Tibetan Refugee and Author Tenzin Tsundue to Give Talk on “Writing and Resistance”

Award-winning author, poet, Tibetan refugee and activist Tenzin Tsundue will present the talk “Writing and Resistance” on Monday, April 17, at 5:30 p.m. in room N151 of the Integrative Learning Center. The event is hosted by UMass chapter of Students for a Free Tibet and supported by the Resistance Studies Initiative. 

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Tsundue, who won the first-ever Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction in 2001 for his work “My Kind of Exile,” will discuss his experiences as a writer and activist and offer insights into the importance of literature and language in promoting social justice.  

He has published four books -- all translated into several languages – and published his first book of poems, “Crossing the Border,” when he was studying for a master’s degree at Mumbai University in 1999. Tsundue’s latest publication “Nowhere to Call Home,” was recently launched in New York. His works have also been published in the Tibetan and Indian media and in international publications.  

Stellan Vinthagen, Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance and professor of sociology, will deliver opening remarks. 

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