A chair and a photo stand in for Liu Xiaobo at Nobel ceremony
Few nations heed Beijing's boycott as committee calls for winner to be freed and tells China: citizens have right to criticise. More
Edinburgh’s tribute to Liu Xiaobo
Today a ceremony is being held in Norway to acknowledge Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo being chosen as Nobel peace prize winner. More
Nobel goes to empty chair
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, today. Or rather, he would have received it had he not been serving 11 years in a… More
Nobel Peace Prize: the life and work of Liu Xiaobo
The arc of Liu Xiaobo's life, from his youth as a firebrand literature professor to the years he has spent in prison, was set by the Tiananmen Square protests… More
On the day when Liu Xiaobo is absent at the Nobel ceremony
Tienchi Martin-Liao, president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, a position that Liu Xiaobo has also held, has her own thoughts. More
Nobel awarded to empty chair as China keeps dissidents quiet
The Nobel Peace Prize committee presented its award Friday in Norway to an empty chair reserved for imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, a tribute that has both sharply focused… More
Translator Brings Poetry of Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo to U.S.
On Friday, Liu Xiaobo will formally receive the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. But Mr. Liu will not be attending the event. He was arrested… More
PEN American Center Pays Tribute to Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
PEN American Center today congratulated imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the ceremony celebrating him as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, calling his courage “inspirational” and vowing… More
Graywolf will publish poems by Chinese Nobel winner
Graywolf Press of Minneapolis will publish the first collection of poems in English by Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident poet who is the winner of this year's Nobel Peace… More
Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel Peace Prize
From The AtlanticTomorrow is the day when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo. (Has it only been one year since Barack Obama received the prize and made… More
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