Aloysius Bertrand

Louis-Jacques-Napoléon “Aloysius” Bertrand (20 April 1807 – 29 April 1841) was a French poet instrumental in the introduction of the prose poem into French literature and is credited with inspiring later Symbolist poets [1]. He wrote a collection of poems entitled Gaspard de la nuit, after which composer Maurice Ravel wrote a suite of the same name, based on the poems "Scarbo", "Ondine", and "Le Gibet". Bertrand was born in Ceva, Piedmont, Italy (then a part of Napoleonic France) and his family settled in Dijon in 1814. There he developed an interest in the Burgundian capital. His contributions to a local paper lead to recognition by Victor Hugo and Sainte-Beuve. He lived in Paris shortly with little success. He returned to Dijon and continued writing for local newspapers. Gaspard was sold in 1836 but it wasn't published until 1842 after his death of tuberculosis. The book was rediscovered by Charles Baudelaire and Stéphane Mallarmé. It is now considered a classic of poetic and...

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Louis Dudek

Louis Dudek, OC (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadian poet and literary critic and publisher of Polish origin. He is known for his writing, his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books of poetry, criticism, and other topics. He supported and initially published many poets, including other now-established writers including Daryl Hyne and Ken Norris. Born in Montreal, Quebec to a Catholic family which had emigrated from Poland, Dudek received a BA from McGill University in 1939. He joined the Department of English of McGill University in 1951, where he lectured in modern poetry. Dudek remained at McGill for the rest of his life. He founded Contact Press, a Montreal publisher of poetry in the 1950s and 1960s, with Raymond Souster and Irving Layton. Writer Robin Blaser called Dudek “Canada’s most important—that is to say, consequential modern voice.” The Dudek archives and many of his papers, known as the...

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Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell născut Lawrence George Durrell -- (* 27 februarie 1912 - † 7 noiembrie 1990) a fost un romancier, poet, eseist, dramaturg, parapetician și autor de cărți de călătorie britanic, deși el însuși se considera a fi doar un cosmopolit. * S-a născut în India, în Jullundur, în fostele Indii Britanice ca fiu al inginerului de construcții civile Lawrence Samuel Durrell și al unei irlandeze protestante, Louisa Florence Dixie, născuți la rândul lor în Indiile Britanice. * Frate al lui Gerald Durrell, zoologist și naturalist (1920 - 1995). * La vârsta de 11 ani, a fost trimis la școală în Anglia - țară în care nu a fost fericit și pe care a părăsit-o foarte repede. * Primul său roman, Pied Piper of Lovers, a fost publicat in 1935. In acel an Durrell, soția sa, gemenii sai și mama s-au mutat pe insula grecească Corfu, unde au trăit până în 1941, când au părăsit-o din cauza declanșării războiului. * Lawrence Durrell a divorțat de soție in 1942, și a devenit un peripatetician, trăind...

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Ronny Someck

[[eng]] Ronny Someck Ronny Someck was born in Baghdad in 1951 and came to Israel as a young child. With Bachelor of Arts in Hebrew Literature and Jewish Philosophy, he worked as a counselor with street gangs. Now teaching literature, and currently leads writing workshops. Books: Exile (1976); Solo (1980); Asphalt (1984); Seven Lines on the Wonder of the Yarkon (1987); Panther (1989); Bloody Mary (1994); Rice Paradise (1996); The Revolution Drummer (2001). For children: The Laughter Button with Shirly Someck (1998). In Arabic: Jasmine (1994 Israel); The poem is a gangster's girl (1996 Paris). In French: Nes a Bagdad with A. k. El Janabi (1998 Paris). In Catalan: En paper de vidre (2000 Barcelona). In Albanian: The Sign of the Bite (2001 Tirane). In English: The Fire Stays in Red. In Italian: The Red Catalogue of the Word Sunset. In Macedonian: Wheat (2003 Skopje). Translations to his poems have appeared in Anthologies and Poetry Magazines in 22 languages. Prizes: Acum (Society of...

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Martin Booth

Martin Booth (7 September 1944 - 12 February 2004) was a prolific British novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher and screenwriter, and was the founder of the Sceptre Press Booth was born in Lancashire, but was brought up mainly in Hong Kong, which he left in 1964. Paper Pennies and Other Poems (1967) Supplication to the Himalayas. A Poem and Sketch (1968) In the Yenan Caves (1969) A Winnowing of Silence (1971) (poems) Pilgrims and Petitions (1971) The Crying Embers (1971) (poems) On the Death of Archdeacon Broix (1971) James Elroy Flecker, Unpublished Poems and Drafts (1971) (editor) White (1971) In Her Hands (1973) (poem) Teller: Four Poems (1973) Brevities (1974) (poems) Hands Twining Grasses (1974) (poems) Spawning The Os (1974) Yogh (1974) (poems) Snath (1975) Two Boys and a Girl, Playing in a Churchyard (1975) (poem) Stalks of Jade: Renderings of early Chinese erotic verse (1976) Horse and Rider, a poem (1976) The Book of Cats (1977) (editor with George MacBeth) Extending...

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Ruth Fainlight

Ruth Fainlight (născută în 1931, la 2 mai) este poetă, scriitoare și traducătoare. S-a născut la New York, însă a locuit în Anglia de când avea 15 ani, stând, de asemenea, și câțiva ani în Franța și Spania. A fost căsătorită cu scriitorul britanic Alan Silitoe (1928-2010). Volume de poezie: Cages. 1966. To See the Matter Clearly 1968 from Macmillan UK; Dufour Editions, USA The Region\'s Violence. 1973. Another Full Moon. 1976. Sibyls and Others. 1980. New edition, Poetry Book Society, 2007 Fifteen to Infinity. 1983. Also published 1987, Carnegie-Mellon University Press USA Selected Poems. 1987. The Knot 1990. from Hutchinson or CenturyHutchinson, UK Climates. Bloodaxe Books UK, 1983. This Time of Year. 1994. Selected Poems. Updated new edition, Sinclair-Stevenson UK, 1995. Sugar-Paper Blue. Bloodaxe Books UK, Dufour Editions USA, 1997. Shortlisted for 1998 Whitbread Poetry Prize Burning Wire. Bloodaxe Books UK, Dufour Editions USA, 2002. Moon Wheels. Bloodaxe Books, 2006. Dufour...

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Octavian Paler

Octavian Paler (n. 2 iulie 1926, Lisa, județul Făgăraș, actualmente în județul Brașov — d. 7 mai 2007, București) a fost un scriitor, jurnalist, editorialist și om politic român. După absolvirea școlii primare în satul natal, în anul 1937 este admis bursier la Colegiul Spiru Haret din București. În vara anului 1944, cu o saptămână înaintea încheierii cursurilor clasei a VII-a de liceu, are o altercație cu George Șerban, directorul școlii, care era chiar unchiul său (fratele mamei), și este obligat să părăsească școala, mutându-se la Liceul Radu Negru din Făgăraș pentru a urma, în anul școlar 1944-1945, ultima clasă de liceu, clasa a VIII-a, secția literară. Aici s-a remarcat, mai ales la obiectele Filosofie, Latină, Elină. În anul 1945, la terminarea ultimei clase de liceu, o clasă cu 44 elevi, a fost declarat Promovat cu laudă[1]. În același an, a susținut examenul de bacalaureat la Sibiu. În continuare, urmează cursurile Facultății de Litere și Filosofie și simultan și pe cele ale...

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Octavian Paler

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