MCLC: Simon Leys (2)

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: jocelynchey <jocelynchey at gmail.com>
Subject: Simon Leys (2)
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List subscribers may be interested to read the obituary for Pierre
Ryckmans published in the Sydney Morning Herald today 23 August 2014:

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/pierre-ryckmans-distinguished-aust
ralian-intellectual-was-a-figure-of-world-renown-20140822-1073br.html

We will all miss his voice of integrity and compassion and his work to
bring together European and Chinese intellectual worlds.  As he once
wrote, "It would be inconceivable to live in this world, in our age
without a good knowledge of Chinese language and direct access to Chinese
culture."

Jocelyn Chey