Thank you to Brendan Mc Gowan and the team at the Galway City Museum
for inviting me to give a talk on the theme of 'revolutionary poetry' this Saturday,
22 October at 2pm. This is a free event and I'm delighted that Ndrek Gjini, a wonderful Galway-based
Albanian poet, is able to join me to read from his poetry as part of this
presentation, as well as speak on the subject of Communism in the Balkans as well as the
poetry of Visar Zhiti and Vaclav Havel. I will be talking about Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Joseph
Mary Plunkett, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Pablo Neruda, Rafael Ziadah
and contemporary Afghan women's poetry.
Phew! It's a very broad topic and limitations of time mean that we won't be able to cover everyone but where
would we be without a good challenge every now and then, eh? Come and join in
the lively discussion, aimed for a general audience 15 years+. All welcome!
Vive la revolution!
Here is the official promotional piece about our talk from the
Galway City Museum website:
Saturday, 22 October, 2pm – 4pm
TALK & READINGS:
Revolutionary Poetry
The 1916 Rising is often referred to as a ‘poet’s revolution’. Taking this as her starting point, poet Emily Cullen will introduce the work of international poets of revolution – historic and contemporary – including Anna Akhmatova, Vaclav Havel, Osip Mandelstam and Rafeef Ziadah. Galway-based Albanian poet Ndrek Gjini, who lived through the oppressive Enver Hoxha regime in the 1980s, will also read from his work. Age 15+
The 1916 Rising is often referred to as a ‘poet’s revolution’. Taking this as her starting point, poet Emily Cullen will introduce the work of international poets of revolution – historic and contemporary – including Anna Akhmatova, Vaclav Havel, Osip Mandelstam and Rafeef Ziadah. Galway-based Albanian poet Ndrek Gjini, who lived through the oppressive Enver Hoxha regime in the 1980s, will also read from his work. Age 15+
 |
| Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) |
No comments:
Post a Comment