Lin, Zhao, 1932-1968

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Dates:
Birth 1932-12-16
Death 1968-04-29

Biographical notes:

Chinese dissident poet; prisoner, 1960-1968.

From the description of Lin Zhao papers, 1934-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864916

Biographical/Historical Note

1932, December 12 Born, as Peng Lingzhao, in Jiangsu, Suzhou Province, China. 1943 1949 Attended Cuiying Private Secondary School and Jinghai Women?s Teachers College in Suzhou 1950 August 1952 May Participated in the Sunan rural land reform movement 1954 Admitted to Peking University?s (PKU) School of Journalism where she was editor of the Poetry Society's PKU Poetry Journal 1957 Condemned to three years of labor reeducation camp 1960 Spring Allowed to return to Shanghai for medical treatment; founded Xinghuo magazine 1960 October Accused of founding a counter-revolutionary group; arrested and detained at Shanghai Number One Detention House, Shanghai Number Two Detention House and Shanghai Municipal Jail 1962 Spring Released on bail for medical rehabilitation 1962 December Incarcerated a second time in Shanghai, China. Staged multiple hunger strikes and attempted suicide while in prison 1965 May 31 Condemned to 20 years of imprisonment 1968, April 29 Executed, Shanghai Airport, China

From the guide to the Lin Zhao papers, 1958-1982, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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  • Dissenters
  • Dissenters
  • Political crimes and offenses
  • Political crimes and offenses
  • Political prisoners
  • Political prisoners

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  • China (as recorded)

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