Simon Leys
Pierre Ryckmans, better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Australia from 1970. His work particularly focused on the politics and traditional culture of China, calligraphy, French and English literature, the commercialization of universities, and nautical fiction. Through the publication of his trilogy Les Habits neufs du président Mao (1971), Ombres chinoises (1974) and Images brisées (1976), he was one of the first intellectuals to denounce the Cultural Revolution in China and the idolizing of Mao in the West.
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Full Name
Pierre Ryckmans
Date of Birth
September 28th, 1935
Age
89
Birth Place
Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region
Date of Death
August 11st, 2014
Died Aged
78
Star Sign
Libra
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