Gao Xingjian has been named as one of the recipients of the Royal Society of Literature’s International Writers Awards for 2023. Since 2020, the award has recognised the contribution of writers across the globe to literature in English, and the power of literature to transcend borders to bring people together, with previous nominees including Annie Ernaux, Claudia Rankine, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Anne Carson and Javier Marias.