critic of Mao's campaigns Further reading Philippe Paquet, Simon Leys: Navigator between Worlds. Translated from the French by Julie Rose. Foreword by Julian Barnes, Carlton, Victoria, La Trobe University Press, 2017. First published as: Simon Leys. Navigateur entre les mondes, Paris: Gallimard, 2016. This book was awarded one of the Prix d'Académie (Médaille de vermeil) by the Académie française in 2016. References External links Simon Leys, "The Burning Forest: Human Rights in China", MorningSun.org website, n.d. (originally published 1978). Pierre Ryckmans, "Are Books Useless?" Extract from the 1996 Boyer Lectures. David Warren, "Anatomy of a Tyrant", Ottawa Citizen, 10 June 2007. Laurent Six, "Aux origines d’Ombres chinoises: une mission de six mois au service de l’ambassade de Belgique en République populaire de Chine", Textyles, 34, 2008. Daniel Sanderson, "An Interview with Pierre Ryckmans", China Heritage Quarterly, No. 26, June 2011. Geordie Williamson, "Simon Leys' essays reveal a writer cunning like a hedgehog", The Australian, 16 July 2011. Pierre Ryckmans, Phillip Adams, "A Conversation with Pierre Ryckmans", Late Night Live, 11 August 2011. Ian Buruma, "The Man Who Got It Right" (review of The Hall of Uselessness), The New York Review of Books, 15 August 2013; also see: archive copy. Luke Slattery, "Pierre Ryckmans: Distinguished Australian intellectual was a figure of world renown", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 August 2014. Rowan Callick, "Chairman’s New Clothes author Pierre Ryckmans dies aged 78", The Australian, 11 August 2014. Rowan Callick, "Pierre Ryckmans’ early books triggered outrage and controversy in Europe", The Australian, 12 August 2014. Michael Forsythe, "Pierre Ryckmans, 78, Dies; Exposed Mao’s Hard Line", The New York Times, 14 August 2014. Murray Bail, "Pierre Ryckmans: Remembering a man of letters, and a friend", The Monthly, October 2014. Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) Quotes (English and French quotes), wideworldofquotes.com website. The Emperor's New Clothes (film review), IMDb.com website. 1935 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Belgian male writers Belgian emigrants to Australia Belgian sinologists Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni University of Sydney faculty Australian National University faculty Prix Femina winners Prix Renaudot de l'essai winners Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chinese–French translators English–French translators Belgian writers in French Australian sinologists Australian essayists Australian male writers Quadrant (magazine) people Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique 20th-century translators