The art of literary translation: a tribute to Liliane Dutrait.

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Originally published on Rue89 – 11/13/2010 –

If there is one area where France is not declining and is well positioned, it is that of the number of books translated from foreign languages, and the quality of translations. This is particularly true for Chinese literature, who has just lost one of its major translators, Liliane Dutrait. A tribute will be made shortly in Aix-en-Provence.

Publishing and translation in the forefront

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An exhibition on the Straits Chinese in the Quai Branly museum in Paris.

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Originally published on Rue89- 10.10.2010

The Muséum of Quai Branly in Paris is presenting an exhibition of outstanding quality on the civilization of the Straits Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia.

For the first time in Europe, 500 pieces of the Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore are presented and some aspects of the traditional houses have been recreated.

The exhibition “Baba Bling” refers to the Babas who are descendants of Chinese communities that are integrated from … Lire la suite

Meet Yang Lian, a Chinese poet and in the future on the Nobel short list…

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Originally published on Rue89-10/01/2010 .

For several years, names are listed for the Nobel Prize for Literature: Yang Lian, Bei Dao, Duo Duo, three poets, well known and praised worldwide. We met Yang Lian in London earlier this year, at a symposium devoted to his friend Gao Xingjian the Nobel Prize.

The release in France of a new collection of his poems (“Notes of a blissful ghost”, ed. Caracteres) encouraged us to continue reading his … Lire la suite

Gao Xiingjian,Nobel Prize, the pen and the brush.

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Originally published on Rue89 08/02/2010.

 

Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000, recently celebrated his 70th birthday. On this occasion, the University of London (SOAS) organised last January lectures and presentations of his books, films and theater.

The author of “Soul Mountain” (Ed. de l’Aube, 1995) and “One’s man Bible” (Ed de l’Aube, 2000) agreed to answer our questions focused on his films and his paintings.

In London, British actors gave a reading of … Lire la suite

The magnificent Shandong Buddhas in Paris.

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Originally published on Rue89; 09/19/2009

 For the first time in Paris, the Cernuschi Museum, specializing in Asian art, displays a remarkable collection of Buddha statues, discovered in the Chinese province of Shandong, ten years ago.

In 1996, in Qinzhou, 400 kilometers southeast of Beijing, a team of diggers discovered in a pit of sixty square meters and two meters deep, fragments of stone Buddhist statues arranged with care, often incomplete. Some showed traces of fire, … Lire la suite

The treasures of the Dunhuang thousand Buddhas caves exhibited in Paris.

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Originally published on Rue89-01/25/2009

In China, four complexes of cave-shrines (Dunhuang, Dazu, Longmen, Yungang) are part of the World Heritage Sites listed by Unesco. The most famous site, the caves of Dunhuang, is highlighted by a remarkable exhibition organized jointly by the China Cultural Centre in Paris and the Musée Guimet.

The  Dunhuang Caves:The caves, located near the oasis of Dunhuang,  on the southern route of the Silk Road are more than three thousand … Lire la suite