June Fourth Elegies: Poems (Bilingual Edition) (Signed First American Edition)

Liu Xiaobo (author); Jeffrey Yang (translator); Dalai Lama (foreword)

ISBN 10: 1555976107 / ISBN 13: 9781555976101

Published by Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, 2012

About this Item

First printing of the first American edition (bilingual edition). A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, very tight copy, with price ($26.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Bilingual edition (bilingual parallel text), translated by Jeffrey Yang. This copy has been SIGNED by Yang on the title page in English and Chinese (as pictured). Poetry-OF.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3020

Bibliographic Details

• Title: June Fourth Elegies: Poems (Bilingual Edition) (Signed First American Edition)
• Publisher: Graywolf Press, Minneapolis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN 10: 1555976107
• ISBN 13: 9781555976101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Chinese Literature

About this title

Synopsis

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 "inciting subversion of state power," and he is currently serving an eleven-year sentence. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for "his prolonged non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." Liu dedicated his Peace Prize to "the 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.

About the Author

Liu Xiaobo is a political activist and writer. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.