{"id":3978,"date":"2018-06-27T19:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofg.uni-osnabrueck.de\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2022-02-03T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:52:30","slug":"the-freedom-of-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofg.uni-osnabrueck.de\/en\/the-freedom-of-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Freiheit der Literatur (The freedom of literature)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reading, discussion, and flute music, in cooperation with the German Colloquium of Osnabr\u00fcck University, featuring
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Liao Yiwu <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Exiled Chinese writer, Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karin Betz <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Literary translator and cultural mediator, Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Herbert Wiesner <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Literary critic, former Secretary General of the German PEN Centre, Berlin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Professor. Dr. Christoph K\u00f6nig, Osnabr\u00fcck University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liao Yiwu, born in Sichuan Province in 1958, is an exiled writer living in Berlin. He fled China via Vietnam in 2012, and was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his novel entitled Die Wiedergeburt der Ameisen<\/em> in the same year. The reading revolves around this novel, which has only been published in German \u2013 the Chinese manuscript was smuggled out of prison bit by bit. In the book, the writer\u2019s own family history is interwoven with the history of China. While atrocities are never overlooked, the atmosphere of the book is defined by courage, composure, and clarity. The freedom of literature prevails.
Liao Yiwu presented short passages from the original manuscript, then sinologist and translator Karin Betz (Frankfurt am Main) read from the novel. In the following panel discussion, Herbert Wiesner (Berlin), former Secretary General of the German PEN Centre, analyzed censorship and the persecution of writers in China. Christoph K\u00f6nig (Osnabr\u00fcck University) moderated the evening which, with Liao Yiwu\u2019s flute recital, became a small work of art in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 27, 2018, University Auditorium, Neuer Graben 29 \/ Schloss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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