Israel's poetic Vietnamese voice

Haaretz's weekend magazine has an interesting piece about Vaan Nguyen, the 26-year-old, Israeli-born daughter of Vietnamese refugees who is being hailed as one of the country's provocative and innovative young poets.

Her story first garnered international attention a few years ago in a documentary film, "The Journey of Vaan Nguyen."

"She has brought to Hebrew poetry innovativeness, freedom, liberation and sexuality," says literary critic Menachen Ben. "She does not write standard Hebrew, but it is clearly proper and lovely. With her one gets an infusion of simplicity, but at the same time something sensual and delicate."