Gao Xingjian emerged as a writer after the Cultural Revolution. At one time he worked as a translator for the Chinese Writers 'Association, and later as a dramatist at the Beijing People's Art Academy.
高行健是大陸文革之後崛起的作家，曾擔任「中國作家協會」的翻譯工作，後轉任「北京人民藝術劇院」的劇作家。