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François Cheng 程抱一 pinyin Cheng Baoyi
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1929
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François Cheng 程抱一 was born into a family of academics and scholars on August 30,
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in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, Southeast China.
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1937 / 1947 |
After high school in Chongqing, he entered Nanjing University.
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1949
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He went to France with his parents. Passionate about French culture, he decided
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to settle there and devote himself to the study of French language and literature.
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1960
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He studied at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes ( E.P.H.E. ) while translating poems.
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1969
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He was a lecturer at the University of Paris VII.
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1971
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He was naturalized French.
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1974
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He was a professor at the Institute of Oriental Languages.
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1977
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He wrote his first poetic work in French: L’Écriture poétique chinoise, ed. Le Seuil,
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reflections on Chinese thought, painting and aesthetics and published an album
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of calligraphy.
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Through semiology, he made us understand the links that unite Western culture
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and Chinese culture and showed the contemporaneity of this Art that is calligraphy.
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1979
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Vide et plein : le langage pictural chinois ed. Le Seuil
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2001
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Le Souffle devient signe - ed Iconoclaste. |
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First exhibition of his works in a museum.
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2018
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05.10 07.01 Les Encres Poétiques de François Cheng Musée des Beaux-Arts Tours France |
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Writer, poet and Chinese calligrapher, his works made him earn many honors :
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Officer of the Legion of Honor, Knight of Academic Palms, Commanderer in the order
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of Arts and Letters.
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He lives and works in Paris, France.
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Danièle Sicard
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Awards sélection
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1998
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Prix Femina
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for Le Dit de Tiany
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1rst novel
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1998
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Prix André Malraux |
for Shitao 1642-1707 La Saveur du monde
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2000
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Prix Roger-Caillois
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for Double-Chant
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collection of poems
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2002
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Grand prix de la francophonie
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for all of his work
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2002
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First person of Asian origin elected to the French Academy
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2007
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Honorary doctorate from the University of Bergamo Italy
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2007
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Honorary Doctorate of the Catholic Institute of Paris France
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Speech by François Cheng at the French Academy
in replacement of Mr. Jacques de Bourbon Busset
June 19 2003
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Response by Mr. Pierre-Jean Rémy at Mr. François Cheng acceptance speech
June 19 2003
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François Cheng 程抱一 - Shen - Calligraphy
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François Cheng 程抱一 - Calligraphy
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François Cheng
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L'iconoclaste
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Et le souffle devient signe
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Paris |
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Ma quête
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15.03 2002 |
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du vrai
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et du beau
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par la
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calligraphie
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isbn : 2913366023
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