Etiket: poetry
Translator Wilt Idema familiarizes his readers with China in clear, moving poetry ★★★★☆
Image Typex When sinologist and translator Wilt Idema in 1991 Mirror of Classical Chinese Poetry released, that was an event. Readers who mainly knew Chinese poetry through Slauerhoff’s idiosyncratic adaptations…
How Alfred Schaffer thinks about dogs, and more about poets and poetry
In the poetry week – this week – people read poetry. Or one reads about poetry. Or do both. The latter has been possible for years in the excellent Poetry…
Poetry Week has begun! Mostly online, unfortunately, again. Ramsey Nasr’s gift sums up the situation beautifully
That Mark Rutte once referred to a poem in an official speech – you can hardly imagine it after the past two years with all that inclement weather for art.…