Poems from the edge of extinction an anthology of poetry in endangered languages

Poems from the Edge of Extinction gathers together 50 poems in languages from around the world that have been identified as endangered, and offers a unique insight into the culture of these beautiful, vulnerable languages through the voices of their poets. With one of the world's 7,000 language...

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Hauptverfasser:
McCabe, Chris (Sonstige), Seyfeddinipur, Mandana (Sonstige), Orwin, Martin (Sonstige)
Format:
Buch
Sprache:
Englisch
Mehrsprachig
Veröffentlicht:
London Chambers 2019
Zusammenfassung:
Poems from the Edge of Extinction gathers together 50 poems in languages from around the world that have been identified as endangered, and offers a unique insight into the culture of these beautiful, vulnerable languages through the voices of their poets. With one of the world's 7,000 languages disappearing every two weeks, and with them their poetic traditions, this anthology, with accompanying English translations and commentaries, aims to celebrate voices which may otherwise fall silent. It includes poems by both new and established poets, such as award-winning Joy Harjo in Native American Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, Gearoid Mac Lochlainn in Irish Gaelic, Nineb Lamassu in Assyrian, and Hawad in Tamajaght. This timely anthology is passionately edited by widely published poet and UK National Poetry Librarian, Chris McCabe, who is also the founder of the Endangered Poetry Project, a major project launched by London's Southbank Centre to collect poetry written in the world's disappearing languages, and introduced by Dr Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Director of the School of Oriental and Asian Studies World Languages Institute, and Dr Martin Orwin, Senior Lecturer in Somali and Amharic
Bestände:
  • Geb. 23.21: angn97000.m478
Umfang:
336 Seiten 23 cm
Anmerkungen:
Text in English and other languages
ISBN:
9781473692992
1473692997
Schlagworte:
Lyrik
Poetry / Minority authors
Endangered languages
Linguistic minorities
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