Liao Yiwu

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Liao Yiwu is a Chinese writer, poet, and dissident known for his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government and his works documenting the lives of marginalized people in China.

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Liao Yiwu canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dissident ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternateName Liao Yi Wu ⓘ
linked to: Liao Yi-wu

Liao Yi-wu ⓘ
awardReceived Geschwister-Scholl-Preis ⓘ
Hellman/Hammett Grant ⓘ
Human Rights Book Award ⓘ
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ⓘ
Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage ⓘ
birthDate 1958-08-16 ⓘ
birthPlace China ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province

Yanting County ⓘ
countryOfExile Germany ⓘ
detentionEndYear 1994 ⓘ
detentionStartYear 1990 ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
reportage literature ⓘ
imprisonedFor writing and circulating a poem about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown ⓘ
knownFor documenting lives of marginalized people in China ⓘ
oral history interviews ⓘ
outspoken criticism of the Chinese government ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
movement Chinese democracy movement ⓘ
name Liao Yiwu ⓘ
nationality Chinese ⓘ
notableWork Bullets and Opium ⓘ
For a Song and a Hundred Songs ⓘ
God Is Red ⓘ
Interviews with People from the Bottom Rung of Society ⓘ
The Corpse Walker ⓘ
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China From the Bottom Up ⓘ
occupation documentary writer ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
politicalAlignment Chinese dissident ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
subjectOf Chinese prison system ⓘ
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ⓘ
censorship in China ⓘ
workFocus marginalized groups in China ⓘ
religious minorities in China ⓘ
rural poor in China ⓘ
victims of political persecution in China ⓘ

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