Novelist Pierre Ryckmans

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Pierre Ryckmans

Living place: Belgium

Birthday: 28-9-1935 (89 years old)

Global rank: #86393

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Who is Novelist Pierre Ryckmans?
A Francophone writer, literary critic, and winner of the Prix Mondial Del Duca, he is known by the pen name of Simon Leys. His works include Chinese Shadows, Analects of Confucius, and Orwell, ou l'horreur de la politique.
He was a professor of Chinese studies at the University of Sydney from 1987 to 1993.

Young / Before famous

He studied law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Family life info

He grew up in Brussels, Belgium. He lived in Hong Kong before eventually settling in Australia.

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His 1986 novel, The Death of Napoleon, was the basis for Alan Taylor's 2001 film, The Emperor's New Clothes.

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When was Novelist Pierre Ryckmans born?
Pierre Ryckmans birthday 28-9-1935 (at the age of 89).
Where is Novelist Pierre Ryckmans's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Pierre Ryckmans was born in Belgium. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Pierre Ryckmans's global rank is 86393 and whose rank is 1058 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1935 and 28-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Pierre Ryckmans

  • Nazis repudiate Versailles Treaty, introduce compulsory military service.
  • Mussolini invades Ethiopia; League of Nations invokes sanctions.
  • Persia becomes Iran under Reza Shah Pahlevi.
  • Nazis enact Nuremberg Laws against Jews to prevent "racial pollution." Heinrich Himmler starts breeding program to produce "Aryan super race."

Birthday Pierre Ryckmans (28-9) in history

  • Day 28-9 year 1542: The famous explorer with dual Portuguese and Spanish citizenship, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, landed in what is now San Diego.
  • Day 28-9 year 1781: The "American Revolution" campaign ended in Yorktown Heights, Virginia.
  • Day 28-9 year 1920: Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."
  • Day 28-9 year 1924: Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.
  • Day 28-9 year 1939: A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
  • Day 28-9 year 1967: Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • Day 28-9 year 1972: Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
  • Day 28-9 year 1989: Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
  • Day 28-9 year 1991: Jazz great Miles Davis died.
  • Day 28-9 year 2003: Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
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