Nomadics

Pierre Joris' Meanderings & mawqifs of poetry, poetics, translations y mas. Travelogue too.

Category: Obituaries

Obituaries

Christa Wolf (1929-2011)

Christa Wolf, one of the most powerful post-WWII German writers, died yesterday at age 82.  Here is the opening paragraph of perhaps her best-known novel, Cassandra: It was here. This is where she stood....

Film / Obituaries

Ken Russell (1927-2011)

Haven’t seen any Ken Russell flicks in a long time, but remember being very taken with a few of his productions in the seventies. Here is the funeral scene from his Mahler (1974):

Obituaries

“In Memory of Ted”

Henry Braun sent a comment to the post of November 23rd, my obit for Ted Enslin. Unhappily the comment box strips text of all formatting, so in order to be able to read the poem-homage...

Obituaries / Palestine / Poetry

Taha Muhammad Ali (1931-2011)

Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 80. Adina Hoffman  wrote a biography of Taha called My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness, and her husband Peter Cole has translated his poetry....

Obituaries / Poet / Translator

Edwin Honig (1919-2011)

This just in via the New York Times, see full obituary there: Edwin Honig, a poet, critic and translator known for his elegant English renditions of seminal works of Spanish and Portuguese literature, died...

Music / Obituaries

Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011)

This, via the L.A. Times: May 27, 2011 |  7:49 pm Gil Scott-Heron, whose late 1960s and early ’70s poetry set to rhythmic jazz music, especially “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” was one of...

Obituaries

Nora Joris-Schintgen 1922-2011

Memento Amori “Naissance et mort — l’affaire de quelqu’un d’autre. Pour nous, le long entre-deux: ne pas s’inquiéter. Nora, lumière en nous, toujours.”