This author’s first in-person encounter with Western art was a 1980 trip during which he worked as a French interpreter for the author of The Family, a novel whose protagonists share this author’s surname. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author whose minimalistic ink landscapes provide the covers of many of his own books, such as the semi-autobiographical novel One Man’s Bible, which was translated by Mabel Lee.
ANSWER: Gao Xingjian (The Family is by Ba Jin.)
[10e] Gao’s most-widely viewed painting is the one on the international cover of this novel by him, in which a nameless protagonist called “You” searches for the title natural feature in rural China.
ANSWER: Soul Mountain [or Língshān]
[10h] Gao blended music, poetry, and dance in a “dance-drama” based on “Shengshengman,” a poem by this author. This Song dynasty poet wrote cí like “A Dream Song” before her marriage to fellow poet Zhao Mingcheng.
ANSWER: Lǐ Qīngzhào [prompt on Lǐ]
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