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Poetry newslog - June 2006
15 juni 2006
Jerzy Ficowski, Poland’s borderland poet
Jerzy Ficowski, who has died aged 81, was Poland's prominent but unorthodox poet, a fervent Christian who celebrated Polish Roma culture and memorialised in verse the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. He was respected for his lifelong contribution to the struggle to free his homeland, first as a youngster during the Nazi occupation, then as a patron of, and participant in, the human rights campaign against communist rule.
From The Guardian
June 4, 2006
A toast to the happy couplet
David Orr of The New York Times writes about the Poetry Foundation’s survey of poetry’s place in modern society.
Source: The New York Times
June 2, 2006
Poetry reading competition proves popular
Students compete in the National Poetry Out Loud contest in America. Listen to the audio file from “The Newshour with Jim Lehrer”.
May 21, 2006
Some is quite good but is it literature?
Frank Wilson of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the pleasures and pitfalls of online poetry.
Follow an extended debate on Frank Wilson's blog, Books Inq
May 17, 2006
Twice Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz dies at 100
“It's strange, but give him time. A hundred years or so. He's a patient man. He won't mind waiting.” So said W.H. Auden about the reputation of the American poet Stanley Kunitz, who indeed lived to 100 and found himself esteemed as a distinctive metaphysical voice.
From The Independent
May 14, 2006
Georg Büchner Literary Prize for Oskar Pastior
The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Literature) in Darmstadt decided to award the 2006 Georg Büchner Prize to poet Oskar Pastior. Germany's most respected and generous literature prize, with prize money of 40,000 euros, is awarded annually. This year's laureate, Oskar Pastior, is one of Germany's most famous contemporary poets.
Source: The Goethe Institute
If you would like to put forward international poetry news or links to articles for inclusion in this section, please contact the editor, Michele Hutchison
Jerzy Ficowski, Poland’s borderland poet
A toast to the happy couplet
Poetry reading competition proves popular
Some is quite good but is it literature?
Twice Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz dies at 100
Georg Büchner Literary Prize for Oskar Pastior
June 6, 2006Jerzy Ficowski, Poland’s borderland poet
Jerzy Ficowski, who has died aged 81, was Poland's prominent but unorthodox poet, a fervent Christian who celebrated Polish Roma culture and memorialised in verse the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. He was respected for his lifelong contribution to the struggle to free his homeland, first as a youngster during the Nazi occupation, then as a patron of, and participant in, the human rights campaign against communist rule.
From The Guardian
June 4, 2006
A toast to the happy couplet
David Orr of The New York Times writes about the Poetry Foundation’s survey of poetry’s place in modern society.
Source: The New York Times
June 2, 2006
Poetry reading competition proves popular
Students compete in the National Poetry Out Loud contest in America. Listen to the audio file from “The Newshour with Jim Lehrer”.
May 21, 2006
Some is quite good but is it literature?
Frank Wilson of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes about the pleasures and pitfalls of online poetry.
Follow an extended debate on Frank Wilson's blog, Books Inq
May 17, 2006
Twice Poet Laureate, Stanley Kunitz dies at 100
“It's strange, but give him time. A hundred years or so. He's a patient man. He won't mind waiting.” So said W.H. Auden about the reputation of the American poet Stanley Kunitz, who indeed lived to 100 and found himself esteemed as a distinctive metaphysical voice.
From The Independent
May 14, 2006
Georg Büchner Literary Prize for Oskar Pastior
The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Literature) in Darmstadt decided to award the 2006 Georg Büchner Prize to poet Oskar Pastior. Germany's most respected and generous literature prize, with prize money of 40,000 euros, is awarded annually. This year's laureate, Oskar Pastior, is one of Germany's most famous contemporary poets.
Source: The Goethe Institute
If you would like to put forward international poetry news or links to articles for inclusion in this section, please contact the editor, Michele Hutchison
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