Liu Xiaobo
Liu was born in Changchun, Jilin, in 1955 to an intellectual family. In 1977, Liu was admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature at Jilin University, where he created a poetry group known as "The Babies' Hearts" (Chi Zi Xin) with six schoolmates. He graduated with a B.A. in 1982, went on to study for an M.A. and a PhD degree from Beijing Normal University.
He became a teacher, literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms which led to his imprisonment in the people's republic of China. In 2010 he received Nobel Peace Prize.
“In the face of a nation that shamelessly assaults the very marrow of our bones, memory is but a pale gray field.”
Liu Xiaobo
“Life is pricelesseven to an ant”
Liu Xiaobo
“Before the eyes shutthis knife shines snow-bright once more through the inner organsas using a nuclear bomb to light a cigarsends lung cancer across the earthto parting lovers”
Liu Xiaobo
“I, too, eat steamed human-blood buns.”
Liu Xiaobo
“I hope that I'm not the type of person who, standing at the doorway to hell, strikes a heroic pose and then starts frowning with indecision.”
Liu Xiaobo