MCLC: Liu Xiaobo's last note and Liu Xia's poetry

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Liu Xiaobo’s last note and Liu Xia’s poetry
The NY Review of Books has a translation of Liu Xiaobo's last written words: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/09/28/liu-xiaobos-last-text/
The text is for and about Liu Xia. Two poems are linked, and more are mentioned, especially Liu Xia's "One Bird and Another Bird”. I have translated it into German recently, along with two others. You can read two of them on my blog:
https://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2017/09/22/hysterische-rede-%e7%99%94%e8%aa%9e-liu-xia-%e5%8a%89%e9%9c%9e/
and
https://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2017/09/22/ein-vogel-wieder-ein-vogel-%e4%b8%80%e9%9a%bb%e9%b3%a5%e5%8f%88%e4%b8%80%e9%9a%bb%e9%b3%a5-liu-xia-%e5%8a%89%e9%9c%9e/
The FAZ will print another one from 1989 soon.
There is a good bilingual collection in English, translated by Ming Di and Jennifer Stern. I hope there will be such a book in German and other languages, also with the original poems. Maybe I can make it, with the right publisher.
This is just good poetry, regardless of the circumstances. Took me a long time to be sure of this. There are poems I don't like. But every poet in every language has texts that are not as strong as some of the outstanding ones. Some outstanding ones may not be among the best. Depends on every reader's or listener's taste, mood and so on.
There are always many kinds of current literature in almost any language. Everyone roots for their own corner.
Yi Sha
NATIONAL DAY
In all these years
there is one national day
I can't seem to forget.
Three years ago
I was in Vermont.
Only once you have passed
your National Day abroad,
only then you know:
You are thinking of your own country,
not just your family.
You are missing its reeking
insecure
sense of security.
Sept. 30, 2017
Translated by MW, Sept. 30, 2017
Yi Sha’s new book has arrived! Click here!
Merry national holidays,
Martin Winter <dujuan99 at gmail.com>
by denton.2 at osu.edu on October 2, 2017
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