Sacred Vows
Author Biography

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U Sam Oeur grew up in a Cambodian farming family. After studying in the US, he served in the Cambodian government, becoming part of the Cambodian delegation to the United Nations. When Pol Pot assumed power in 1975, Oeur, along with his wife and son, survived the killing fields while feigning illiteracy in six forced-labor camps. A devout Buddhist, Oeur is the author of the acclaimed bilingual collection of poems Sacred Vows. A devout Buddhist, he now lives in Texas where he translates the poems of Walt Whitman into Khmer.

Also Available by this Author:

• Crossing Three Wildernesses

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