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1987 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April – First issue of '' o•blék: a journal of language arts'' (pronounced "oblique") is published in the United States, founded by Peter Gizzi who co-edits it with Connell McGrath. The magazine stops publishing in 1993. * August 30 – Poets Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz marry. * October 16 – Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film ''Barfly'' starring Mickey Rourke released today. * October – Tony Harrison's poem " V" is broadcast in a filmed version on Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom. * Joseph Brodsky, a Russian exile who has become a United States citizen, resigns his membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters in protest over the honorary membership of the Russian poet Evgenii Evtushenko, regarded by Brodsky as a Soviet "yes man". * Russian poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Poetry
Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland. It is mainly written in Irish and English, though some is in Scottish Gaelic and some in Hiberno-Latin. The complex interplay between the two main traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English and Scottish Gaelic, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to categorise. The earliest surviving poems in Irish date back to the 6th century, while the first known poems in English from Ireland date to the 14th century. Although there has always been some cross-fertilization between the two language traditions, an English-language poetry that had absorbed themes and models from Irish did not finally emerge until the 19th century. This culminated in the work of the poets of the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th and early 20th century. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, modern Irish poetry tended to a wide range of diversity, from the poets of the Northern school t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
