Condemnation
The Compassionate Arts None · Nyack, New York
- Artist
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Title
- Condemnation
- Release
- Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced
- Label
- The Compassionate Arts # None
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Nyack, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Thích Nhất Hạnh
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Poetry · Spoken Word
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed. The front cover, "Produced by the Compassionate Arts of the Fellowship of Reconciliation", carries a woodcut and calligraphy by Vo-Dinh (the woodcut from his series "Crimson Silk", then on exhibit in Saigon) showing a screaming figure, with the subtitle "Three Vietnamese Voices that Cannot Be Silenced – Cao Ngoc Phuong, Thich Nhat Hanh, Trinh Cong Son", "Music and Poetry in Vietnamese and English" and "Featuring: Reading by Robert Ryan". Credits: Raphael Gould, producer (Director, Compassionate Arts); Steve Addiss, music consultant; Douglas Hostetter, translation consultant; Richard Groskopf, sound engineer; cover drawing, Vo-Dinh; poems read by Thich Nhat Hanh are from his book "The Cry of Vietnam" (Unicorn Press, Santa Barbara, copyright 1967…
About the artist
Thích Nhất Hạnh, founder of the Buddhist School of Youth for Social Service and former director of social studies at Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon, was one of South Vietnam's best-known poets; his book "Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire" was printed in eight languages, Dr. Martin Luther King nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, and his volume of peace poetry was suppressed by the Saigon regime. [Source: record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · South Vietnamese · Peace · Buddhism
From the release Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced
In collections
Other Vietnamese Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]