[New-Poetry] National Heroes

[David Graham]

On an Indian page called National Heros, Rabrindranath Tagore is  
listed.  Oddly enough, the page seems to be from a site on the sport  
of squash.  But the heroes come from various fields.  Tagore is  
listed as "Poet cum National Leader."

http://www.ispsquash.com/Link_NationalHeros.htm




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On May 2, 2009, at 11:33 AM, TheOldMole wrote:

> I'll probably never teach the course, but I was shooting for one  
> poem per continent (I notice I don't have an Asian on this list - I  
> know I had one, trying to remember who). And there are two Eastern  
> Europeans -- I think I settled on Havel rather than Yevtushenko,  
> because I heard Y read in NY once (at Madison Square Garden!) and  
> he was kinda awful. And no North American because there isn't one -  
> we're not a culture that makes heroes of our poets. Bob Dylan comes  
> closest.
>
> I would love to see some of your Senghor translations.
>
> And I would love it if someone with real academic standing would  
> pick up this idea and run with it.
>
>
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