| LC control no. | n 77006268 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ2672.E99 |
| Personal name heading | Leys, Simon, 1935-2014 |
| See also | Real identity: Ryckmans, Pierre |
| Other standard no. | 0000000120954598 |
| Birth date | 1935-09-28 |
| Death date | 2014-08-11 |
| Place of birth | Brussels (Belgium) |
| Place of death | Sydney (N.S.W.) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Sinologists Essayists Art historians Critics Translators |
| Found in | The Chairman's new clothes, c1977: t.p. (Simon Leys) Contemp. authors: v. 85-88 (Ryckmans, Pierre; pseud.: Simon Leys; b. 9/28/35) The hall of uselessness, 2013: ECIP t.p. (Simon Leys; pseudonym of Pierre Ryckmans; b. in Belgium, 1935; currently resides in Australia; writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic; he studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain), Chinese language, literature and art in Taiwan; he went to Hong Kong, before settling down in Australia in 1970; he taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University (Canberra), and later (1987-93) was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney; after that, he returned to Canberra, where he has lived ever since; in 1971, on the advice of his publisher, he decided to adopt a pseudonym before the release of Les habits neufs du président Mao, in order to avoid the risk of becoming a persona non grata in the People's Republic of China; he chose "Leys" after the main character of Victor Segalen's novel René Leys (published in 1922); he writes in French and English; in 2004, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca) New York times (online), viewed Aug. 18, 2014 (in obituary published Aug. 14: Pierre Ryckmans; better known by his pen name, Simon Leys; b. Sept. 28, 1935, Brussels; d. Monday [Aug. 11, 2014], Sydney, aged 78; Belgian-born scholar of China who challenged a romanticized Western view of Mao Zedong in the 1960s with his early portrayal of Mao's Cultural Revolution as chaotic and destructive) La mer dans la littérature française, 2018: title page (Simon Leys) page 4 of cover (Simon Leys (1935-2014); internationally renowned writer, essayist, translator, art historian, sinologist) |
| Associated language | fre eng |
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