Sunday, May 17, 2009

Canadian Poetry and Culture, 25, 25 and 28 May, Seoul

The Canadian Embassy cordially invites you to a Poem Recital:
"Canadian Poetry and Culture: Three Days in Seoul".

Programme

Speaker: Archival M. Young, Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Arts, University of Western Ontario, Canada


Theme: “The Trees are tangled with Menace”
When: Monday, May 25th, 4 to 6 pm
Venue: Sookmyung Women's University (tel:2077-7166)
Poets: Douglas Le Pan and Margaret Atwood

Douglas Le Pan
Coureurs de Bois,
A Country without a Mythology

Margaret Atwood
The Animals in That Country
Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer


Theme: “This land like a mirror turns you inward”
When: Tuesday, May 26th, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Where: Schofield Hall, Canadian Embassy in Seoul (tel: 3783-6000)
Poets: Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen and E.J. Pratt

Margaret Atwood
Departure from the Bush

Gwendolyn MacEwen
Dark Pines Under Water

E.J. Pratt
Newfoundland


Theme:“How splendidly I might perform”
When: Thursday, May 28th, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Where: Samsumg Raemian Gallery, Unni-Dong, Jongno-Gu, tel:765-3304
Poet: Alden Nolan

Alden Nolan
The People Who Are Gone
If I could be Certain, God

(This information gleaned from http://www.korea4expats.com/)

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