Lasana M. Sekou
Auteur van Brotherhood of the Spurs
Over de Auteur
Fotografie: Lasana M. Sekou (wikipedia.org)
Werken van Lasana M. Sekou
The independence papers; readings on a new political status for St. Maarten/St. Martin (1990) 4 exemplaren
Maroon Lives Tribute to Maurice Bishop & Grenadian Freedom Fighters. Revolution As Poetic Inspiration: Grenada in… (2013) 4 exemplaren
Pelican Heart - An Anthology of Poems by Lasana M. Sekou / Corazon de pelicano - Antologia poetica de Lasana M. Sekou (2010) 3 exemplaren
Big Up St. Martin: Essay & Poem - Colony, Territory, or Partner? (essay), The Cubs are in the Field (long poem) (1999) 1 exemplaar
Mother Nation 1 exemplaar
Fraternidad de las Espuelas 1 exemplaar
Moods for Isis 1 exemplaar
Salt Reaper: Poems From The Flats 1 exemplaar
Love Songs Make Your Cry 1 exemplaar
6 Poems by Lasana M. Sekou 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1959
- Geslacht
- male
- Geboorteplaats
- Aruba
- Woonplaatsen
- St. Martin, Caribbean
- Opleiding
- Stony Brook University (BA | Political Science/ Int’l. Relations), Howard University (MA | Mass Communication)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- International Writers Workshop Visiting Fellow (China), James Michener Fellow (USA), knighthood (The Netherlands), Recognition for literary excellence in the service of Caribbean unity (Dominican Republic), Conscious Lyrics Artist of the Decade, CTO Award of Excellence.
- Korte biografie
- Lasana M. Sekou is a St. Martin, Caribbean author of 17 books of poetry, monologues, and short stories. Reviewers have compared Sekou’s poetry to the works of Aimé Césaire, Oswald Mtshali, Kamau Brathwaite, Dylan Thomas, e.e. cummings, and Linton Kwesi Johnson. His Nativity, The Salt Reaper, 37 Poems, and Brotherhood of the Spurs have been required reading at Caribbean, North American, and European universities. Sekou has recited his poetry throughout the Caribbean, USA, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Turkish, and Chinese. Sekou is an advocate for the independence of St. Martin, a colony of France and the Netherlands.
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Besprekingen
Quimbé : poetics of sound door Lasana M. Sekou
A 1991 volume of poetry from St. Martin poet Lasana M. Sekou.
37 POEMS was written in China while the St. Martin poet was a visiting fellow at Asia's first International Writers' Workshop (2004) in Hong Kong and Beijing. Coming from a 37-square-mile Caribbean island, Sekou has been steadily reaching readers in the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia through his writing and performances. Readers who think they know his poetic style will be pleasantly surprised at his streamlined use of language in 37 POEMS, which, according Drisana Deborah Jack, is "Somewhere between the grace of haiku and the weight of the epic…"… (meer)
This 1988 volume contains one long poem, Nativity, and five dramatic monologues by Lasana Sekou. The introduction is by Napolina Gumbs.
A selection of poems from ten books by Lasana Sekou, with introduction and notes by leading Cuban literary critic Emilio Jorge Rodriguez. Translated into Spanish by Maria Teresa Ortega.
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- 27
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- 78
- Populariteit
- #229,022
- Waardering
- 4.0
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- 18
- ISBNs
- 28
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