Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: Le Dat, who had joined the anti-French

resistance as a boy, ran foul of the ruling Communist Party after Vietnam's independence in 1954 for his work centred around the critical literary magazines Nhan Van and Giai Pham.

During North Vietnam's brief period of artistic openness, Le Dat and fellow writers Hoang Cam, Phung Quan and Tran Dan called for free expression and criticised policies including harsh communist land reforms.

from The Daily Telegraph: Dissident poet dies after fall

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