Portadown-born poet Sinead Morrissey has been nominated for one of the UK's most prestigious poetry awards.She has made the shortlist for the TS Eliot Prize which earns the winner £15,000.She was nominated for her collection "Through the Square Window" which explores themes of fertility, pregnancy and early childhood.The title verse of "Through the Square Window" won first prize in the Poetry Society's...
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coffee-table book titled “In step with paradise: Rhythms to the poetry of Kashmir” by Uma Vasudev was released by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a function here on Monday.Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Dikshit said: “I don’t think anyone has combined Sufi poetry of Kashmir with our country’s traditional dance forms. The book’s author Uma Vasudev never ceases to surprise me. I’ve read her book...
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Padma Bhushan winner Gulzar,poet, lyricist and director, invited by the art and culture department of Goafor a poetry recital in the state, presented his programme fee to the Goa Chitramuseum.Gulzar who visited the museum at Benaulim referred to thedisplay of exhibits as "time in poetry", and felicitated the museum owner andcurator Victor Hugo Gomes with the fee as a donation to the museum and urged...
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Kochi: Writer T. Padmanabhan on Thursday said that poetry in Malayalam would soon find itself on the ‘Red List’ as an endangered literary genre.“Poets such as Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri, ONV Kurup, Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri and Sugathakumari are still alive, but they are through with their innings and have gone back to the pavilion.What is being paraded as contemporary poetry in Malayalam is hopeless...
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has given the Indian film industry many critically acclaimed cinematic ventures like 'Aandhi', 'Mausam', 'Mere Apne', 'Parichay', 'Ijazaat', 'Libaas', 'Lekin' and 'Maachis'.However, the veteran writer, lyricist, screenplay writer and director, Gulzar, says literature and poetry are his first love and so he cut down on his direction work to follow his passion for literature.''There is no particular...
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Suresh Kohli’s new book “Closure” is a celebration of his friendship with acclaimed author Kamala DasSunit Tandon (right) reading a poem from the book "Closure" by Suresh Kohli (extreme left) while Jatin Das, Uma Vasudev and Akbar Khan look onA tribute to a famous friend claimed by death. Delhi-based writer-journalist Suresh Kohli’s latest book “Closure” is etched on this foundation. The book, a beautiful...
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Ruskin Bond surrounded by young fans at a reading-and-interactive session on Monday evening. Picture by Pabitra DasSuparna Majumdar and her teenaged son Aniruddha have a common bond — Ruskin Bond. And on Monday evening, they got a chance to be with the man whose books they love.“I have grown up reading Ruskin Bond and still enjoy his stories. Now my son is reading him,” smiled the doctor as her son...
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Last week, a delegation was in Calcutta to promote Queen’s University Belfast. It brought one of Ireland’s foremost poets to town, who is also the current Ireland Professor of Poetry, which entails residencies at universities including, Queen’s.No, he is not Seamus Heaney, but Heaney’s contemporary and close friend and is spoken of in the same respectful breath as his Nobel Prize-winning peer. Michael...
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equally known for his directorial ventures as he is praised for his poems andlyrics but lyricist-director Gulzar says he cut down on wielding the megaphonedue to his love for poetry and books."Poetry was my lifelineall along. Literature and poetry are my passion and it's something that I havealways liked. I am glad I am into books again. I couldn't do that while I wasmaking films," Gulzar told reporters...
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Some of Ireland’s mostdistinguished poets have joined together with their Indiancounterparts to celebrate a week-long festival of languagesand culture in New Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata.Believed to be the first event of its kind, thiscultural festival provides the literary traditions of Indiaand Ireland an opportunity to build on the shared history ofexcellence in poetry from WB Yeats and Rabindranath...
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