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Poetry newslog June 2004
January 18, 2006
Carl Rakosi, 1903-2004
Poet and psychotherapist Carl Rakosi died on June 25. Rakosi, a protégé of Ezra Pound, was a member of the ‘Objectivist’ generation of poets. He spent three decades as a social worker before being ‘rediscovered’ by the British poet Andrew Crozier in 1965, writes The Guardian in a lengthy obituary.
June 12, 2004
Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
The Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, will open tonight with readings by, among others, Don Paterson, Michael Longley, {id="5758" title="Julius Chingono"}, {id="3167" title="Ella Bat-Tsion"}, {id="5372" title="Antjie Krog"}, {id="4037" title="Tonnus Oosterhoff"} and {id="4035" title="Rutger Kopland"}. This year’s theme is ‘Holy Books’. PIW will be present at the Festival as well, with programmes involving editors and poets. Parallel to the festival, the first World Slampionship will be held. For more information, see the Poetry International website.
International Poetry Festival Medellín
The XIV International Poetry Festival of Medellín will be held from July 18-25, with 72 participants from 52 countries. Among the invited poets are Michel Deguy, Stefan Hertmans, Iztok Osojnik, Nuno Judice, Amina Said, Marcel Kemadjou, Nidaa Khoury, Issa Makhlouf, Kamau Brathwaite, José Emilio Pacheco, Mario Rivero and {id="1276" title="Juan Manuel Roca"}.
poesiefestival berlin
From June 26 to July 4, 140 poets from 40 countries will be attending the poesiefestival berlin. The Festival opens on the 26th with the ‘Weltklang – die Nacht der Poesie’ event. There will be various programmes focussing on mulitmedia poetry and performance poetry, as well as the largest international poetry film festival, the Zebra Poetry Film Award. Focal point of this year’s festival is Ireland and the Celtic language. Poets attending include Herta Müller, Mahmud Darwish, {id="2212" title="Durs Grünbein"}, Bei Dao, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Meg Bateman and {id="2221" title="Volker Braun"}.
June 4, 2004
Griffin winners
Anne Simpson and August Kleinzahler are to split the English-speaking world’s richest poetry prize, reports the Toronto Star. The prize, an initiative of Toronto philanthropist Scott Griffin, is worth $ 80.000.
June 3, 2004
Dom Moraes, 1938-2004
Indian poet, author and journalist Dom Moraes died in his hometown on June 2 from a heart attack. He was one of India’s leading literary figures, publishing nearly thirty books in the course of fifty years, including a biography of the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Kitabkhana mentions, among many obituaries, this extensive profile by Jerry Pinto.
June 2, 2004
New Generation Poets announced
The New Generation Poets list, choosing the twenty best new poets working in Britain, has been announced by the Arts Council and the Poetry Book Society. The poets listed are Patience Agbabi, Owen Sheers, Jean Sprackland, Alice Oswald, Paul Farley, Henry Shukman, Amanda Dalton, Pascale Petit, Nick Drake, Jacob Polley, Jane Draycott, Deryn Rees-Jones, Maurice Riordan, Leontia Flynn, Robin Robertson, Matthew Francis, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Catherine Smith and Gwyneth Lewis. Simon Armitage, who was on the previous list published in 1994, welcomes the new poets in this Guardian article. Aso in The Guardian some brief profiles of the poets listed.
June 1, 2004
Lionel Abrahams, 1928-2004
South-African poet {id="5380" title="Lionel Abrahams"} died in hospital in Johannesburg of kidney failure on May 30. He was 75. Abrahams suffered from Jewish torsion dystonia, a rare form of cerebral palsy that kept him confined to a wheelchair for the last decades of his life. Amongst the many obituaries published in South-Africa, there is this appreciation in the Mail & Guardian.
Carl Rakosi, 1903-2004
Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
International Poetry Festival Medellín
poesiefestival berlin
Griffin winners
Dom Moraes, 1938-2004
New Generation Poets announced
Lionel Abrahams, 1928-2004
June 28, 2004Carl Rakosi, 1903-2004
Poet and psychotherapist Carl Rakosi died on June 25. Rakosi, a protégé of Ezra Pound, was a member of the ‘Objectivist’ generation of poets. He spent three decades as a social worker before being ‘rediscovered’ by the British poet Andrew Crozier in 1965, writes The Guardian in a lengthy obituary.
June 12, 2004
Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
The Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, will open tonight with readings by, among others, Don Paterson, Michael Longley, {id="5758" title="Julius Chingono"}, {id="3167" title="Ella Bat-Tsion"}, {id="5372" title="Antjie Krog"}, {id="4037" title="Tonnus Oosterhoff"} and {id="4035" title="Rutger Kopland"}. This year’s theme is ‘Holy Books’. PIW will be present at the Festival as well, with programmes involving editors and poets. Parallel to the festival, the first World Slampionship will be held. For more information, see the Poetry International website.
International Poetry Festival Medellín
The XIV International Poetry Festival of Medellín will be held from July 18-25, with 72 participants from 52 countries. Among the invited poets are Michel Deguy, Stefan Hertmans, Iztok Osojnik, Nuno Judice, Amina Said, Marcel Kemadjou, Nidaa Khoury, Issa Makhlouf, Kamau Brathwaite, José Emilio Pacheco, Mario Rivero and {id="1276" title="Juan Manuel Roca"}.
poesiefestival berlin
From June 26 to July 4, 140 poets from 40 countries will be attending the poesiefestival berlin. The Festival opens on the 26th with the ‘Weltklang – die Nacht der Poesie’ event. There will be various programmes focussing on mulitmedia poetry and performance poetry, as well as the largest international poetry film festival, the Zebra Poetry Film Award. Focal point of this year’s festival is Ireland and the Celtic language. Poets attending include Herta Müller, Mahmud Darwish, {id="2212" title="Durs Grünbein"}, Bei Dao, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Meg Bateman and {id="2221" title="Volker Braun"}.
June 4, 2004
Griffin winners
Anne Simpson and August Kleinzahler are to split the English-speaking world’s richest poetry prize, reports the Toronto Star. The prize, an initiative of Toronto philanthropist Scott Griffin, is worth $ 80.000.
June 3, 2004
Dom Moraes, 1938-2004
Indian poet, author and journalist Dom Moraes died in his hometown on June 2 from a heart attack. He was one of India’s leading literary figures, publishing nearly thirty books in the course of fifty years, including a biography of the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Kitabkhana mentions, among many obituaries, this extensive profile by Jerry Pinto.
June 2, 2004
New Generation Poets announced
The New Generation Poets list, choosing the twenty best new poets working in Britain, has been announced by the Arts Council and the Poetry Book Society. The poets listed are Patience Agbabi, Owen Sheers, Jean Sprackland, Alice Oswald, Paul Farley, Henry Shukman, Amanda Dalton, Pascale Petit, Nick Drake, Jacob Polley, Jane Draycott, Deryn Rees-Jones, Maurice Riordan, Leontia Flynn, Robin Robertson, Matthew Francis, Sophie Hannah, Tobias Hill, Catherine Smith and Gwyneth Lewis. Simon Armitage, who was on the previous list published in 1994, welcomes the new poets in this Guardian article. Aso in The Guardian some brief profiles of the poets listed.
June 1, 2004
Lionel Abrahams, 1928-2004
South-African poet {id="5380" title="Lionel Abrahams"} died in hospital in Johannesburg of kidney failure on May 30. He was 75. Abrahams suffered from Jewish torsion dystonia, a rare form of cerebral palsy that kept him confined to a wheelchair for the last decades of his life. Amongst the many obituaries published in South-Africa, there is this appreciation in the Mail & Guardian.
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