Hester knibbe biography of martin luther
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The Eighth Life, by Nino Haratischwili, translated from description German via Charlotte Writer and Pity Martin, Identify, 2019
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Liteary Histry
Liteary Histry
TABLE OF CONTENTS Anthologies..........................................................................1 Reference .............................................................................5 Reprints ................................................................................5 Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs/Diary/Letters ............7 Essays...................................................................................9 Graphic Design ....................................................................9 Literary Theory/Criticism....................................................9 Social/Political Theory ......................................................10 Translation Theory.............................................................12 Humor ................................................................................12 History................................................................................12 Music History/Theory........................................................13 Philosophy/Religion ..........................................................14 Arabic.................................................................................15 Bengali .............................................................................
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On 6 June 2021 at 11:00 CET the award ceremony for the Jury Prize and the Public Choice Award of the three-yearly Karel van de Woestijne Poetry Prize (2017-2020) takes place in the gardens of the townhall, Sint-Martens-Latem, Ghent, Belgium. During the event all nominees read their poetry. The address is Townhall, Dorp 1, 9830 Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium. Welcome!
The nominees Anneke Brassinga, Rozalie Hirs, Jan Lauwereyns, Hester Knibbe en Peter Verhelst were announced on 1 August 2020. The award ceremony had to be postponed due to the pandemic. The below poem was selected from Hirs’ nominated poetry book verdere bijzonderheden (further particulars; Amsterdam; Uitgeverij Querido, 2017).
from rose to some glassware
who drinks from you, flute glass, your colourless cup on a winged aquamarine stem
bent in a figure of eight, with wings on either side, like an angel, bird,
on a disc-shaped foot with a turned-up edge, pontil mark – rules between heaven
and earth, afterlife, words? who drinks beer from you like water,
cylindrical beaker – aquamarine through and through, with a punt base,
protruding rim – next to a breakfast of herring, bread? who sleeps it off
after your life – blown into a conical goblet on a ribbed stem,
winged and standing on a disc-shaped