{"id":13909,"date":"2007-07-28T07:24:03","date_gmt":"2007-07-28T14:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/28\/a-pen-for-the-people-mary-anne-toy\/"},"modified":"2007-07-28T07:24:03","modified_gmt":"2007-07-28T14:24:03","slug":"a-pen-for-the-people-mary-anne-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/07\/a-pen-for-the-people-mary-anne-toy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pen For The People &#8211; Mary-Anne Toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_ffximage_2007_07_27_svMANFORPEOPLE_wideweb__470x352,0.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_ffximage_2007_07_27_svMANFORPEOPLE_wideweb__470x352,0.jpg','popup','width=470,height=352,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_ffximage_2007_07_27_svMANFORPEOPLE_wideweb__470x352,0-tm.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"250\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Ffximage 2007 07 27 Svmanforpeople Wideweb  470X352,0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yan_Lianke\" target=\"_blank\">Yan Lianke<\/a>, one of China&#8217;s most distinguished writers, lives in Henan.  This profile is from <span style=\"color:#0e0e0f;\">today&#8217;s Australian<\/span>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nYan, 49, has won China&#8217;s top two literary honours &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lu_Xun\" target=\"_blank\">Lu Xun<\/a> award in 1997 and 2001, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lao_She\" target=\"_blank\">Lao She<\/a> in 2004. He has published numerous novels and short story collections and three of his books, one of which is about to be published in Australia, have been banned. He is currently forbidden to leave the country.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\">&#8230;&#8230; Despite his repeated run-ins with the authorities, however, Yan says he is positive about the future of China. He cites the fact that when his first novel Xia Riluo was banned in 1994, he faced being banished to the countryside. While <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zonaeuropa.com\/20050310_1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Serve the People<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;\">, 11 years later, was banned by both the central propaganda department and the General Administration of Publishing, Yan wasn&#8217;t personally criticised or punished.<\/p>\n<p>And although <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zonaeuropa.com\/culture\/c20060327_1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Dream of Ding Village was banned<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;\">, he still won a lawsuit against the publishers, who had refused to pay his royalties on the copies already sold on the basis that the ban had caused them huge losses. &#8220;The punishment or criticism is lessening <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zonaeuropa.com\/culture\/c20060113_1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">each time<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> . . . so I feel that the ideological reform in China, even if <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/08\/AR2007070801063.html\" target=\"_blank\">it is slow<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;\">, is moving forward step by step. Chinese society will become more open and is getting better.&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/in-depth\/a-pen-for-the-people\/2007\/07\/27\/1185339246966.html\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n[Image: Yan Lianke, by Natalie Behring, from theage.com.au]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yan Lianke, one of China&#8217;s most distinguished writers, lives in Henan. This profile is from today&#8217;s Australian: Yan, 49, has won China&#8217;s top two literary honours &#8211; the Lu Xun award in 1997 and 2001, and the Lao She in 2004. 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