Most Recent discoveries - 17th January 2013

I have recently been told about two more female poets -

Akiko Yosano (1878 - 1942) a Japanese poet, whose most famous poem "Thou shalt not die" was dedicated to her brother and turned into a protest song - kindly brought to my attention by Yoshihiko Nakanishi

and

Austrian poet Ingeborg Bachman, kindly brought to my attention by Mike Lyons who, with Patrick Drysdale, has selected and translated some of Ingeborg Bachmann's poems into English in a book entitled "Ingeborg Bachmann enigma Selected Poems", published by Ariadne Press, 2011.   Bachmann was born after the First World War but the fact that she was Austrian and grew up during the period between the two World Wars, means that she has a lot to say that is, in my view, relevant as we approach the Centenary of the First World War and look in particular at women's poetry.

My grateful thanks to Yoshihiko and Mike.

Exhibition Extended Into January 2013!

We are pleased to be able to confirm that our mini "taster" exhibition of works by less well known female poets who wrote during the First World War will be continue to be on show at the Wilfred Owen Story, 34 Argyle Street, Birkenhead CH41 6AE duriong January 2013

The exhibition is  open for public viewing from 11am to 2pm Tuedays to Fridays and there will also be the opportunity to view items from the world's first permanent exhibition celebrating the life and works of Wilfred Owen.

For directions - or to find out more about the Wilfred Owen Story - visit their website here: www.wilfredowenstory.com

The Female Poets Of The First World War taster exhibition will include biographical details and examples of work from:

May Sinclair - who was born in Rock Ferry on the Wirral
Mary Webb
Cicely Fox Smith
Moina Belle Michael (USA)
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (France)
Marie Nizet (Belgium)
Jean Blewett (Canada)
Else Lasker-Schüler (Germany)
and Florbela Espança (Portugal)