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Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
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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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- 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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Article · 中文
皮埃尔·里克曼斯（法語：Pierre Ryckmans，1935年9月28日－2014年8月11日），漢名李克曼，笔名为西蒙·莱斯（Simon Leys），出生于比利时布鲁塞尔，汉学家、作家和文学评论家。他写过一系列有关中国文化大革命的书籍，也翻译过包括《论语》，石涛的 " 绘画" 在内的一些中文著作。
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