【禁聞】自稱“黑作家”廖亦武出國再遭禁

【新唐人2011年4月26日訊】戲稱自己是中國“黑作家”的著名作家廖亦武，再次被中共當局禁止出國，這次廖亦武是打算參加下星期在美國舉行的國際文學節。國際筆會(PEN)美國中心22號譴責中共這一行為，稱它“踐踏”國民的旅行自由和言論自由。

國際筆會美國中心自由寫作項目主管西姆斯說，廖亦武本來是出席“世界之聲”文學節開幕式當晚的嘉賓之一。但他突然被禁止參加這一文學活動。

廖亦武原準備在這次文學節活動上推廣兩本新書《上帝是紅色的》及《吆屍人》、並與查建英、閻連科等作家一起進行專場演講，隨後他還將轉赴澳大利亞，為他在澳洲推出的新書做宣傳。

但3月28日，中共當局通知他，所有行程都必須取消。廖亦武據理力爭，說這只是一個文學活動，跟政治沒有多大關係。但是當局威脅說，如果一定要去的話，肯定得失蹤一段時間。

“世界筆者之聲國際文學節”主席薩爾曼‧拉甚迪（Salman Rushdie）等多名世界知名作家聯署聲明，抗議中共當局這一行爲。拉甚迪說，廖亦武是作品被刪減最多的中國作家之一，他的同胞多年來都無法接觸到他劃時代的作品，現在他的政府又想把審查的黑手伸到海外來。

廖亦武2001年出版的知名作品《中國底層訪談錄》觸動當局神經，被北京政府禁發，但這本書的盜版一直走俏中國大陸地攤。廖亦武戲稱自己是中國的“黑作家”。這次他的新作《上帝是紅色的》又是一本底層之作，講述基督徒在中國的倖存，也是中共當局忌憚的話題。

廖亦武之前表示，在過去10多年來，他16次申請出國都被禁，只有去年秋天，由於德國政府的斡旋，最後成功訪問德國，參加了文學活動。但在回國之後，他多次被警方傳去“喝茶”，寫作也屢屢受到干擾。

拉甚迪表示，文學節將在廖亦武原訂要出席的活動場地擺張空椅代表他，另據美國國際筆會介紹，與廖亦武同樣受到邀請的閻連科至今也沒有獲准出境。

新唐人記者尚燕、薛莉綜合報導。

Renowned Writer Prohibited from Going Abroad

Chinese authorities have barred famous writer

Liao Yiwu from going to the United States to attend

PEN Festival. The international literary organization

PEN condemned China』s act on Apr. 22, calling it

“trampling on citizen』s freedom of travel and speech.”

Larry Siems, PEN』s Freedom to Write program director,

said, Liao, an opening night guest of the festival,

was suddenly barred from attending this literary activity.

Liao planned to promote his two new books:

God Is Red and The Corpse Walker, deliver a speech

with 2 other writers, Zha Jianying and Yan Lianke,

and promote his books in Australia afterwards.

On March 28, the Chinese authorities informed Liao

to cancel all his activities. Liao argued they were only

literary activities and had nothing to do with politics.

However, the authorities threatened him and said that

he would disappear if he insisted on going.

Salman Rushdie, Chairman of the literary festival and

other famous authors issued a joint statement to protest

China』s act. Rushdie said, Liao』s writings are deleted

the most in China. People in China are not able to read

his landmark works. Now, the Chinese authorities try

to extend its censorship abroad.

Liao』s well-known book published in 2001,

"Interviews With the Low Level Folks”, which rendered

the Beijing government rather nervous, was banned

in China. However, its pirated edition was popular

in the newsstands across China. Liao joked himself

as “The underworld writer.” The book God is Red

tells Christians』 survivals in China,

another fearful topic for the Chinese authorities.

Liao said earlier, over the past 10 years, he has applied

16 times to go abroad, but succeeded only once to visit

Germany with the help from the German government.

However, after his return, he was “invited” for tea

many times by police, with his writing often interfered.

Rushdie said that an empty chair will be positioned

at the venue to represent Liao during the Festival.

U.S. International PEN also said that another guest

Yan Lianke is not allowed to leave China either.

NTD reporters Shang Yan and Xue Li