2000
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Chinese émigré writer Gao Xingjian (born 1940) "for an æuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama."[1] He is the first Chinese recipient of the prize followed by Mo Yan in 2012.

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000 nobelprize.org