Liao Yiwu and Huang Xiang at PEN America World Voices Festival

Huang Xiang (R) is considered to be one of the most important post-cultural revolution poets of China. He is also a master calligrapher. He has a long history of political problems in China and consequently has been living in exile in the U.S. for many years. Liao Yiwu (L) is a poet, novelist, actor, screen writer and musician who was a political activist in China during his youth. He now lives in exile Germany. This photograph was taken in NYC at Rise Up: Tiananmen's Legacy of Freedom and Democracy which commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident in Beijing on June 4, 1989. The event was a part of the PEN World Voices Festival.

• 2019-05

• Spencer, Norman A.

• Writers

• New York (N.Y.)

• PEN America
• PEN World Voices Festival

• Huang, Xiang, 1941-
• Liao, Yiwu, 1958-

• Authors, Exiled
• Cultural events
• Dissenters
• Festivals
• Lectures and lecturing
• Musicians
• Novelists
• Poets
• Screenwriters

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