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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Nhât Hanh, Thich
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- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Thich Nhât Hanh
- Hanh, Thich Nhât
- Thich Nhat-Hanh, Thich
- Thich Nhât-Hanh, Thich
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Description area
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History
Thich Nhât Hanh was a Buddhist monk, originally from Vietnam. During the Vietnam war, he struggled to negotiate peace and end the conflict between the North and South in a non-partisan fashion. In so doing, he was condemned by both sides and had to flee the country. After leaving Vietnam, he lectured in the United States. In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated Nhât Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize. In later years, he lived in France at a monastic community called Plum Village. (Sources: The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, pp. 325-326; and the Plum Village website, ‹plumvillage.org›.)