Ghalib Anniversary/Canadian $5 Note/Wordsworth Home Sale – Poetry News Roundup February 17th

 

Today, we look at the death anniversary of Mirza Ghalib, the search for a new face for the Canadian $5 note and the sale of a home associated with Wordsworth. Mirza Ghalib Death Anniversary Observed The 151st death anniversary of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, the classical Urdu poet, was celebrated on Saturday in Pakistan. During his lifetime Ghalib wrote several hundred Ghazals. These have ...

Memorial Auditorium/Leopardi’s Birthplace/Sci-Fi Poets – Poetry News Roundup February 14th

 

Our final news round-up of the week looks at the auditorium named in memory of a poet, the birthplace of Leopardi, which will open to the public, and the appearance of 2 poets in a Sci-fi programme. New Auditorium to be Named for Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz A collaboration between the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) and the Pakistan National Council of Arts has ...

Statue For Poet/Bard’s Birthplace To Be Better Protected/PEN America Awards – Poetry News Roundup February 13th

 

Today in our poetry news round-up we take a look at the poet remembered with a statue, plans to remove the railings outside the Bards birthplace and the PEN America Awards. Statues Unveiled in Maryland State House It is more than 155 years since the abolishment of slavery. Now, the state ...