Word: poetes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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POOR RICHARD. Jean Kerr sacrifices some laughs in treating two serious themes: the capacity to love and the squandering of talent. Still, wit and insight inform this tale of an English poet on an alcoholic sabbatical in New York...
Died. Augusto Frederico Schmidt, 58, Brazilian poet, politician and entrepreneur, a smalltime merchant's son who wormed his way into Rio society with critically acclaimed verse, through his contacts built up a huge business complex (15 supermarkets in Rio alone), in the 1950s became President Juscelino Kubitschek's top speech writer and the brains behind his "Operation Pan America," forerunner of the Alianza; of a heart attack...
Gradually fresh bills in New Franc denominations replaced the old bills, but the French government still kept tinkering. After only two years in circulation, the old 100 New Franc bill, showing Napoleon, was replaced by a new 100-franc bill showing the bewigged head of the 17th century poet-playwright Pierre Corneille. The Banque de France has lately displayed a preference for literary men over generals and politicians-Voltaire last year replaced Richelieu on the 10-franc note, and Racine replaced Henri IV on the 50. But Frenchmen are now complaining that the new 100-franc Corneille note is confusingly...
...middle ground of compassion"-pacifism; in 1943 he was bounced into prison for three months for refusing to do war work. From his hatred of violence was born A Child of Our Times, begun with the encouragement of Tippett's Monopoly partner and "sort of father," the late poet T. S. Eliot, the day that World War II broke...
Howard Cutler, as the poet type, Louis Flax, only whined and slouched and looked pained. And Patrician Hawkins made of Stella Dean no more than a chaste version of Louis; she even slouched the same...