Writing as an Act of Truth
In a new essay collection, twenty-two Tibetan writers demonstrate the resilience of their community in exile and the persistence of Tibetan literature.
Tenzin Dickie
Tenzin Dickie is a Tibetan writer and literary translator. She currently works as communications officer at the Buddhist Digital Resource Center, the largest online library of Tibetan and Buddhist texts in the world.
Opinion: Can We Allow the Dalai Lama to Be a Good Enough Refugee?
Writer and translator Tenzin Dickie reflects on the precarity and powerlessness of the life of a Tibetan.
Khache Phalu’s Advice: How a Muslim Text Became a Tibetan Bestseller
The book is still read, memorized, and most importantly, widely quoted, today.
The Story of a Lost Tibetan Scripture
How the Ragya Kangyur, a 200-year-old edition of the Tibetan Buddhist canon, came to be—and how it was rescued after 50 years in hiding.
Winter in Patlikuhl
New fiction from Tibet
Yuthok Lane
The poetry of ritual
Podcasts
Writing in the Bardo
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, writer and translator Tenzin Dickie explores how modern Tibetan writers are continually recovering and recreating the Tibetan nation.
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