The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate

Original and powerful, The Journey of Liu Xiaobo combines memory with insightful analysis to evaluate Liu's impact on his era, nation, and the cause of human freedom. As a fearless poet and prolific essayist and critic, Liu Xiaobo became one of the most important dissident thinkers in the People's Republic of China.


The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate




獨立中文筆會官網發布新聞稿說，已故諾貝爾和平獎得主劉曉波的英文版紀念文集「劉曉波之旅程：從黑馬到諾獎得主」4月1日在美國出版，其中收錄遺孀劉霞、西藏精神領袖達賴喇嘛和相關人士撰寫的紀念文章。
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據中央社今天援引獨立中文筆會新聞稿表示，英文版紀念文集名為「劉曉波之旅程：從黑馬到諾獎得主」（The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate），由美國小說家兼記者、國際筆會榮休副會長艾克曼（Joanne Leedom-Ackerman）主編，並由美國內布拉斯加大學（University of Nebraska）的波多馬克出版社（Potomac Books）出版。

這本文集收錄了劉曉波妻子劉霞，達賴喇嘛、美國的中國研究學者黎安友、「零八憲章」主要起草人之一的張祖樺、中國流亡藝術家艾未未以

及世界各國政治家、學者和民主人士所撰寫的紀念文章。

這篇新聞稿說，紀念文集“闡明了劉曉波的一生經歷，從青年學生時代，通過他不可或缺的行動，直到他最後日子的掙扎”；並引述了美國國家圖書獎得主、美籍華裔作家哈金表示，這本無價之書展示了劉曉波的興趣、關注和思考的範圍和深度，“幫助我們貼近地了解這位傑出的人。這本書作為一本文獻，承擔了另一種見證，既是個人的也是歷史的”。


美國哥倫比亞大學政治學教授黎安友則表示，這位已故諾貝爾和平獎得主，通過這些由他的友人和仰慕者貢獻的親密回憶和深刻反思活了下來，其中許多人正如同劉曉波，是為中國民主進行長期艱苦奮鬥的英雄。

新聞稿並摘錄文集簡介指出，劉曉波的非暴力活動“曾引領了從天安門廣場到支持西藏及其他地區的全國民主潮流”。他最勇敢的行動或許就是起草「零八憲章」這一“對中國的民主願景，包括自由選舉和結束共產黨的權力壟斷”。

2008年，劉曉波與憲政學者張祖樺等人共同起草「零八憲章」。之後，北京當局以“涉嫌煽動顛覆國家政權罪”刑拘劉曉波，來年批准逮捕，再判其11年重刑。

劉曉波服刑期間， 2010年獲得諾貝爾和平獎，但未能前往領獎；2017年6月因肝癌晚期保外就醫，後於7月13日病逝，令世人唏噓不已。






As a fearless poet and prolific essayist and critic, Liu Xiaobo became one of the most important dissident thinkers in the People’s Republic of China. His nonviolent activism steered the nation’s prodemocracy currents from Tiananmen Square to support for Tibet and beyond. Liu undertook perhaps his bravest act when he helped draft and gather support for Charter 08, a democratic vision for China that included free elections and the end of the Communist Party’s monopoly on power. While imprisoned for “inciting subversion of state power,” Liu won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He was granted medical parole just weeks before dying of cancer in 2017.

The Journey of Liu Xiaobo draws together essays and reflections on the “Nelson Mandela of China.” The Dalai Lama, artist and activist Ai Weiwei, and a distinguished list of leading Chinese writers and intellectuals, including Zhang Zuhua, the main drafter of Charter 08, and Liu Xia, the wife of Liu Xiaobo, and noted China scholars, journalists, and political leaders from around the globe, including Yu Ying-shih, Perry Link, Andrew J. Nathan, Marco Rubio, and Chris Smith illuminate Liu’s journey from his youth and student years, through his indispensable activism, and to his defiant last days. Many of the pieces were written immediately after Liu’s death, adding to the emotions stirred by his loss.

Original and powerful, The Journey of Liu Xiaobo combines memory with insightful analysis to evaluate Liu’s impact on his era, nation, and the cause of human freedom.