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Name	Pierre Ryckmans
Alternative Names	Simon Leys
Born	23 September, 1935 Brussels, Belgium
Died	11 August, 2014 (aged 78) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Cultural Heritage	Belgian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Donnithorne, Audrey (friend) Eddy, John Jude (friend) Liu, Ts’un-yan (colleague)
Occupation *	academic (1970-1987) Australian Capital Territory, Australia sinologist (1970-1987) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1987-1993) New South Wales, Australia sinologist (1987-1993) New South Wales, Australia sinologist (1993-2014) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow)
Workplaces *	Australian National University (Research School of Pacific Studies) (academic, 1970-1987) University of Sydney (Chinese studies) (academic, 1987-1993)

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