7.3.07

Better Late Than Never?: Vietnam recognizes jailed poets

From BBC News:

The Vietnamese government has announced that it is to award a prestigious prize to four poets - 50 years after they were imprisoned and their works banned...

One of the two surviving poets, Hoang Cam, 86, was quoted as welcoming the prize - but said it was a pity it had not happened earlier.

The prize is beautiful, but late," he said.

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