In our first poetry news round-up of the week, we bring you an article about a Vietnamese translator who has won an award for her poetry translation. We also take a look at the new Under Armour advert featuring the Olympic Athlete Lindsey Vonn, and set to a poem from Safia Elhillo. Russian Honour Awarded to Vietnamese Literary Translator Vietnamese born literary translator Nguyen ...
In our final news round-up of the week, we take a look at the man who found poetry following the loss of a toe, the appointment of the first poet in residence for The Tower of London and finally a poetry reading to mark the 126th anniversary of the birth of the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Toe Amputation Leads to Poetry Mission Poetry ...
In today's poetry roundup we bring you the news that Prince Henrik of Denmark, who was a published poet, has died at the age of 83. The Poet Prince Consort Dies at the Age of 83 Prince Henrik of Denmark, who was amongst other things a published poet, Prince Consort to Queen Margrethe II (although he denounced the title when he retired from public office ...
In today's poetry news round-up we have an article about the poet who is believed to have “invented” Valentine’s Day, we take a look at the poet awarded the Caldecott Honour and the 14th International Poetry Festival in Granada. Valentine’s Day February 14th, we have all heard of it, many of us celebrate it but relatively few people are aware of its origins. Thought to ...
Today's news roundup brings you articles from the Ukraine, Germany and Slovakia as we take a look at a vandalised statue, the Bertold Brecht Prize for literature and “The Love Bank”. Vandalised Statue of Poet Vandals in the city of Stryi, in the Lviv region of Ukraine, have damaged a monument erected to the memory of the poet who is regarded by many as ...
