poetry
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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