Tag: Poet
Afghan poet, former parliamentarian keynote speaker at St. Thomas Women’s Day
A renowned poet and former Afghanistan parliamentarian, Safia Siddiqi embodies the goals of supporting and empowering women. “I believe in the ability of the women. We can do anything through…
Dominique Fortier revives the grace of poet Emily Dickinson
Born in Quebec, Dominique Fortier is a writer and translator. After a doctorate in French literature, she published her first novel in 2008, “Good use of the stars», laureate of…
“From revolt to tenderness”, the living archives of the Haitian poet René Depestre
In ten panels and through many very rare, even unpublished archives, the Francophone Multimedia Library (BFM) of Limoges recounts the life, the literary and political commitment and the work of…
Poet Thorstein Bergman dead
Bergman made his debut in 1965 in SVT’s “Hyland’s corner” and he has written a number of popular songs, including “If you ever get to Samarkand” which was recorded by…
Contest honoring late Sarnia poet announces winners
A contest honoring late Sarnia poet Carmen Ziolkowski attracted nearly 100 poems entered from across Canada. The winners were selected by Ziolkowski’s friends and fellow writers, Ryan Gibbs, Rhonda Melanson…
At the bedside of the dead mother, with the Haitian poet Rodney Saint-Éloi
Poet, publisher, activist, the Haitian Rodney Saint-Éloi delivers with his novel When it’s sad Bertha sings a moving story of mourning and homage to his deceased mother. Standing in front…
A year later, the poet Innocent Bahati still missing in Rwanda
There are many questions around the disappearance of the poet Innocent Bahati, whose relatives have not heard from for a year. A hundred writers from all over the world are…
Biography | Margaret Atwood – Novelist, poet, literary critic, teacher
Daughter of Carl Edmund Atwood, entomologist, and Margaret Dorothy Killiam, former nutritionist, Margaret Eleanor “Peggy” Atwood was born at the end of 1939 in the city of Ontario, Canada. This…
Who is Ozan Balik, how old is he and where is he from? Here is his biography…
Ozan Balık, who is interested in oil painting, novel experiments and biomechanical device design as a hobby, graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine in 1999 and worked in Viranşehir…