Liu Xiaobo have been translated into English for the first time, but there will be no interviews, bookshop signings or appearances at literary festivals. The author is not even aware of the English translation, because he remains incarcerated in a Chinese jail and his wife is under house arrest.Liu, who won last year's Nobel peace prize, is serving an 11-year sentence that began in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power". Friends have been unable to contact his wife, Liu Xia, even though she has not been charged with anything.
from The Guardian: Liu Xiaobo: new book lifts China's gag on jailed Nobel peace prizewinner
from The Guardian: 'Your Lifelong Prisoner'--Liu Xiaobo's poem from prison
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