Today's poetry news roundup takes a look at what might be for this year's Nobel Prize for Literature and the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Coleridge. Will the 2022 Nobel Literature Prize Winner be Another Poet? Speculation is growing in the literary world as the Swedish Academy gear up to make the big announcement on ...
Today’s poetry news roundup looks at the poems of a German poet translated into Malayalam and the celebrations for the life of Rumi. 19th Century German Poetry Translated into Malayalam by Academic An academic who currently teaches at EFLU has published an anthology of poems by Wilhelm Busch, the 19thCentury German poet, which have been translated into Malayalam....
Today in our poetry news round-up, we look at the planned sculpture in memory of the poet Ted Hughes and the death of the Malaysian poet Wong Phui Nam. Sculpture in Memory of Ted Hughes Planned for Mytholmroyd Plans are afoot for a two-metre high sculpture in memory of the late poet laureate Ted Hughes to be created in ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we take a look at the highest-paid poet of all time and the Bronte Writers Festival. The $525,000 Poem In November 2021, a poem was presented for sale at the Christie’s Auction House in New York. This was not a manuscript or a printed bound book – this was something a little different. The poem ...
Today on My Poetic Side, we look at the RS Thomas Exhibition, which has been gaining international interest and the winner of this year's Wallace Stevens Award. RS Thomas Exhibition gets International Recognition An exhibition in Bangor, Wales, which looks to shed some light on the work and life of RS Thomas, the prolific Welsh poet, has been gaining ...
