1463 January 5th: "Brothers surviving us the dead..." : The epitaph of François Villon

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Permalink Reply by ddeubel on January 8, 2008 at 5:41am

Have you read Faludy's Ballads of Villon? A great Hungarian poet who should have won at least two nobels. A crie du coeur.

here is a brief English introduction to the man who lived down the street from me, alone and alive , so many years.

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Mespoulet on January 8, 2008 at 11:12am

Thank you very much, David, for this comment. I'll add Faludy among my next reading, for sure ! And congratulations for your ning: many great ideas inside !
School Beyond the Walls is organizing a cultural event to share poetry, Poets' Spring at Manosque. Members of the social network are gathering poems, often with english translation. One of our italian members, Vincenzina, has given to me a few hours ago an italian version of the last Ballad of Villon, and she told about a certain Fabrizio de André an italian song composer famous in Italy, who composed La ballata degli impiccati...

Here is our programme for Poets' Spring (in french)

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