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1997 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration. * ''Regeneration'' (titled ''Behind the Lines'' in the United States), a film about World War I poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, is released. It is based on the novel '' Regeneration'' by Pat Barker. * ''Jacket'' online literary magazine founded. Works published in English Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Canada * Michael Barnholden, ''On the Ropes'' (Coach House Books) * Dionne Brand, ''Land to Light On'' * Clint Burnham, ''Be Labour Reading'' (ECW Press) * Kwame Dawes, editor, ''Wheel and Come again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry'', Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane. * Louis Dudek, ''The Caged Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital History of Canadian Poetry,'' writer Heather Prycz said that "As a critic, teacher and theoretician, Dudek influenced the teaching of Canadian poetry in most anadianschools and universities". Life Dudek was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Vincent and Stanislawa Dudek, part of an extended Catholic family which had emigrated from Poland, and was raised in that city's East End.William H. New,Dudek, Louis" ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada'' (Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2002), 316-317, Google Books, Web, May 6, 2011. He was lean and sickly as a child, which made him introverted and unusually sensitive. His mother died at 31, when he was eight. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeet Thayil
Jeet Thayil (born 1959) is an Indian poet, novelist, librettist and musician. He is the author of several poetry collections, including ''These Errors Are Correct'' (2008), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award. His first novel, ''Narcopolis (book), Narcopolis,'' (2012), won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize and Hindu Literary Prize, ''The Hindu'' Literary Prize. Biography Thayil was born in Kerala, India. His father is writer and editor T. J. S. George, Thayil Jacob Sony George, and the family moved with his work. Thayil was raised in Mumbai until age 8, then moved to Hong Kong, and returned to Mumbai at age 18 where he graduated from Wilson College, Mumbai, Wilson College. He later completed an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Until age 40, Thayil lived in Mumbai and Bengaluru, and worked as a journalist in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hong Kong, and New York. In 2006, he told ''The Hindu'' that he had been an alcoholic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Delhi
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English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Poetry In English
Indian English poetry is the oldest form of Indian English literature. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first poet in the lineage of Indian English poetry followed by Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, and Toru Dutt, among others. History Nissim Ezekiel is considered to be a pioneering figure in modern Indian English Poetry.His first book, ''A Time to Change'', was published in 1952. The significant poets of the post-Derozio and pre-Ezekiel times are Toru Dutt, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Sri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore. Some of the notable poets of Ezekiel's time are A. K. Ramanujan, R. Parthasarathy, Gieve Patel, Jayant Mahapatra, Dom Moraes, Kamala Das, Keki N. Daruwalla, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Shiv K. Kumar, Arun Kolatkar and Dilip Chitre. Rabindranath Tagore wrote primarily in Bengali and created a small body of work (mainly prose) in English and was responsible for the translations o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Poetry
Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit, Classical Sanskrit, Ancient Meitei, Modern Meitei, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, Maithili, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi and Urdu among other prominent languages. Poetry in foreign languages such as English also has a strong influence on Indian poetry. The poetry reflects diverse spiritual traditions within India. In particular, many Indian poets have been inspired by mystical experiences. Poetry is the oldest form of literature and has a rich written and oral tradition. Longest poems Indian poetry awards There are very few literary awards in India for poetry alone. The prestigious awards like Jnanapeeth, Sahitya Akademi and Kalidas Samman etc. are given away to writers of both prose and poetry. Most of the awards have gone to novelists. Few poets have received these awards. Jnanpith Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reibetanz
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George McWhirter
George McWhirter (born September 26, 1939) is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver's first Poet Laureate. The son of a shipyard worker, George McWhirter was raised in a large extended family on the Shankill Road in Belfast. He and his extended family spent the war years and then weekends and the summers at their seaside bungalow in Carnalea, now a suburb of Bangor, County Down. In 1957 he began a "combined scholarship" studying English and Spanish at Queen's University, Belfast, and education at Stranmillis College, Belfast. His tutor at Queen's was the poet Laurence Lerner, and he was a classmate with the future literary critic Robert Dunbar and the poets Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane. After graduating, McWhirter taught in Kilkeel and Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, and in Barcelona, Spain, before moving to Port Alberni, B.C. Canada. After receiving his M.A. from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he studied under Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (poet)
Don McKay (born 1942) is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator. Life McKay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall. McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971, with a dissertation on the poetry of Dylan Thomas. He taught creative writing and English for 27 years in universities including the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. In 2008, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. McKay has lived in southwestern Ontario, New Brunswick, Vancouver Island and Newfoundland. Poetic career McKay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including ''Birding, or Desire'' (1986), ''Apparatus'' (1997) and ''Paradoxides'' (2012). He has twice won the Governor General's Award, for ''Night Field'' (1991) and ''Another Gravity'' (2000). In June 2007, he won the Griffin Poetry Prize for ''Strike/Slip'' (2006). Beginning in 2002, he has also published five books of non-ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Lush
Laura Lush (born 1959) is a Canadian poet and short story writer. She is most noted for her 1992 poetry book ''Hometown'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 1992 Governor General's Awards. She has since published the poetry collections ''Fault Line'' (1997) and ''The First Day of Winter'' (2003), and the short story collection ''Going to the Zoo'' (2003)."Lush prose: Poetic style enhances loopy humour". ''Victoria Times-Colonist The ''Times Colonist'' is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed by the September 2, 1980 merger of the ''Victoria Daily Times'', established in 1884, and the ''British Colonist'' (later the ' ...'', February 23, 2003. References 1959 births 20th-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian short story writers Canadian women poets Canadian women short story writers Living people 20th-century Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Miki
Roy Akira Miki (10 October 1942 – 5 October 2024) was a Canadian poet, scholar, editor, and activist most known for his social and literary work. Life and career Born in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, Miki grew up on a sugar beet farm before moving to Winnipeg. His family was forcibly relocated West to Manitoba where he was born in 1942 on said sugar beet farm, and interned during the Second World War. He earned his B.A. from the University of Manitoba, M.A. from the Simon Fraser University, and Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. Miki taught contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University before retiring and held the title of professor emeritus. He lived in Vancouver. In the 1980s, Miki was "instrumental" in fighting for redress from the federal government for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. In 2002, Miki's book of poetry, ''Surrender'', won the Governor General's Literary Award for po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
