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Dissident Vietnamese Poet Nguyen Chi Thien Dies at 73

Posted October 4th, 2012 at 10:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Dissident Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien, who memorized his poems while languishing in prison where he was not allowed to write, has died at age 73. A friend of Thien announced his death this week in Los Angeles, where he had lived since 1995. Thein was first jailed in 1960 after telling a group of […]

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