【新唐人2011年4月26日讯】戏称自己是中国“黑作家”的著名作家廖亦武，再次被中共当局禁止出国，这次廖亦武是打算参加下星期在美国举行的国际文学节。国际笔会(PEN)美国中心22号谴责中共这一行为，称它“践踏”国民的旅行自由和言论自由。
国际笔会美国中心自由写作项目主管西姆斯说，廖亦武本来是出席“世界之声”文学节开幕式当晚的嘉宾之一。但他突然被禁止参加这一文学活动。
廖亦武原准备在这次文学节活动上推广两本新书《上帝是红色的》及《吆尸人》、并与查建英、阎连科等作家一起进行专场演讲，随后他还将转赴澳大利亚，为他在澳洲推出的新书做宣传。
但3月28日，中共当局通知他，所有行程都必须取消。廖亦武据理力争，说这只是一个文学活动，跟政治没有多大关系。但是当局威胁说，如果一定要去的话，肯定得失踪一段时间。
“世界笔者之声国际文学节”主席萨尔曼‧拉甚迪（Salman Rushdie）等多名世界知名作家联署声明，抗议中共当局这一行为。拉甚迪说，廖亦武是作品被删减最多的中国作家之一，他的同胞多年来都无法接触到他划时代的作品，现在他的政府又想把审查的黑手伸到海外来。
廖亦武2001年出版的知名作品《中国底层访谈录》触动当局神经，被北京政府禁发，但这本书的盗版一直走俏中国大陆地摊。廖亦武戏称自己是中国的“黑作家”。这次他的新作《上帝是红色的》又是一本底层之作，讲述基督徒在中国的幸存，也是中共当局忌惮的话题。
廖亦武之前表示，在过去10多年来，他16次申请出国都被禁，只有去年秋天，由于德国政府的斡旋，最后成功访问德国，参加了文学活动。但在回国之后，他多次被警方传去“喝茶”，写作也屡屡受到干扰。
拉甚迪表示，文学节将在廖亦武原订要出席的活动场地摆张空椅代表他，另据美国国际笔会介绍，与廖亦武同样受到邀请的阎连科至今也没有获准出境。
新唐人记者尚燕、薛莉综合报导。
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
