Peter Balakian awarded Pulitzer Prize in new YorkOctober 14, 2016 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Author Peter Balakian was among this year’s recipients at a special celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes. The Poetry Society of America hosted a night of readings by 13 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Among the poets were Balakian, John Ashbery, Yusef Koumanyaka, Sharon Olds, Stephen Dunn and Jorie Graham. The event took place in the Great Hall at Cooper Union, The Armenian Mirror Spectator reports. Balakian was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems “Ozone Journal”. The Pulitzer committee noted Ozone Journal for “poems that bear witness to the old losses and tragedies that undergird a global age of danger and uncertainty.” Keith Jones writing in Consequence Magazine wrote about Ozone Journal: “Balakian is a master of—the drifting, split-second mirage, the cinematic dissolve and cross-cut as well as the sculptural, statuesque moment chiseled out of consonant blends and an imagistic, jazzman’s ear for vowels. . . beautiful, haunting, plaintive, urgent, in our dying world’s age, these poems legislate a vital comportment to the demands of our shared present, timely and untimely both.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |