Collection: François Cheng

François Cheng is a poet, essayist, novelist, calligrapher, and art historian who has lived in Paris since 1949. Among his books available in English translation are Empty and Full: The Language of Chinese Painting, The Way of Beauty, and the novels The River Below and Green Mountain, White Cloud. In 2002, he became the first person of Asian origin elected to the French Academy.

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