WWI poems

[Ellen Elias-Bursac]

A book worth consulting is
Lines of Fire
Women Writers of World War I, edited by Margaret Higonnet, Plume, 1999.

All the best, Ellen Elias-Bursac

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Denner wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I received the following query. If you can help, please respond directly to
> Dr. Timothy Brown, Timothy_Brown at dpsk12.org:
>
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>
> I am a composer currently engaged in a project of chamber pieces for
> soprano, oboe, violin, viola, cello, and piano.  I am using poems of WWI
> soldiers as the texts for this group of works.  Currently complete are works
> by Belgian, British, American, Canadian, and Italian soldiers, with a German
> work in progress.  I would like as well to include a poem by a Russian WWI
> soldier, say 12-20 lines or so, in the cycle.  My intention is to set the
> piece in Russian, but since I do not speak Russian, I am wondering if you
> have any pieces to suggest.  If there are poems you could suggest, and
> translations thereof, I should be delighted to learn of them so that I can
> continue this project in its full international in scope outline.
>
> Thank you in advance for any assistance.
>
> Dr. Timothy Brown
> Glendale, Colorado
> ***
>
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> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/organizations/russian_club/mypage.htm
> http://russianpoetry.net
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