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François Cheng

Born

in Nanchang, China

August 30, 1929

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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François Cheng is a French academician, writer, poet and calligrapher. He is the author of essays, novels, collections of poetry and books on art written in the French language, and the translator of some of the great French poets into Chinese.

Born in China and taking French citizenship in 1973, he was elected to the Académie française in 2002, and was the first person of Asian origin to be a member of the Academy. He was the winner of the 1998 Prix Femina for Le Dit de Tianyi ("The saying of Tianyi")

When Cheng arrived in France in 1948, on a study grant, he did not speak a word of the language. He subsequently adapted quickly and profoundly. In his speech to the Académie française, he explained, "I became a Frenchman in law, mind and hear ...more

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	Green Mountain, White Cloud: A Novel of Love in the Ming Dynasty 3.74 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2002 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinq méditations sur la beauté 3.87 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2006 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Dit de Tianyi 3.92 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1998 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinq méditations sur la mort 3.82 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De l'âme: Sept lettres à une amie 3.80 avg rating — 184 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vacío y plenitud by François Cheng, Amelia Hernández (translator), Juan Luis Delmont (translator) 4.09 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1979 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enfin le royaume 3.69 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Une nuit au cap de la chèvre 3.39 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirar y pensar la belleza 3.42 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assise: Une rencontre inattendue 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“C'était l'époque où une de ces phrases saisonnières dont la France était friande traînait sur toutes les lèvres : "L'enfer, c'est les autres." Pour moi, au contraire, l'enfer, je le vérifiais à mes dépens, c'est d'être toujours autre soi-même, au point d'être de nulle part.”
― François Cheng, Le Dit de Tianyi

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“Oui, la beauté ne saurait jamais nous faire oublier notre condition tragique. Il y a une beauté proprement humaine, ce feu d'esprit qui brûle, s'il brûle, au-delà du tragique.”
― François Cheng, Cinq méditations sur la beauté

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“N'oubliez pas, on vit juste pour quelques rencontres.”
― François Cheng

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