Vann Nath (born 1946) is a Cambodian painter, artist and writer and human rights activist who is amongst a diverse group of writers from 22 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution which he faced during the Khmer Rouge. He is the eighth Cambodian to win the award since 1995.

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  • Vann Nath (born 1946) is a Cambodian painter, artist and writer and human rights activist who is amongst a diverse group of writers from 22 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution which he faced during the Khmer Rouge. He is the eighth Cambodian to win the award since 1995. Vann Nath is an important painter and writer whose memoirs and paintings of his experiences in the infamous Tuol Sleng prison are a powerful and poignant testimony to the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Vann Nath is an outspoken advocate for justice for victims of the crimes of the Khmer Rouge and this is reflected in his writing. His 1998 memoir A Cambodian Prison Portrait: One Year in the Khmer Rouge’s S-21 Prison, about his experiences at S-21 is the only written account by a survivor of the prison. It has been translated from English into French and Swedish. Vann Nath is one of Cambodia’s most prominent artists. Such was his artistic skill that his life was only spared by his captors so that he could be put to work painting and sculpting portraits of Pol Pot. He has played an important role in helping to revive the arts in Cambodia after decades of war and genocide. During 2001-2002, Vann Nath worked intensively with Cambodian film director Rithy Panh in the preparation of a documentary film entitled '. Vann Nath is interviewed in the film, in which Panh brought together former prisoners and guards of the former Tuol Sleng prison. With great dignity, survivor Vann Nath confronts and questions his former torturers. Despite battling long-standing health problems, including chronic kidney disease, Vann Nath continues to paint and write about his experiences under the Pol Pot regime.
  • Der kambodschanische Maler Vann Nath ist einer von sieben Menschen (andere Quellen sprechen von bis zu 14), die das Foltergefängnis Tuol Sleng (Kürzel S-21) in Phnom Penh überlebt haben.
  • El maestro Vann Nath uno de los pintores camboyanos más célebres de la actualidad. Sin embargo, aquello que pondría su nombre como uno de los artistas nacionales más reconocidos, sería la historia trágica como uno de los sobrevivientes de la cárcel de los jemeres rojos conocida como S-21 y hoy el célebre Museo Tuol Sleng del cual él ha sido uno de los más notables promotores. Su obra se centra en la reproducción de los momentos trágicos que se vivieron en aquel sitio, las torturas y el terror impotente de las víctimas. Fue justamente la calidad de su arte lo que le permitió sobrevivir al ser "reservado" por el conocido director de S-21, Duch.
  • Vann Nath, född 1946, är en konstnär från Kambodja som i boken Ett kambodjanskt fängelseporträtt ger en unik skildring av ett år i säkerhetsfängelset S-21, "där 14 000 fångar torterades till döds utan att veta varför". Vann Nath fanns med på Röda Khmerernas dödslista, men fick överleva för att måla porträtt av Pol Pot och andra ledare.
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  • Vann Nath (born 1946) is a Cambodian painter, artist and writer and human rights activist who is amongst a diverse group of writers from 22 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution which he faced during the Khmer Rouge. He is the eighth Cambodian to win the award since 1995.
  • Der kambodschanische Maler Vann Nath ist einer von sieben Menschen (andere Quellen sprechen von bis zu 14), die das Foltergefängnis Tuol Sleng (Kürzel S-21) in Phnom Penh überlebt haben.
  • El maestro Vann Nath uno de los pintores camboyanos más célebres de la actualidad. Sin embargo, aquello que pondría su nombre como uno de los artistas nacionales más reconocidos, sería la historia trágica como uno de los sobrevivientes de la cárcel de los jemeres rojos conocida como S-21 y hoy el célebre Museo Tuol Sleng del cual él ha sido uno de los más notables promotores.
  • Vann Nath, född 1946, är en konstnär från Kambodja som i boken Ett kambodjanskt fängelseporträtt ger en unik skildring av ett år i säkerhetsfängelset S-21, "där 14 000 fångar torterades till döds utan att veta varför". Vann Nath fanns med på Röda Khmerernas dödslista, men fick överleva för att måla porträtt av Pol Pot och andra ledare.
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