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Montreal international poetry prize 'for poets by poets'
Poetry is enduring, if not a deep freeze, at least a hard frost. Austerity measures across Europe and Canada have led to severe cuts in arts funding. Amidst the scrabble to fund prizes whose state subsidies have been slashed, a brand new award has emerged on a different funding model, with the winner to scoop 50, 000 Canadian dollars on 15 December
writers, prize, quebec, canada, nobel price, culture, nobel literature prize
Croatian writer Olja Savicevic: 'We have never lived in a normal society'
The writer from Split, 36, recently published her debut novel 'Goodbye Cowboys' in German. Her award-winning short stories and poetry have been translated in over ten languages. We talk war, youth and why she one day hopes to speak about the 'tragedy' of her family 'more openly'
cafebabel.com Brussels at second EU prize for literature event
Judging literature is difficult, but comparing writers of different languages, cultures and backgrounds is a fruitless task.On November 11, Europe’s literary elite gathered in Brussels to award some of today’s most up-and-coming fiction writers
writers, literature, awards, culture, european union, culture calendar, books
Sexy poor Greek Berlin
Maksim says Berliners 'are nuts', Emil only wears vintage 'because appearances count' and Paul views the city as a huge entertainment park for artists across Europe. Hearing so many hippy points of view seem to confirm that the German capital remains the Barcelona of Germany. Hailed within this adage to the city is the acceptance of its fashionable 'sexy poverty' – but on the social and economic scale, poverty remains poverty, and no-one can run too far with the idea. Unemployment, creativity and crisis are complementary stars in the Berlin sky. One enhanced vision of the latter is the so-called Greek crisis which separates Greek and German communities – read the articles dedicated to the next installment of a monthly cities reporting mission, 'EU crisis on the ground'
'The Constitution in Verse': Brussels 'city poets' slam EU
'So the European Union doesn’t have a political constitution? Let’s at least give it a poetic one!' 50 authors have spent months putting the finishing touches to new articles in the form of alternative and critical citizens’ verse. Close-up on an initiative from Brussels which began in January 2008
writers, european institutions, culture, european constitution, politics, art, constitution
Gonçalo M. Tavares: 'I hate the idea that everything you do is new'
The Luanda-born epistemology professor at Lisbon University, 38, talks his award-winning novel 'Jerusalem', and why it took him so long to get published already
writers, brunch, gonçalo m. tavares, portugal, bertolt brecht, ljubljana, josé saramago
Obituary: alphabets, butterflies and Inger Christensen
Why learn Welsh? They all speak English anyway. Why learn unpronounceable Flemish, impossible Finnish, self-assertive Catalan or miniscule Danish? But when the Danish experimental poet died on 2 January 2009 in Copenhagen, a loser language lost its most beautiful voice
writers, literature, best of cafebabel.com, copenhagen, william shakespeare, flemish, death
Slaves to 'ciao'
Written as 'ciao', pronounced as 'tchao'. In Europe, the use of the warm, melodious Italian greeting has been 'a la mode' for many centuries, often replacing more formal greetings
writers, italy, tower of babel, dialect, germany, languages, bulgaria
“The audience has a role to play in the future of journalism”
Thanks to blogs, today everyone is a journalist. But will this uncontrolled media hurt the overall quality of the press? Dan Gillmor, author of 'We the Media', claims this new journalism will ultimately be profitable for everyone
writers, california, internet, media, united states, blogs, ethics
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