Perhat Tursun (Uyghur: پەرھات تۇرسۇن; born January 1969) is a Uyghur writer and poet. He is considered to be one of the most notable modern Uyghur writers. In January 2018, he was seized by Chinese Communist authorities from Ürümqi and was later reported to have been sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment.
Quotes
- When they force me to accept the massacre as love
Do you know that I am with you.- Excerpt from "Elegy" (Qeside in Uyghur), as translated by Joshua L. Freeman
External links
Encyclopedic article on Perhat Tursun on Wikipedia
This article is issued from Wikiquote. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.