Only today I learned the news that Mrs. Claude Levenson died on 13 december, in Lausanne. She was 72 years old. Mrs. Levenson was an activist for human rights, best known for her strong support of Tibetan freedom. As a journalist, she wrote many articles and books about Tibet.
Readers of Cosey’s work will know the introductions she wrote for ‘Celui qui mène…’ and for the Intégrales. In fact, her last publication was the preface to the 5th Jonathan Intégrale, that has recently been published.
She wrote: ‘Certain people see the Tibetan cause as a rearguard action of those who hold on to an idealised past against modernity led by China. But the Tibetan problem is a problem of colonialism and of oppression of a people by another country.’
The struggle for Tibetan freedom will miss her support and they way she drew attention to the cause of Tibet’s oppressed people.
Thanks to Sylvain Cachi