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Wife of Imprisoned Nobel laureate Speaks Out Through Poetry

By: Celia Hatton | January 15, 2014

Even though Liu Xia is under house arrest, she is finding ways to make her voice heard. More

In Rare Video, Wife of Jailed Nobel Laureate Reads Poems While Under House Arrest

January 15, 2014

Liu Xia, the wife of the imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was shown reading two of her poems in a short video aired at an event on Tuesday… More

This is How China Treats the Wife of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner

By: Bei Ling, Peter Englund, Per Wastberg | January 15, 2014

Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel in 2010. Since then, his wife Liu Xia has been under house arrest and lost nearly everything. More

China Nobel Winner’s Wife in Rare Video Appearance

January 15, 2014

Rare video footage of Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, reading two self-written poems under house arrest was posted online Wednesday. More

Wife of China’s jailed Nobel laureate reads poetry whilst under house arrest

January 15, 2014

Liu Xia is under house arrest after Liu Xiaobo, her Nobel Prize-winning husband, was jailed for helping to author a pro-democracy manifesto in 2008 More

Book News: Argentine Poet Juan Gelman Dies At 83

By: Annalisa Quinn | January 15, 2014

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. More

Nobel winner’s wife Liu Xia speaks out from house arrest through her poems

By: Tania Branigan | January 15, 2014

Wife of Liu Xiaobo reads two of her new works in footage screened at international writers' event in New York. More

Secret Video of China Nobel’s Wife Screens in NYC

By: Jake Pearson | January 14, 2014

Rare video showing what life is like under house arrest for Liu Xia, the Chinese artist and poet married to jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was screened for… More

Tweet #ShesNotFree in Support of Liu Xia

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By: PEN America | May 1, 2013

PEN launches the Twitter campaign #shesnotfree in support of Chinese artist and poet Liu Xia on the eve of our landmark report on China. More

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