
Poetry and Conflict (Box Set)
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2015
The Chinese University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-962-996-722-2 (ISBN)
Description
Following the enormous success of the 2009, 2011 and 2013 occasions of the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong, the "International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2015" (IPNH K2015) will be held in November 2015. The Organizing Committee of IPNH K2015 will continue to accomplish the mission of making literature a more prominent part of daily life in Hong Kong, by organizing more literary activities such as this biennial event. IPNH K2015 brings together internationally renowned poets from different partsof the world to create opportunities for college and high-school students, as well as for local writers and the public to meet the invited poets through IPNH K2015 activities, broaden their horizon in the reading of world poetry, and be aspired by the writing of their local environment. IPNH K2015 also seeks to foster close collaboration with institutions of tertiary and secondary education, connecting higher education with the public at large for the sake of knowledge transfer.
The theme of IPNH K2015 is "Poetry and Conflict," which explores the multi-layered relationships between poetry and war. Poetry has been generally recognized as the highest form of language, while war inflicts the most pains on human history. IPNH K2015 invites world-acclaimed poets from war-troubled countries in the past such as the United States (Anne Waldman, Peter Cole), Japan (Tawada Yoko, Mizuta Noriko), South Korea (Kim Hye-soon), Macedonia (Nikola Madzirov), Catalonia (Gemma Gorga), Portugal (Fernando Pinto do Amaral), Burma (ko ko thett), Morroco (Mohammed Bennis), Mainland China (Wang Xiaoni), Taiwan (Chen Li), Hong Kong (Yin Jiang), and those of today such as Israel (Agi Mishol) and Palestine (Ghassan Zaqtan, Najwan Darwish). These poets, who engage their works with "war" as a topic, are going to exchange views and explore the many layers where equanimous poetry is able to play its role in the most violent events in human history, and in so doing, encourage writers and readers of war-free Hong Kong to reflect upon the local milieu in a global framework.
The theme of IPNH K2015 is "Poetry and Conflict," which explores the multi-layered relationships between poetry and war. Poetry has been generally recognized as the highest form of language, while war inflicts the most pains on human history. IPNH K2015 invites world-acclaimed poets from war-troubled countries in the past such as the United States (Anne Waldman, Peter Cole), Japan (Tawada Yoko, Mizuta Noriko), South Korea (Kim Hye-soon), Macedonia (Nikola Madzirov), Catalonia (Gemma Gorga), Portugal (Fernando Pinto do Amaral), Burma (ko ko thett), Morroco (Mohammed Bennis), Mainland China (Wang Xiaoni), Taiwan (Chen Li), Hong Kong (Yin Jiang), and those of today such as Israel (Agi Mishol) and Palestine (Ghassan Zaqtan, Najwan Darwish). These poets, who engage their works with "war" as a topic, are going to exchange views and explore the many layers where equanimous poetry is able to play its role in the most violent events in human history, and in so doing, encourage writers and readers of war-free Hong Kong to reflect upon the local milieu in a global framework.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 109 mm
Thickness: 81 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-962-996-722-2 (9789629967222)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Poets include Mohammed Bennis, Lau Yee-ching, Agi Mishol, Les Murray, Anne Waldman, Wang Xiaoni, Ghassan Zaqtan, and others.
Content
Silence, Mohammed Bennis
The Image, Hunter Chen Li
Song of the Shattering Vessels, Peter Cole
Sleeping in Gaza, Najwan Darwish
Make War Not War, Jean-Michel Espitallier
Semantics and Nutrition, Gemma Gorga
The Salt Dress Inside Me, Kim Hyesoon
the burden of being bama, ko ko thett
Because the Sky Was Real, Étienne Lalonde
Performance Art, Lau Yee-ching
What We Have Said Haunts Us, Nikola Madzirov
Between the Trees and the Non-Trees, Agi Mishol
Poem in Blue Noriko, Mizuta
The Tin Wash Dish, Les Murray
Scotoma, Fernando Pinto do Amaral
Prado, Gleb Shulpyakov
Song of Exploring the Waterways, Song Lin
A Poem for a Book, Yoko Tawada
Hungry Ghost, Anne Waldman
To Another World, Wang Xiaoni
The Dead in the Garden, Ghassan Zaqtan
Hong Kong Night, Chan Chi Tak, Fan Sin Piu, Cheng Ching Hang, Ng Mei Kwan, Lau Wai Shing,
Liu Wai Tong, Chris Song, Chow Hon Fai, Jacky Yuen, Zeit Fong
The Image, Hunter Chen Li
Song of the Shattering Vessels, Peter Cole
Sleeping in Gaza, Najwan Darwish
Make War Not War, Jean-Michel Espitallier
Semantics and Nutrition, Gemma Gorga
The Salt Dress Inside Me, Kim Hyesoon
the burden of being bama, ko ko thett
Because the Sky Was Real, Étienne Lalonde
Performance Art, Lau Yee-ching
What We Have Said Haunts Us, Nikola Madzirov
Between the Trees and the Non-Trees, Agi Mishol
Poem in Blue Noriko, Mizuta
The Tin Wash Dish, Les Murray
Scotoma, Fernando Pinto do Amaral
Prado, Gleb Shulpyakov
Song of Exploring the Waterways, Song Lin
A Poem for a Book, Yoko Tawada
Hungry Ghost, Anne Waldman
To Another World, Wang Xiaoni
The Dead in the Garden, Ghassan Zaqtan
Hong Kong Night, Chan Chi Tak, Fan Sin Piu, Cheng Ching Hang, Ng Mei Kwan, Lau Wai Shing,
Liu Wai Tong, Chris Song, Chow Hon Fai, Jacky Yuen, Zeit Fong