Tsering Woeser Explained

Tsering Woeser
Birth Date:21 July 1966
Birth Place:Lhasa
Occupation:Writer
Language:Chinese, Tibetan
Nationality:Chinese
Genre:Short story, poetry, essays
Notableworks:Notes on Tibet
Spouse:Wang Lixiong
Awards:Prince Claus Awards

International Women of Courage Award

Tsering Woeser (;, Han name Chéng Wénsà 程文萨;[1] born July 21, 1966) is a Tibetan writer, activist, blogger, poet and essayist.[2]

Biography

Woeser, a quarter Han Chinese and three quarters Tibetan, was born in Lhasa. Her grandfather, Chinese, was an officer in the Nationalist Army of the Kuomintang and her father was a high rank Army officer in the People's Liberation Army.[3] When she was very young, her family relocated to the Kham area of western Sichuan province. In 1988, she graduated from Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu with a degree in Chinese literature. She worked as a reporter in Garzê and later in Lhasa and has lived in Beijing since 2003 as a result of political problems. Woeser is married to Wang Lixiong, a renowned author who frequently writes about Tibet. According to Reporters Without Borders, "Woeser is one of the few Tibetan authors and poets to write in Chinese."[4] When the government refused to give her a passport, she sued the authorities.[5]

Career

Woeser is the author of the book, Notes on Tibet . The Tibet Information Network quotes unnamed sources that the book was banned by the government around September 2003.[6]

According to UNPO, shortly after the alleged ban, Woeser was also fired from her job and lost her status with her work unit.[7] Radio Free Asia reported that she continued to post a variety of poems and articles to her two blogs: Maroon Map (oser.tibetcul.net), which, according to the author, was visited primarily by Tibetans and the Woeser blog (blog.daqi.com/weise), which was visited primarily by those of Han ethnicity. According to RFA, on July 28, 2006, both blogs were closed by order of the government, apparently in response to postings in which she expressed birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and touched on other sensitive topics. Woeser stated that she would continue writing and speaking.[8] During the Tibetan unrest of 2008, Woeser and her husband were put under house arrest after speaking to reporters.[9] In December 2008, Woeser and her husband were among the first of the original 303 signatories to Charter 08,[10] [11] now joined by thousands more.[12] Liu Xiaobo, the author of Charter 08, was sentenced for eleven years of prison and awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.[13] In July 2009, Woeser and her husband were one of more than 100 signatories to a petition asking Chinese authorities to release detained ethnic-Uyghur professor of economics Ilham Tohti.[14] When she was awarded the Prince Claus Award in 2011, she was forbidden to receive the prize in the Dutch embassy.[15]

Tsering Woeser defended Tibetan actions in the 1905 Tibetan Rebellion, saying that Zhao Erfeng invaded the region to "brutally stop Tibetan protests", listing atrocities committed by Zhao.[16]

Her "Garpon La's Offerings," translated by Dechen Pemba and Fiona Sze-Lorrain, appeared in The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays.[17]

Awards

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://cn.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20120302-%E8%97%8F%E6%97%8F%E5%A5%B3%E4%BD%9C%E5%AE%B6%E5%94%AF%E8%89%B2%E9%A2%86%E8%8D%B7%E5%85%B0%E4%BA%B2%E7%8E%8B%E5%A5%96%E8%A2%AB%E7%A6%81 . Mai . Yanting 麦燕庭 . zh:藏族女作家唯色领荷兰亲王奖被禁 - 中国 . Radio France Internationale. 2 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: 2013-03-08 . Tsering Woeser . 2022-07-17 . PEN America . en.
  3. Web site: 2013-03-08 . Tsering Woeser . 2022-07-17 . PEN America . en.
  4. Web site: Reporters sans frontières - China . En.rsf.org . 2014-08-08.
  5. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110223222414/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/23/asia/AS-FEA-Tibets-Lone-Voice.php Tibetan writer, a rare outspoken voice against Beijing's policies, sues Chinese government
  6. Web site: TAR Authorities Ban Book by Tibetan Author (TIN) . Tibet.ca . 2014-08-08.
  7. Web site: Tibet: China persecuting Tibetan Writer for Pro-Dalai Lama Opinion . Unpo.org . 2004-10-28 . 2014-08-08.
  8. Web site: Banned, Blocked Tibetan Writer Vows to Speak Out in China. RFA .
  9. Web site: Tibetan revolt has China's empire fraying at the edge . Times Online . 2014-08-08.
  10. News: Leading Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo, arrested over freedom charter . Macartney . Jane . December 10, 2008 . Times Online.
  11. Web site: Charter 08 . December 12, 2008 . High Peaks Pure Earth.
  12. Web site: Charter 08 Signers urged to join Liu Xiaobo's Trial . December 19, 2009 . phayul.com.
  13. Web site: 'Liu Xiaobo must be freed' - Nobel prize committee. October 10, 2010. BBC. January 3, 2013.
  14. News: Chinese intellectuals call for release of Uighur . July 14, 2009 . Associated Press.
  15. http://www.princeclausfund.org/nl/network/user/id/420 Tsering Woeser - Writer/Blogger - Lhasa, China
  16. Web site: The Hero Propagated by Nationalists . Woeser. High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written in July 2011 for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia and posted on her blog on August 4, 2011. . September 15, 2011 . High Peaks Pure Earth . Radio Free Asia . April 24, 2014.
  17. Web site: 2023-08-18 . New Tibetan writing confronts the hard truths of exile . 2023-10-07 . Himal Southasian . en-GB.
  18. Web site: Norwegian Authors Union awards Freedom of Expression Prize 2007 to Tsering Woeser . www.phayul.com . 2014-08-08.
  19. http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=18867&article=Tibetan+journalists%e2%80%99+body+honours+Woeser+on+its+10th+Anniversary&t=1&c=1 Tibetan journalists’ body honours Woeser on its 10th Anniversary
  20. Web site: Tibetan writer Woeser wins 'Courage in Journalism award' . Phayul.com . 2014-08-08.
  21. Web site: Press release . 2010-05-14 . 2010-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527222142/http://www.iwmf.org/article.aspx?id=1212&c=press . dead .
  22. Web site: International Women of Courage Award . March 6, 2013 . Voatibetanenglish.com . 2014-08-08.
  23. Book: Woeser, Tsering . Tibet on Fire . VersoBooks.com . 12 January 2016 . 978-1784781538 . 25 July 2017.

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