Poems of Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize winner

Liu Xiaobo of China received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, during a lengthy prison sentence for his political opposition. During this detention, he also published the poetry collection June Fourth Elegies (Graywolf Press, 2012) and the essay collection No Enemies, No Hatred (Harvard University Press, 2012). He died, still in custody, on July 13, 2017. (from poets.org)

Poems by Liu Xiaobo,  and "Your Lifelong Prisoner"


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