Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese professor, writer, and human rights activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010
Liu Xiaobo
@Human Rights Activists, Family and Facts
Dec 28, 1955
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: December 28, 1955
- Nationality: Chinese
- Famous: Human Rights Activists, Nobel Peace Prize, Activists, Human Rights Activists, Political Activists, Writers
- Spouses: Liu Xia, Tao Li
- Childrens: Liu Tao
- Universities:
- 1982 - Jilin University
- 1984 - Beijing Normal University
- Birth Place: Changchun, China
Liu Xiaobo born at
Changchun, China
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Birth Place
Liu Xiaobo married his first wife Tao Li in 1984 and had a son named Liu Tao in 1985.
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Personal Life
He divorced Tao Lin in 1991 after his release from prison. His wife and son immigrated to the US after the divorce.
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Personal Life
In 1996, he married Liu Xia while under detention in a labor camp.
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Personal Life
Liu Xiaobo was born on December 28, 1955 in Changchun, in the Jilin province in mainland China into a family of intellectuals.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1969 he was taken by his father to Inner Mongolia as part of the ‘Down to the Countryside Movement’.
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Childhood & Early Life
He completed his middle school education in 1974 and went to a countryside farm in the Jilin province to work there.
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Childhood & Early Life
He enrolled at the ‘Department of Chinese Literature’ of the Jilin University in 1977.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1982 he graduated with a BA degree in Chinese literature from the university. He got enrolled at the Beijing Normal University the same year and completed his MA in literature in 1984 and started working as a lecturer at the university.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1988 Xiaobo was invited by various European and American universities as a visiting professor.
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Career
He came back to China from the United States to take part in the student protests at the Tiananmen Square on April 27, 1989. He organized a hunger strike consisting of four people in support of students demands.
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Career
When the Chinese government cracked down on the students in Tiananmen Square with tanks and killed many demonstrating students, he negotiated with the student leaders and the military commander to allow rest of the students to leave the square in peace. His efforts at bringing peace saved thousands of lives.
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Career
He was arrested on June 5, 1989, for his involvement in the students’ protests and was detained in the Qincheng Prison.
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Career
Three months later he was expelled from the ‘Beijing Normal University’ and all his writings were banned.
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Career
Xiaobo’s first book ‘Criticism of the Choice: Dialogues with Li Zehou’ was published in 1987.
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Major Works
His second book was his doctoral thesis ‘Aesthetic and Human Freedom’, which was published in 1988.
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Major Works
His third book titled ‘Mysteries of Thought and Dreams of Mankind’ came out in two volumes in 1989-1990.
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Major Works
Other than these, he has many other books, articles, poems to his credit.
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Major Works