Simon Leys

Details

Instance of

human

Born

28 September 1935

Died

11 August 2014

Place of birth

Uccle

Place of death

Sydney

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Pierre

Family name

Ryckmans

Occupation

university teacher, linguist, translator, essayist, sinologist, poet lawyer, literary critic, writer

Citizenship

Belgium

Native language

French

Awards

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Prix Renaudot of essay, Prix Femina, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Jean Walter Prize, Prix Stanislas Julien, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction

birth name

Pierre Ryckmans

cause of death

cancer

different from

Pierre Ryckmans

educated at

Catholic University of Leuven, National Taiwan Normal University

employer

Australian National University, University of Sydney

languages spoken, written or signed

French

manner of death

natural causes

member of

College of 'Pataphysics, Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises, Australian Academy of the Humanities

notable work

The Chairman's New Clothes, Chinese Shadows, Burning Forest: Essays on Chinese Culture and Politics, Orwell or the Horror of Politics, The Death of Napoleon, Q3058698, Q22248961, Notes from the Hall of Uselessness

pseudonym

Simon Leys

relative

Pierre Ryckmans

student

Kevin Rudd

topic's main category

Category:Simon Leys

writing language

French

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