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Louis Fréchette, CMG, was a Canadian writer of poetry, short stories and plays who was also a journalist for a short time. He had strong political views and served time as a Member of Parliament. He was born Louis-Honoré Fréchette on the 16th November 1839 in Lévis, a town in the eastern province of Lower Canada. His education was provided at a number of ...
In todays My Poetic Side news round up we bring you a new poetry collection inspired by the island of Barbados, the 2017 winner of the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry and the town of Sofia’s plans to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of Peyo Yavorov. Island Life Evoked in New Poetry Collection Poet James Plath has released a new collection of ...
Louis Lavater was a Swedish-Australian writer of poetry and short stories who also translated a number of Swedish poems into English. He was an occasional literary editor but his primary activities were concentrated on the field of music. He had over a hundred compositions to his name. He specialised in bush ballads and collaborated with other well-known writers of the time, such as ...
In todays poetry round-up we bring you the poet who wrote to Dame Vera Lynn, Googles doodle in honour of the Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha, and the winner of the 2018 William Meredith Award for Poetry. Wolverhampton Poet Gets Letter from Dame Vera Lynn Reg Summerfield, a poet based in Wolverhampton has received the seal of approval from Dame Vera Lynn – The Forces ...
Louise Imogen Guiney was an American writer of poetry and essays. As well as working in the Boston Public library as a cataloguer for a time she also edited the works of mostly Catholic writers of the English and Irish literary tradition. She was born on the 17th January 1861 in Roxbury, Massachusetts of Irish Catholic immigrant parents. They sent her to the Elmhurst ...
In today's poetry news round up we head over the Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to take a look at the 16th annual Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival as poetry becomes increasingly more popular in the Arab countries. Then we head to the US where the Rochester Institute of Technology has been given a grant to digitalise rare ASL poetry videos. Sharjah Arab Poetry Festival...
We begin the week here at My Poetic Side with an article about Mikhail Baryshnikov and his performance of the poetry of Joseph Brodsky. We also take a look at the Malawian poet Julius Jules Banda who has appealed to his fellow countrymen for financial support to attend a poetry festival in the UK later this year. Baryshnikov Brings Brodsky to the Stage Brodsky/Baryshnikov ...
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a lyric poet of the Spanish Baroque era and also a Catholic priest. His literary accomplishments place him amongst the greatest Spanish poets of his time and he wrote in a style that became known, with a nod to his name, as Gongorism. He was born Luis de Argote y Góngora on the 11th July 1561 in Córdoba, ...
In today"s poetry round-up we bring you a rather mixed bag of stories; The city of Cincinnati is searching for their next Poet Laureate; a mystery poem has appeared in protest at the site of a proposed quarry in Stanstead Abbots and finally the live performance of “Ask Your Mama” a poem by Langston Hughes at a tribute concert. Cincinnati Poet Laureate The city ...
Lydia Maria Francis Child was a 19th century poet, novelist and school teacher. She was, throughout her lifetime, enthusiastically involved with a number of campaigns of a political and social justice nature. Examples of these were Native American rights, women’s rights and the abolition of slavery and she was also against American expansionism of its territorial and political borders. She was never afraid ...
