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The Life of Liu Xiaobo

Autor: Jie Yu

CHF 47.70

ISBN: 978-0-8108-9636-9

Einband: Kartonierter Einband (Kt)

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Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while serving an eleven-year prison sentence-helped shatter longstanding barriers to freedom of organization and expression in China. This biography, written by one of his closest friends, retraces Liu Xiaobo's inspiring life, from his childhood years through his imprisonment. He became terminally ill while incarcerated and died July 13, 2017.

Autor	Jie Yu
Verlag	Rowman & Littlefield
Einband	Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr	2017
Lieferstatus	Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Abbildungen	Paperback
Masse	H23.1 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.5 cm 349 g
Coverlag	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Imprint/Brand)

Über den Autor Jie Yu

Yu Jie is an award-winning writer, one of China's most prominent essayists and critics, and a leading democracy activist and coauthor of Charter 08. His work has been banned in China since 2004, and he was arrested and tortured in 2010 for his close ties with Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo. Because of Yu's work on this biography, he was subjected to lengthy house arrest, as well as to kidnap and torture. A senior official in the Beijing security apparatus threatened Yu with a harsh prison sentence if he proceeded with his plans to publish. Yu had no choice but to leave China, bringing his wife and son with him to the United States in 2012. HC Hsu is the author of Love Is Sweeter (2013) and Middle of the Night (2015). An award-winning essayist and short-story writer, his works have appeared in both English and Chinese. His translations of Hu Lancheng, Chu Tien-wen, Chen Kehua, Yuan Ch'iung-ch'iung, and others also have been widely published.