François Cheng

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| birth_place = Nanchang, China | nationality = French | education = Nanjing University
École pratique des hautes études | occupation = Writer | known for = Member of the académie française |father = | children = Anne Cheng |module = |t= |p=Chéng Bàoyī |w=Ch'eng Pao-i |altname=Birth name |t2= |s2= |p2=Chéng Jìxián |w2=Cheng Chi-hsien }} }}

François Cheng (|p=Chéng Bàoyī}}; born 30 August 1929) is a Chinese-born French academician, writer, poet, and calligrapher. He is the author of essays, novels, collections of poetry and books on art written in the French language, and the translator of some of the great French poets into Chinese. Provided by Wikipedia