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Poetry newslog March 2006
June 08, 2006
Russian poet Gennady Aygi, 1934-2006
Gennady Aygi, who has died of cancer at the age of 71, was one of the outstanding Russian poets of the 20th century. His most important works remained virtually unpublished in the Soviet Union until the 1980s, by which time he had been published and translated in more than 20 countries and several times nominated for a Nobel prize.
Source: The Guardian
February 21, 2006
Antjie Krog accused of plagiarising Ted Hughes
The acclaimed South African writer Antjie Krog was embroiled in a plagiarism row yesterday after a leading academic accused her of stealing concepts and translations from other authors.
Source: The Guardian
January 27, 2006
Poetry is good for your health, writes Christina Patterson
That, at least, is the premise of studies currently under way for the Arts Council and the Department of Health. One study, published a couple of years ago in the journal Psychological Reports, suggested that writing poetry boosted levels of secretory immunoglobin A. Another, undertaken by a consultant at Bristol Royal Infirmary, concluded that poetry enabled seven per cent of mental health patients to be weaned off their anti-depressants. Poetry, it seems, is not the new rock'n'roll, but the new Prozac.
Source: The Independent
Russian poet Gennady Aygi, 1934-2006
Antjie Krog accused of plagiarising Ted Hughes
Poetry is good for your health, writes Christina Patterson
February 25, 2006Russian poet Gennady Aygi, 1934-2006
Gennady Aygi, who has died of cancer at the age of 71, was one of the outstanding Russian poets of the 20th century. His most important works remained virtually unpublished in the Soviet Union until the 1980s, by which time he had been published and translated in more than 20 countries and several times nominated for a Nobel prize.
Source: The Guardian
February 21, 2006
Antjie Krog accused of plagiarising Ted Hughes
The acclaimed South African writer Antjie Krog was embroiled in a plagiarism row yesterday after a leading academic accused her of stealing concepts and translations from other authors.
Source: The Guardian
January 27, 2006
Poetry is good for your health, writes Christina Patterson
That, at least, is the premise of studies currently under way for the Arts Council and the Department of Health. One study, published a couple of years ago in the journal Psychological Reports, suggested that writing poetry boosted levels of secretory immunoglobin A. Another, undertaken by a consultant at Bristol Royal Infirmary, concluded that poetry enabled seven per cent of mental health patients to be weaned off their anti-depressants. Poetry, it seems, is not the new rock'n'roll, but the new Prozac.
Source: The Independent
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