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Encyclopedia > Simon Leys

Pierre Ryckmans (born 28 September 1935, in Brussels, Belgium), who also writes as Simon Leys, is a writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic.


Ryckmans wrote a series of famous books about Chinese Cultural Revolution. He was also a translator of Chinese literature, such as the Analects of Confucius, and The Treatise on Painting by Shi Tao. Pierre Ryckmans writes in French and English.


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Simon Leys - The New York Review of Books (326 words)
Simon Leys - The New York Review of Books
Simon Leys, who lives in Australia, is the author of Chinese Shadows and the novel The Death of Napoleon.
The cover date of the next issue of The New York Review of Books will be August 16, 2007.
Pierre Ryckmans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (368 words)
Pierre Ryckmans (born 28 September 1935, in Brussels, Belgium), who also uses the pen-name Simon Leys, is a writer, sinologist, essayist and literary critic.
He chose "Leys" after the main character of Victor Segalen's novel René Leys (published in 1922).
The 2001 movie The Emperor's New Clothes, directed by Alan Taylor, was based on Leys' novel The Death of Napoleon.
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