Kosal Khiev Author
Poemas
Why I Write inglês
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Moments In Btween The Nights inglês
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EARTHY inglês
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Love U I inglês
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Kosal Khiev Author
* 12.03.1980, Battambang, Camboja
vive em: Phnom Penh, Camboja
Kosal Khiev was born in Battambang, Cambodia, in 1980, and is a Spoken Word Poet and tattoo artist.His lyrics describe moments, impressions and feelings.His poems deal with the sheer weight of loneliness and monotony, at the same time however breaking through this with their communicative power.
In 1981 his family fled to the USA during the Cambodian civil war, andKhiev grew up there. He was sentenced to a 14-year jail term for attempted murder after a gang fight. During his time in prison he discovered in the form of Spoken Word a way of telling his stories and mastering his demons. In 2011 he was deported back to Cambodia. He now lives in Phnom Penh where he talks about his experiences in universities and schools and in prison workshops. Khiev sees his task as being to teach young people about poetry as a form of self-expression and thus help them point their lives in new directions. At the 2012 Zebra Poetry Film Festival he won the prize for the Best Performance with his piece Why I Write.
vive em: Phnom Penh, Camboja
Kosal Khiev was born in Battambang, Cambodia, in 1980, and is a Spoken Word Poet and tattoo artist.His lyrics describe moments, impressions and feelings.His poems deal with the sheer weight of loneliness and monotony, at the same time however breaking through this with their communicative power.
In 1981 his family fled to the USA during the Cambodian civil war, andKhiev grew up there. He was sentenced to a 14-year jail term for attempted murder after a gang fight. During his time in prison he discovered in the form of Spoken Word a way of telling his stories and mastering his demons. In 2011 he was deported back to Cambodia. He now lives in Phnom Penh where he talks about his experiences in universities and schools and in prison workshops. Khiev sees his task as being to teach young people about poetry as a form of self-expression and thus help them point their lives in new directions. At the 2012 Zebra Poetry Film Festival he won the prize for the Best Performance with his piece Why I Write.