Spain

Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal

23/04/2015

Hungary

An unusual movie tribute to Hungarian poetry

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 news

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

02/09/2014

USA

American author and poet Maya Angelou dies at age 86

28/05/2014