Category:Simon Leys

**Simon Leys**
	Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist
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Date of birth	28 September 1935; Uccle - Ukkel (Province of Brabant, Belgium); Pierre Ryckmans
Date of death	11 August 2014; Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	cancer;
Pseudonym	Simon Leys;
Country of citizenship	Belgium;
Educated at	Catholic University of Leuven; National Taiwan Normal University;
Occupation	university teacher; linguist; translator; essayist; sinologist; poet lawyer; literary critic; writer;
Employer	Australian National University; University of Sydney;
Member of	College of 'Pataphysics; Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises (Amélie Nothomb, Georges Simenon, 1990–2014); Australian Academy of the Humanities;
Native language	French;
Relative	Pierre Ryckmans (uncle);
Notable work	Q2388540; Chinese Shadows; Q48758324; Orwell or the Horror of Politics; Q48757427; Q3058698; Q22248961; Q48757573;
Award received	Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (2005); Prix Renaudot of essay; Prix Femina; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎; Jean Walter Prize (1975); Prix Stanislas Julien (1971);
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	Q732583; ISNI: 0000000121477295; VIAF ID: 110778122, 267327732; GND ID: 108070387; Library of Congress authority ID: n77006268; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119129152; IdRef ID: 026989158; NDL Authority ID: 00447624; NL CR AUT ID: mzk2009529384, jo2011674076; SELIBR ID: 194303, 198051; National Library of Spain ID: XX999605, XX5257366; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 06825198X; NUKAT ID: n00054480; Libris-URI: 75kmnxmr248h0gt; PLWABN ID: 9810600730505606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007303777705171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA04008456; SBN author ID: TO0V024885; IMDb ID: nm1038849
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