United Kingdom Haggis, neeps and tatties: Burns Night explained Scots celebrate Robert Burns’ birthday every year on January 25. 25/01/2017
Spain Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish playwright and poet who was killed shortly after the start of Spain’s civil war, was executed by the authorities 23/04/2015
Hungary An unusual movie tribute to Hungarian poetry The famous scene with Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday was transformed into a rhyme. A poem which was presented by Judi Dench in English 37 years 11/04/2015
Sweden Sweden mourns death of prize-winning poet Tomas Transtromer Sweden is mourning the death of one of its most famous literary figures, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Tomas Transtromer. Members of the Nobel academy 27/03/2015
Culture Kate Tempest: A Cross Genre Talent http://katetempest.co.uk/about Rapper, poet, playwright – south London’s Kate Tempest is being hailed as one of Britain’s brightest and most 25/03/2015
France 1914: the war-time death of French writer Charles Péguy, my great grandfather A hundred years ago, at the beginning of World War I, French writer Charles Péguy was shot dead by a German bullet. He left behind a pregnant wife 02/09/2014
USA American author and poet Maya Angelou dies at age 86 U.S. author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local 28/05/2014
