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Simon Leys
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Vinony's link graph records 116 inbound references to Simon Leys, and connects out to Qing dynasty, Analects and China.
It is catalogued under topics including 1935 births, 2014 deaths and 20th-century Belgian male writers.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Born
- 1935
- Works
- 34
Top works
- La Chine, la mer, la littérature
- Gli abiti nuovi del presidente Mao
- Les habits neufs du président Mao
- Le studio de l'inutilité
- Other people's thoughts
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Uccle, Bruxelles, Belgium
Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), 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…
Known for
- Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao2024
- Apostrophes — Self1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Uccle
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Employer
- University of Sydney
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
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- date of death
- 2014-08-11
- date of birth
- 1935-09-28
- cause of death
- cancer
- student
- Kevin Rudd
- pseudonym
- Simon Leys
- manner of death
- natural causes
- different from
- Pierre Ryckmans
- birth name
- Pierre Ryckmans
- Commons category
- Simon Leys
- relative
- Pierre Ryckmans
- writing language
- French
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