Latest update : 2014-05-22
When tanks rolled into Beijing on June 3, 1989 on the way to a bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square, Liao Yiwu was at home in Sichuan province. Shocked by news of the tragedy, in which hundreds died, he wrote a long poem that night, entitled “Massacre”. The work earned Liao a four-year prison sentence; four years during which Liao listened to the stories of fellow prisoners. A fierce critic of the Communist Party – most of his works remain banned in China – he now lives in exile in Germany.
By Douglas HERBERT
From http://www.france24.com/en/20140522-the-interview-liao-yiwu-exiled-chinese-writer-poet-tiananmen-poet-massacre-prison/