Liao Yiwu https://www.hrichina.org/en/taxonomy/term/285/all en For A Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison—A Book Review by Paul Mooney https://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/song-and-hundred-songs-poets-journey-through-chinese-prison-book-review-paul <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-12-30T00:00:00-08:00">December 30, 2013</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/china-rights-forum/song-and-hundred-songs-poets-journey-through-chinese-prison-book-review-paul">For A Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison—A Book Review by Paul Mooney</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/book-review" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Book Review</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">I’ve read about a dozen China prison memoirs over the years, and nothing has affected me the way Liao Yiwu’s prison diary has, with its detailed and graphic descriptions of prison life. I attribute the impact of this book to Liao’s skills as a poet, his writer’s nose for detail, and his willingness...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liao-yiwu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liao Yiwu</a></div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:09:45 +0000 tw 8031 at https://www.hrichina.org An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee for Literature https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/6440 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-25T00:00:00-08:00">November 25, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/6440">An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee for Literature</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/open-letter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Open Letter</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/freedom-expression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Freedom of Expression</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In his letter, the exiled dissident Chinese writer Liao Yiwu raises questions about the character, as well as writings, of Mo Yan, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature.</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liao-yiwu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liao Yiwu</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:21:38 +0000 noc 7267 at https://www.hrichina.org International Prizes for Authors Liao Yiwu and Yu Jie https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/6334 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-10-19T00:00:00-07:00">October 19, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/6334">International Prizes for Authors Liao Yiwu and Yu Jie</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/press-work" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Press Work</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Following the October 11 announcement of the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize for Mo Yan (莫言) , two other Chinese authors received international recognition for their work: Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, and Yu Jie (余杰) was awarded the 2012 Civil Courage Prize by...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/yu-jie" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Yu Jie</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:00:07 +0000 noc 6724 at https://www.hrichina.org Ryszard Kapuściński Award Acceptance Speech: Writing for Others' Freedom https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/6103 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-05-11T00:00:00-07:00">May 11, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/6103">Ryszard Kapuściński Award Acceptance Speech: Writing for Others&#039; Freedom</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/rights-defenders" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Rights Defenders</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In accepting the 2012 Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literature in Warsaw, Poland, Liao Yiwu spoke exclusively about Li Bifeng. Li isa poet, a character in one of Liao’s books, and Liao’s former prison mate who was imprisoned twice following the 1989 June Fourth crackdown on the Democracy Movement...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liao-yiwu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liao Yiwu</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:15:22 +0000 noc 7063 at https://www.hrichina.org Salman Rushdie’s Response to Liao Yiwu’s Letter https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5306 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-04-27T00:00:00-07:00">April 27, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/5306">Salman Rushdie’s Response to Liao Yiwu’s Letter</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/open-letter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Open Letter</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Author Salman Rushdie responds to Liao Yiwu’s recent open letter .</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liao-yiwu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liao Yiwu</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:30:36 +0000 noc 6944 at https://www.hrichina.org A Thank-you Note to the World Voices Festival of International Literature and Mr. Rushdie https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5303 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-04-25T00:00:00-07:00">April 25, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/5303">A Thank-you Note to the World Voices Festival of International Literature and Mr. Rushdie</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/open-letter" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Open Letter</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/freedom-expression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Freedom of Expression</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Because Salman Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses , Iran's Ayatolla Khomeini tried to kill him by putting a $5,000,000 reward on his head. This was in the 1980s, when I was still a young poet, and it was the first time I had heard his name. I was deeply shocked. Even though I cannot cross the ocean...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liao-yiwu" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liao Yiwu</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:22:15 +0000 noc 6938 at https://www.hrichina.org Introduction: Freedom of Expression on Trial in China https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/3193 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-04-09T00:00:00-07:00">April 9, 2010</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/3193">Introduction: Freedom of Expression on Trial in China</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">On Christmas Day, 2009, a court in Beijing convicted Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) , a prominent intellectual, of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and two years of deprivation of political rights. The verdict cited as evidence passages from six essays Liu published...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/liu-xiaobo" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Liu Xiaobo</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000 noc 2289 at https://www.hrichina.org Error | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC

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