Author

Books by Thich Nhat Hanh

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926–2022) was a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, and peace activist who founded the Plum Village tradition of engaged Buddhism. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1967 and was exiled from Vietnam from 1966 until 2018. He established Plum Village monastery in France and taught worldwide for over five decades. Among his more than a hundred books, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching and Peace Is Every Step are the most widely read. He suffered a stroke in 2014 and returned to Vietnam, where he died in 2022.