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Young Greek Teen Wins International Poetry Competition
A young student from Greece recently won a prestigious international poetry prize in a competition between hundreds of youngsters all around the world.
Dimosthenis-Dimitrios Despotidis, an eighth grade student from Campion International School in Athens, won the first prize in...
Europe
Scotland Independence: “The Curse of Minerva” to Britain Gets Fascinatingly Relevant in Lord Byron’s Poem
You may wonder what is the connection between the referendum for Scotland's Independent with Lord Elgin and Lord Byron, but the answer lies in the verses of an old poem that reveals a "Curse" which "will break Britain."
With 309 verses,...
Europe
German Nobel Laureate Guenter Grass Writes Poem about Greece – “Europe’s Shame”
Guenter Grass is a German Nobel Literature Prize winner who wrote, two months ago, a proza poem commenting on Israel's policy regarding Iran. Back then, world society raised eyebrows and disapproved of his poem, due to "poetic faults," such...