Anjali Tsui
on translating Liu Xiaobo
"One Morning," written in 1993, is dedicated to Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia. While Liu Xiaobo's poems to his wife do not directly reference June 4, they are heavily implicated by the day's events and its aftermath. "One morning" is a poem written from prison.
about the author
Liu Xiaobo was a poet and activist. Going on a hunger strike to support the 1989 student protests in Tiananmen Square, Liu was arrested for speaking out when government troops massacred those protesting students on the fourth of June. He remained imprisoned or in labor camps for almost the rest of his life, and in 2017, he died of liver cancer. Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China," though the Chinese government did not allow him to receive it.
about the translator
Anjali Tsui grew up in Hong Kong, where she constantly translated between English and Chinese. She graduated from the University of PennsIvania in May 2013 and majored in Creative Writing. She's back home, working as a journalist for CNN International.
