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Pope Francis has written a letter in which he advises that reading novels and poems should be encouraged in the training of future priests. The head of the Catholic church cites authors like C.S. Lewis (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) and Marcel Proust (“In Search of Lost Time”) alongside poets like Paul Celan, Jorge Luis Borges and T.S. Eliot in the letter, “On the Role of Literature in Formation”, which was written on 17 July and published in various languages on Sunday. Pope Francis writes that literature is “listening to another person’s voice” and that while it is often considered unnecessary...
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A new penny will be distributed throughout Portugal from Wednesday that depicts the legendary hero Ulysses, designed by artist Gonçalo Viana. With a face value of €5, the coin is only valid in Portugal, and will be distributed to the public through credit institutions, the Banco de Portugal's cash offices and the shops of the National Printing House. The country is paying homage to the fictional figure Ulysses because of his links to Portugal's capital Lisbon. The mythical hero, who also goes by the Greek name Odysseus, is best known for his starring role in Homer's Odyssey, an epic poem compo...
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Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, known for her dramatic readings, at times with jazz music, has died. She was 93. Shiraishi, whom American poet and translator Kenneth Rexroth dubbed “the Allen Ginsberg of Japan,” died of heart failure on June 14, Shichosha, a Tokyo publisher of her works, said today. Shiraishi shot to fame when she was just 20, freshly graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo, with her “Tamago no Furu Machi,” translated as “The Town that Rains Eggs” — a surrealist portrayal of Japan’s wartime destruction. With her trademark long black hair an...
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New York (AFP) - Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday. Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," will also be the first figure commemorated through the American Women Quarters Program, which was signed into law in January 2021. The US Mint "has begun shipping the first coins" with Angelou's likeness on the American quarter, a 25-cent piece, according to a press release from the agency. "It is my honor to present our nation's first circulating coins dedicated to cel...
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Paris (AFP) - Poet Amanda Gorman made her name with a call for unity within the United States, but the job of translating her work in Europe has sparked divisive debate. "To put our future first, we must first put our differences aside," the 23-year-old recited in her now-iconic performance at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in January. But in Europe, it has been hard to ignore people's differences when it comes to translating that poem, "The Hill We Climb". The furore was kickstarted in the Netherlands when activist-journalist Janice Deul said it was "incomprehensible" that a person wi...
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The Hague (AFP) - A Dutch writer has resigned as the translator of poet Amanda Gorman, the young black star of US President Joe Biden's inauguration, after an "uproar" over the fact that a black translator was not chosen. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who became the youngest winner of the International Booker Prize last year for their novel "The Discomfort of Evening", was picked for the job by Dutch publisher Meulenhoff. But after criticism in the Netherlands of the fact that a white translator was chosen, Rijneveld, who uses the non-binary pronoun "they", said they were pulling out of the job of ...
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Paris (AFP) - A poem by Amanda Gorman, the young star of President Joe Biden's inauguration, is being translated into French, the Editions Fayard publishing house said Wednesday. The inauguration poem by the 22-year-old US National Youth Poet Laureate, "The Hill We Climb", is due out in hard copy next month in the United States and the French version will follow in May. It is being translated by up-and-coming music star Marie-Pierra Kakoma, who goes by the stage name Lous and the Yakuza. The Belgian-Congolese singer was recently nominated for France's top Victoires de la Musique awards. Gor...
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Tampa (AFP) - Amanda Gorman, the young poet who delivered a captivating performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, opened the Super Bowl on Sunday with a new work celebrating essential workers, while The Weeknd performed a pandemic-era halftime show to headline one of pop's most visible gigs. The Canadian star opened with his hits "Starboy" and "The Hills," wearing a sparkling red jacket and deploying selfie-esque camera work fit for the age of Covid-19. When the artist born Abel Tesfaye broke into "I Can't Feel My Face," he felt his way through a narrow mirrored hallway, clamoring amo...
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New York (AFP) - Amanda Gorman, the young poet who delivered a captivating performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, opened the Super Bowl on Sunday with a new work celebrating essential workers. The charismatic 22-year-old is the first-ever poet to perform at the National Football League championship, America's most-watched broadcast of the year. In a pre-taped performance Gorman delivered her poem "Chorus of the Captains," paying homage to three people declared honorary captains in the night's coin toss: an educator, an intensive care nurse and a US Marine Corps veteran. "They've ta...
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Washington (AFP) - Poet Amanda Gorman on Wednesday became a sudden star at age 22 at President Joe Biden's inauguration as she recited verse inspired by the Capitol attack, touching on how democracy "can never be permanently defeated." Gorman was the youngest poet to recite at an inauguration, a role first given to Robert Frost by John F. Kennedy in 1961, after First Lady Jill Biden saw one of Gorman's readings and invited her to participate at the Capitol steps. Gorman said that she had been writing a few lines a day but stayed awake at night out of a compulsion to complete her inauguration p...
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