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Quang, Bright

 
9781425916947: My Torch

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Book by Quang Bright

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Despite being detained in several South Vietnam concentration camps by the communist regime from 1975 to 1981, Bright Quang maintained his love for art and poetry. Indeed, the Vietnamese communists imprisoned him because of his art and poetry. Bright Quang came to the United States on November 22, 1993 under the Humanitarian Operation program (H.O. /20), which was designed to enable former Vietnamese political prisoners to immigrate to the United States. He now resides in Redwood City, California. A graduate of Tran Quoc Tuan High School 1968, Bright Quang was admitted to the Hue College of Art and earned a degree in art 1971. In the United States, he earned an AA degree in 2001, and a Bachelor¿¿s degree at California State University, Hayward, in 2003. At Hayward, Bright Quang specialized in sculpture using plaster, copper, brass, wood, stone, wire, and cement to create figures of human beings and animals. Bright Quang was awarded the International Poet of Merit Silver Award Bowl in 2001 by the International Society of Poets, 1 Poetry Plaza, Owings Mills, MD 21117-6282, Tel (410) 356-2000, and in 2000 he published a book of poetry fables called T¿¿nh N¿¿ng Kh?ng Long, or Dinosaur Love, with over twenty two thousand lines of poetry. The publisher was Manifesto, UNESCO BP3-91167, Longjumeau Cedex 9, in France. He published Poetry & Art at Canada College 1998, as well as a book of poems, My Innermost Song in downtown San Jose in June 17, in 2000.Since coming to the United States, Bright Quang has exhibited artworks in a variety of locations. First, he exhibited his art at Canada College, 4200 Farm Hill Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94061, and Tel. (650) 306-3100 from October 13, 1998 to November 15, 1998. At this time he donated his statue named CONTROL to Canada College. Second, he exhibited, by invitation, A BRIGHT FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION at the Lake Wales Cultural Center of Lake Wales, Florida, from October 15, 1998 until October 2000. The Coastal Arts League and th

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