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Sonam Tenpa, 52, the Tibetan poet known by his pen name of Chen Matak (“Fire spark from Chentsa”) who died recently was remembered today at a gathering of Tibetan writers in Dharamshala. Poet Bhuchung D Sonam said he “expressed the political and social messages of the society and demonstrated a strength of understanding”. Chen Matak was a teacher in Golog and some of his poems are included in school curricula.
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