Marie Holzman (born 4 January 1952) is a French sinologist, [1] [2] university professor of Chinese, writer, journalist and translator. [3] [4] Her research focuses on contemporary China and Chinese dissidents.
Marie Holzman (born 4 January 1952) is a French sinologist, [1] [2] university professor of Chinese, writer, journalist and translator. [3] [4] Her research focuses on contemporary China and Chinese dissidents.
Holzman was born in Paris. Between 1972 and 1980, she stayed in Asia in Taiwan, the People's Republic of China and Japan. She was a student in Beijing when the first Beijing Spring broke out in 1978. Since then, she has supported the victims of repression in China. [5]
Holzman is professor of Chinese, a teaching assistant at Paris Diderot University and was the director of the Chinese section of the DESS-NCI programme of the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 from 1984 to 2002. [6]
She is the chairwoman of the association Solidarité Chine ("Solidarity China") that was established in 1989 after the Tiananmen Square protests. She is also a board member of Human Rights in China (HRIC), a member of the Asia-Democracy Forum and a spokeswoman of the Collectif Pékin J.O. 2008. [6] Her aim is to "echo the voice of those who take on pro-democracy stands, so that the West understands that the Chinese are not all fascinated by business and artwork counterfeiting." [5]
Holzman published documented works about prominent figures of the Chinese democracy movement, including Wei Jingsheng, Lin Xiling, Ding Zilin, Hu Ping and Liu Qing. [7] She gave lectures about contemporary China at the Bank of France, the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) and the Paris Foreign Missions Society. [6]
She regularly writes for the French political magazine Politique internationale .
Holzman created the publishing series Les Moutons Noirs (lit. 'The Black Sheep') algonside Jean-François Bouthors and Galia Ackerman, with the support of Pierre Bergé. [8]
On 31 December 2008 Holzman was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour. [9] She was awarded the decoration by Pierre Bergé (who, at the time, was in a conflict with Beijing about the selling of two bronze pieces of the Old Summer Palace) on 2 June 2009, the day before the 20th anniversary of the Tian'anmen massacre, on behalf of President Nicolas Sarkozy. [10]
Holzman's works are notably influenced by Vladimir Bukovsky. [1]
In 2008, Holzman became the spokeswoman of the Collectif Jeux Olympiques 2008. She called for sportspeople and foreign officials to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as long as the Chinese leaders do not change their mind on the repression and the imprisonment of Tibetan opponents. [11]
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"On n'a pas pu les retenir tous en France car on ne pouvait rivaliser avec les universités américaines qui les attendaient les bras ouverts", se rappelle la sinologue et militante Marie Holzman.
Marie Holzman a été enseignante à l'université.
Marie Holzman, écrivaine, journaliste, présidente de l'association Solidarité Chine.
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