Poetry

Culture news

World Poetry Day: Social media injects a new lease of life into poetry

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this genre.

21/03/2025

Culture news

Five English football teams commission official poems

Five English football teams are commissioning official poems for their clubs as part of a scheme to encourage youth literacy.

26/02/2025

Culture news

Bob Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' drafts sell for nearly €500,000

Two sheets of typewritten lyrics were the lead items in a record-breaking auction of Bob Dylan memorabilia in Nashville.

20/01/2025

Culture news

Love reading? Euronews Culture's guide to the books of 2025

Whether you want to start or can't stop reading there's sure to be a title that tickles your fancy in our carefully curated guide to books due out in 2025.

07/01/2025

Living

Pain, growth and hope: 5 climate books for your 2025 list

Looking for an inspiring climate read? Here are five books I mulled over in 2024.

24/12/2024

Art

Meet the Polish punk rocker fighting for a culture of remembrance

Trupa Trupa are much more popular abroad than in Poland itself. Singer Grzegorz Kwiatkowski believes it's because of the themes they deal with in their music, history's darkest chapters, especially the Holocaust. Euronews Culture caught up with Grzegorz and the band in Gdańsk.

11/12/2024

Cinema

What is the unsettling poem in the '28 Years Later' trailer?

Ahead of the June 2025 release of the long-awaited third part in the '28 Days Later' film series, a detail in the trailer's soundtrack has intrigued film (and literature) lovers.

11/12/2024

Culture news

South African dissident writer Breyten Breytenbach dies aged 85

Breytenbach was a poet, novelist, painter and activist whose work touched on and influenced literature and the arts both domestically and abroad.

25/11/2024

Culture news

Bard or bot? Study shows readers prefer AI to human poetry

A study by the University of Pittsburgh reveals that AI-generated poetry has been rated higher than poems written by humans.

19/11/2024

Culture news

Celebrated Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa dies aged 92

Tanikawa diverged from haiku and other traditions, and explored the poetic, not only in the repetitive music of the spoken word but also the magic hidden in little things.

19/11/2024

Culture news

Have archaeologists uncovered the remains of a famed French poet?

Archaeological excavations at Notre-Dame de Paris have uncovered a burial site that could be that of the French poet Joachim du Bellay (1522 - 1560), whose grave has been sought since the 18th century. But doubts remain...

18/09/2024

Culture news

Pope Francis: Literature is essential to counter 'violent fake news'

In a letter recently translated in eight languages, Pope Francis argues that literature should not be written off as "a minor art" due to its capacity to stimulate empathy and counter “the obsession with screens and with toxic, superficial and violent fake news.”

06/08/2024

Economy

Portugal celebrates mythical beasts and heroes with Ulysses coin

The Bank of Portugal pays tribute to the mythical founder of Lisbon with a €5 collector coin.

15/07/2024

Culture news

Kazuko Shiraishi, ‘the Allen Ginsberg of Japan’, dies aged 93

Japan's beat poet Kazuko Shiraishi, a pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93.

19/06/2024

Culture news

Romanian poet Ana Blandiana wins 2024 Princess of Asturias Award

In selecting her as the winner the Asturias jury highlighted Ana Blandiana's "indomitable poetry" with which she has shown an "extraordinary capacity for resistance in the face of censorship."

23/05/2024

Culture news

Forget Taylor Swift: Here’s the real tortured poet worth celebrating

The 1999 coming-of-age rom-com - and one of the best Shakespeare adaptations out there – just turned 25, and Kat is the tortured poet we all need right now. Sorry, Taylor.

25/04/2024

Culture news

Birmingham mural to honour legacy of poet Benjamin Zephaniah

A tribute to poetry giant Benjamin Zephaniah will be unveiled on 14 April in the UK’s second city, Birmingham.

10/04/2024

Art

European poetry is more international and collaborative than ever

With more events and cross-border collaboration, the European poetry scene is entering an exciting new chapter. Euronews Culture take a look at some of the subjects, themes and technology influencing poets in Europe.

08/03/2024

Culture news

Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant wins 2023 TS Eliot prize for poetry

Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant won the coveted T.S. Eliot Prize for his second collection of poems, ‘Self-Portrait As Othello,’ which reimagines Shakespeare’s hero in a modern landscape.

16/01/2024

Culture news

British writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies, aged 65

The Birmingham-born writer was known for his poetry, music, acting roles and also for refusing to accept a royal honour from the Queen in protest against the government's policies and Britain's colonial legacy.

07/12/2023