The first publication of the poetry of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo, with a Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Liu Xiaobo has become the foremost symbol of the struggle for human rights in China. He was a leading activist during the Tiananmen Square protests of June 4, 1989, and a prime supporter of
Charter 08, the manifesto of fundamental human rights published in 2008. In 2009, Liu was imprisoned for ��nciting subversion of state power,��and he is currently serving an eleven-year
sentence. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for ��is prolonged non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.��Liu dedicated his Peace Prize to ��he lost souls from the
Fourth of June.��
June Fourth Elegies presents Liu's poems written across twenty years in memory of fellow protestors at Tiananmen Square, as well as poems addressed to his wife, Liu Xia. In this
bilingual volume, Liu's poetry is for the first time published freely in both English translation and in the Chinese original.
