Josh Freeman translates memoir by Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil

Joshua Freeman, past fellow and historian, sits with Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil in his home in Virginia. — Joshua Freeman, a historian, with Izgil, whose poetry he has also translated. Photo credit: Lexey Swall for The New York Times

Aug. 11, 2023

Past fellow Josh Freeman (East Asian Studies, Academia Sinica) translates a memoir by Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil. “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” is Izgil's account of one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises and a harrowing tale of his escape from genocide in China. The memoir is to be translated into fourteen languages.

Read The New York Times article featuring Freeman and Izgil.