Dai Sijie Biography

Dai Sijie (born 1954) is a Chinese–French author and filmmaker. Dai Sijie was born in Chengdu, Sichuan in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of Medical Sciences at West China University. He grew up extensively reading and thinking. Dai excels in many things, including being a skilled tailor himself.

• “La beauté d'une femme est un trésor qui n'a pas de prix.”

• Biography. Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954. He grew up working in his fathers tailor shop. He himself became a skilled tailor. The Maoist government sent him to a reeducation camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution. After his return, he was able to complete high school and university, where he studied art history.

• Biografia Figlio di un medico, Dai Sijie nasce in Cina e da giovanissimo viene spedito nella provincia del Sichuan in un campo di rieducazione fino al 1974. Alla morte di Mao, entra all'Università dove studia storia dell'arte e dove riesce ad.