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Dai Sijie
Chinese–French author and filmmaker
In this Chinese name, the family name is Dai.
Dai Sijie | |
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Dai Sijie in Madrid (2012), by Asís G. Ayerbe | |
Born | (1954-03-02) 2 March 1954 (age 70) Putian, Fujian Province, China |
Occupation(s) | Author, screenwriter, director |
Dai Sijie (born 2 March 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker.
Early life
Dai was born in Putian, Fujian,[1] in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of medical sciences at West China University. He grew up extensively reading and thinking.
Zao wou-kiDai excels in many things, including being a skilled tailor.[citation needed] The Maoist government sent him to a re-education camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974 during the Cultural Revolution.
Though as the only child in the family, he would have been excused, he went there with the idea of undergoing the spartan training. Much of this experience was the source of