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The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of the Sinosphere—most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods of Chinese history, Joseon Korea, and Vietnam. They tend to offer a reflection on death—both in general and concerning the imminent death of the author—that is often coupled with a meaningful ...
Yoel Hoffmann (Hebrew: יואל הופמן; 23 June 1937 [1] – 25 August 2023) was an Israeli Jewish contemporary author, editor, scholar and translator. Held a title of a professor of Japanese poetry , Buddhism , and philosophy at the University of Haifa in Israel and lived in Galilee .
The Rinzai school continued the practice of the katsu, as can be seen through the examples of the death poems of certain Rinzai priests: Katsu! On the death bed—Katsu! Let he who has eyes see! Katsu! Katsu! Katsu! And once again, Katsu! Katsu!-–Yōsō Sōi (養叟宗頤, 1379–1458) [18] For over sixty years I often cried Katsu! to no avail.
Obituary poetry, in the broad sense, includes poems or elegies that commemorate a person's or group of people's deaths. In its stricter sense, though, it refers to a genre of popular verse or folk poetry that had its greatest popularity in the nineteenth century, especially in the United States of America .
Yoel Hoffmann, 86, Israeli writer and translator. [617] Philip Ingamells, 76, Australian conservationist, photographer, and writer. [618] Juliana Jirousová, 79, Czech painter and dissident . [619] George Owen Mackie, 93, British-Canadian zoologist. [620] Diane de Margerie, 95, French writer and translator. [621]
Classic Beef Stroganoff. A nod to tradition, with a tip of the hat to the ’80s love of decadent meals, beef Stroganoff seemed destined for popularity.
ET has learned that Hamel, who was married to the Three's Company star for 46 years before her death, gave her an early birthday present. A handwritten love poem, wrapped in her favorite pink peonies.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.