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Poetry
Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dead at 77 - 2010-06-01
MOSCOW- Andrei Voznesensky, a Russian poet who became immensely popular in the 1960s but had an uneasy relationship with the Soviet authorities, died on Tuesday at age 77, news agencies reported....
Iran's celebrated poetess banned from book fair: report - 2010-05-09
TEHRAN- Iranian authorities have banned the books of the late celebrated poetess Forough Farrokhzad from an annual fair held in the capital, the ILNA news agency reported Saturday.
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Unseen photo of French poet Rimbaud unveiled - 2010-04-18
PARIS - A previously unseen photo of French poet Arthur Rimbaud was unveiled in Paris on Thursday, bringing the total number of known images of the writer to eight.
The photograph, which shows...
Veiled Saudi cleric-basher comes third in poetry contest - 2010-04-09
ABU DHABI- A veiled Saudi housewife who stirred controversy for bashing extremist clerics in verse has failed to win the top cash prize in the popular "Million's Poet" programme on Emirati...
Poet Reid surprise winner of Britain's Costa book of year - 2010-01-28
LONDON - Poet Christopher Reid was Tuesday announced as the surprise winner of a major British literary prize for a collection in memory of his late wife, hailed by judges as a "master work".
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Byron letters sale breaks record - 2009-10-31
LONDON - A collection of correspondence by Lord Byron broke the world record price Thursday for a group of letters or manuscript by a British Romantic poet, auction house Sotheby's said.
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Garcia Lorca's heirs oppose effort to exhume body - 2009-10-05
MADRID - Relatives of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was killed during Spain's 1936-39 civil war, urged the government of Andalucia on Monday to stop efforts to exhume his remains.
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Relatives of Spanish poet Lorca agree to exhume remains - 2009-08-27
MADRID - Relatives of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, shot in 1936 by Franco supporters during the Spanish Civil War, will not try to block efforts to exhume his remains, a niece was quoted as saying...
Remember, a poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti - 2009-08-18
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-94) is one of the most important poets of the nineteenth century. She is also known as having been a member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, her brother being the...
Love, Not so Innocent - 2009-07-27
This new poem by Saudi poet Abir Zaki is an example of her latest work. She published her first book of poetry, 'Poetic Aroma', in 2004, and her second collection, 'Wings of Freedom', is to appear in...
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