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Poetry newslog April 2003
18 januari 2006
Hundreds of unknown MacDiarmid poems found
An independent scholar had unearthed a collection of around three hundred previously unknown works by the renowned Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid. The scholar, John Manson, made the discovery in the National Library of Scotland while researching MacDiarmid’s political views, writes the BBC.
Historic home of Dylan Thomas restored
The Boathouse at Laugharne, home of Dylan Thomas for the last four years of his life, and the nearby wooden writing shed in which he wrote many of his major works, have been reopened today after extensive renovations, the BBC reports. The Welsh county is expecting a lot of visitors this year for the 50th anniversary of the poet’s death.
April 8, 2003
Muldoon wins Pulitzer
Irish poet Paul Muldoon has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for poetry, for his collection Moy Sand and Gravel, the Pulitzer organisation announced last Monday. "The terrible thing about writing poetry is that most people ... don't get better at it; if anything, they get worse," Muldoon said in a reaction to the Associated Press. "So the fact that someone thinks it's semi-good and worth reading after 30 years is important."
April 7, 2003
Breton auction causes outcry
A Parisian auction of over 5500 articles by surrealist poet André Breton, expected to fetch between 30 and 40 milion euros, has led to impassioned protests at the auction house. French intellectuals are enraged to find that Breton's vast collection, formerly housed in his Parisian flat, is being dismantled, reports the BBC.
April 3, 2003
New anti-war poem by poet laureate
British poet laureate Andrew Motion has published another anti-war poem called 'Regime change'. The poem, which can be read in full on the websites of The Guardian and the BBC, narrates how historic places in Iraq have been tarnished by war and death. The poem is "violently opposed to the war", Motion told the BBC. "The irony is that many of these places that these battles are taking place in are places that have strong associations with terrific cultural achievements." In January, Motion published {id="290" title="another poem against the war"}, 'Causa belli'.
April 2, 2003
Rumsfeld a poet?
Slate magazine, leafing through official transcripts on the American Defense Department website, discovered that Secretary of Defence D. H. Rumsfeld possesses a remarkable and little appreciated talent for poetry. "Rumsfeld's poetry is paradoxical: It uses playful language to address the most somber subjects: war, terrorism, mortality," writes Slate, presenting a first 'collection' of the Secretary's poems. "He never faces his subjects head on but weaves away, letting inversions and repetitions confuse and beguile."
Hundreds of unknown MacDiarmid poems found
Historic home of Dylan Thomas restored
Muldoon wins Pulitzer
Breton auction causes outcry
New anti-war poem by poet laureate
Rumsfeld a poet?
April 12, 2003Hundreds of unknown MacDiarmid poems found
An independent scholar had unearthed a collection of around three hundred previously unknown works by the renowned Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid. The scholar, John Manson, made the discovery in the National Library of Scotland while researching MacDiarmid’s political views, writes the BBC.
Historic home of Dylan Thomas restored
The Boathouse at Laugharne, home of Dylan Thomas for the last four years of his life, and the nearby wooden writing shed in which he wrote many of his major works, have been reopened today after extensive renovations, the BBC reports. The Welsh county is expecting a lot of visitors this year for the 50th anniversary of the poet’s death.
April 8, 2003
Muldoon wins Pulitzer
Irish poet Paul Muldoon has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for poetry, for his collection Moy Sand and Gravel, the Pulitzer organisation announced last Monday. "The terrible thing about writing poetry is that most people ... don't get better at it; if anything, they get worse," Muldoon said in a reaction to the Associated Press. "So the fact that someone thinks it's semi-good and worth reading after 30 years is important."
April 7, 2003
Breton auction causes outcry
A Parisian auction of over 5500 articles by surrealist poet André Breton, expected to fetch between 30 and 40 milion euros, has led to impassioned protests at the auction house. French intellectuals are enraged to find that Breton's vast collection, formerly housed in his Parisian flat, is being dismantled, reports the BBC.
April 3, 2003
New anti-war poem by poet laureate
British poet laureate Andrew Motion has published another anti-war poem called 'Regime change'. The poem, which can be read in full on the websites of The Guardian and the BBC, narrates how historic places in Iraq have been tarnished by war and death. The poem is "violently opposed to the war", Motion told the BBC. "The irony is that many of these places that these battles are taking place in are places that have strong associations with terrific cultural achievements." In January, Motion published {id="290" title="another poem against the war"}, 'Causa belli'.
April 2, 2003
Rumsfeld a poet?
Slate magazine, leafing through official transcripts on the American Defense Department website, discovered that Secretary of Defence D. H. Rumsfeld possesses a remarkable and little appreciated talent for poetry. "Rumsfeld's poetry is paradoxical: It uses playful language to address the most somber subjects: war, terrorism, mortality," writes Slate, presenting a first 'collection' of the Secretary's poems. "He never faces his subjects head on but weaves away, letting inversions and repetitions confuse and beguile."
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