Poetry

Nobel-winning Polish poet Szymborska dies aged 88

In a Twitter message, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called her passing "an irreparable loss for Polish culture." In her 1996 Nobel lecture, however, with typical modesty, Szymborska...

Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas dead at 93: family

SANTIAGO- Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas, who was forced into exile after the 1973 military coup, died Monday after suffering a debilitating stroke two months ago, one of his sons said. He was 93. The...
Kalima translates Kamala Surayya’s “Ya Allah” poetry collection into Arabic

Kalima translates Kamala Surayya’s “Ya Allah” poetry collection into Arabic

ABU DHAbi – Kalima, the translation project of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), published the Arabic translation of a collection of poems written by the famous Indian poetess...
Web helps revival of old Arabic poetry in Lebanon

Web helps revival of old Arabic poetry in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Rita Daou- Zajal, an old form of improvised Arabic poetry that enjoyed its heyday in Lebanon before the 1975-1990 civil war, is making a tentative comeback with thousands of fans on Facebook...
Dylan Thomas park in Wales set for centenary refit

Dylan Thomas park in Wales set for centenary refit

LONDON- The park where Welsh poet Dylan Thomas spent much of his childhood is being given a 820,000-pound (965,000 euros, 1.27 million dollars) revamp, the local government said on Sunday....
Japan's PM gets autographed copy of Van Rompuy haiku poems

Japan's PM gets autographed copy of Van Rompuy haiku poems

BRUSSELS- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan brought along his own copy of EU president Herman Van Rompuy's haiku poems and had it autographed Monday. A Japanese government spokesman, Noriyuki...
First they came for the communists,

First they came for the communists,

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-- because I was not a...
Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dead at 77

Famed Russian poet Voznesensky dead at 77

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

Iran's celebrated poetess banned from book fair: report

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. "Displaying...
Unseen photo of French poet Rimbaud unveiled

Unseen photo of French poet Rimbaud unveiled

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...
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Leonard Cohen sings the blues

Leonard Cohen sings the blues
PARIS, Benedicte Rey- For four decades Leonard Cohen's brooding lyrics won him fans and accolades the world over, but the folk-rock poet never felt legitimate singing the blues -- until now. Elegantly clad in a suit and black trilby, the...