Palden Gyatso (1933–2018)
Autor(a) de Fire Under the Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner
About the Author
Palden Gyatso was born in Panam, Tibet in 1933. At the age of 10, he became a monk at Gadong Monastery and completed his training at Drepung Monastery. In 1950, China took control of Tibet because they consider it a culturally distinct part of China. Gyatso protested Chinese control of his homeland mostrar mais and was imprisoned almost continuously from 1959 until his release and exile in 1992. While in prison, he endured starvation, hard labor, and torture. In 1995, he spoke before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva and a human rights subcommittee of the House of Representatives in Washington. In 1997, he published a memoir written with Tsering Shakya. The memoir inspired a documentary film about Gyatso entitled Fire Under the Snow. He died from liver cancer on November 30, 2018 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Palden Gyatso
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Ngodup (birth)
- Data de nascimento
- 1933
- Data de falecimento
- 2018-11-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Tibet
- Local de nascimento
- Panam, Tibet
- Local de falecimento
- Dharamsala, India
- Causa da morte
- cancer (liver)
- Locais de residência
- Tibet
prisons & labor camps
Dharamsala, India - Educação
- Drepung Monastery, Tibet
Gadong Monastery, Tibet - Ocupação
- Buddhist monk
Membros
Resenhas
A great nonfiction story about Tibet during the early 1900s and the influence China had. A story of suffering and shock at what relatively peaceful people had to endure. Highly recommended.
Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 — just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.… (mais)
This is essentially 'Night' from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective. This is a well-written and compelling look at the horrors of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, the Cultural Revolution, and one monk's ordeal. This book certainly helps give a face and a story behind the 'Free Tibet' movement. My only criticism is that it could benefit from a glossary in the back; it got a bit tough keeping track of the Tibetan words.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 284
- Popularidade
- #82,067
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 8
- ISBNs
- 32
- Idiomas
- 9
Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 — just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.… (mais)