Nobel Peace Prize for Thich Nhat Than, Finally?
The guy is almost 90, he has done so much good for Vietnam and the world. Martin Luther King (who was awarded the Prize in 1964) wrote and recommended him back in 1967, a year when no one was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. The Mindfulness Bell: Exiled from Vietnam, he traveled to the U.S. where he made the case for peace to federal and Pentagon officials including Robert McNamara. He may have changed the course of U.S. history when he persuaded Martin Luther King, Jr. to oppose the Vietnam War publicly, and so helped galvanize the peace movement. The following year, King nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Subsequently Nhat Hanh led the Buddhist delegation to the Paris Peace Talks. A lot of water under the bridge since then. When will the Oslo people ever get it right, again? Good interview with super-famous Oprah Winfrey, bless her: January 25, 1967 The Nobel Institute Drammesnsveien 19 Oslo, NORWAY ...