usually built in the place of commemoration‚ where the historic figure or event becomes part of the landscape‚ the heart of the society and the pages of history. Such a monument can be adequately represented by the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. This memorial is dedicated to Canadian soldiers‚ whom are remembered for the heroic events in the battle of Vimy Ridge‚ by all the people and countries whom these soldiers touched. Vimy Ridge is an escarpment type landscape northeast of the city of Arras
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THE WORLD PERFORMING HIS POETRY. HIS PUBLISHED POETRY INCLUDES MAN TO PAN (1982)‚ WINNER OF THE CASA DE LAS AMÉRICAS PRIZE‚ LIMBO DANCER IN DARK GLASSES (1983)‚ MANGOES AND BULLETS: SELECTED AND NEW POEMS 1972-84 (1985) AND WEBLINES (2000). HE IS ALSO THE AUTHOR OF MANY CHILDREN ’S BOOKS‚ INCLUDING LEND ME YOUR WINGS (1987)‚ WHICH WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE NESTLÉ SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE. HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO‚ AND EDITED‚ SEVERAL ANTHOLOGIES‚ INCLUDING THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CARIBBEAN VERSE (1986)‚ AND IS
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first-prize awards in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for the short stories‚ “The God Stealer‚” 1959; “Waywaya‚” 1979; and “Arbol de Fuego” (Firetree)‚ 1980 - Palanca grand prize for his novel Mass ‚ 1981 - second prize for his essay “A Scenario for Philippine Resistance‚” 1979 - won the grand prize in the CCP Literary contests for the novel Tree ‚ 1979 - three first-prize awards from the National Press Club‚ 1957‚ 1961 and 1962 - Fernando Ma. Guerrero Memorial Foundation
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[Ricaredo Demetillo (born 2 June 1919) is a Filipino poet‚ essayist and playwright. Using English and English metrics‚ he pioneered a linkage with the oral tradition which resulted in the award-winningBarter in Panay: An Epic‚ an epic about the life of Datu Sumakwel‚ the first datu and law-giver of Panay. The said epic is considered to be the first true literary epic of the Philippines. Demetillo is married to Angelita Delariarte. Their daughter Becky Demetillo-Abraham is a singer while their son
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Further study led him to Merton College‚ Oxford‚ and he decided to stay in England. He worked first as a teacher and then in Lloyd’s Bank until 1925. Then he joined the London publishing firm of Faber and Gwyer‚ becoming director when the firm became Faber and Faber in 1929. Eliot won the Nobel prize for literature in 1948 and other major literary awards. Eliot saw an exhausted poetic mode being employed‚ that contained no verbal excitement or original craftsmanship‚ by the Georgian poets who
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What was the role of oil in shaping post war worlds? ”If one commodity can claim credit for the startling advances seen in the world in the 20th century‚ in particular in developed industrialized countries‚ it was crude oil- soon to be dubbed ‘black gold’.” Oil became an influential substance in the post war times‚ economically and also in shaping countries’ foreign policies. Whichever countries controlled oil controlled much of the world’s policies. After the increase in industrialisation and
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Ireland was a British colony for more than seven centuries‚ for this time it was hidden their native identity‚ as well as their language. The British colonizers imposed not only their language but also their culture. In 1922‚ it was signed the Treaty in which Ireland was considered a free state. As and introduction to Heaney poems‚ I will use a poem of Yeats‚ who is the poet that starts to talk about postcolonial themes. Maybe Yeats was one the most important figures in the reconstruction of
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world wide web as a giant library and database that we all have access to. Social Networks Social networks and the impact it has on our society‚ how does communicating and sharing with the world effect us? Creating blogs‚ post and documents to memorials and support family and friends we have lost‚ or going through hard times and the ethical issues involved. With how fast and rapid our society and technology is today social networks has made it possible to communicate and stay in touch with family
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clerk of the king’s works (138991). The official date of Chaucer’s death is Oct. 25‚ 1400. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0857256.html Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London‚ the son of a successful wine merchant. After probably spending many of his childhood days in London’s Vintry‚ his father did not send him to apprenticeship school‚ but
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loved one yet they’re not forgotten. Similarly‚ memorials recognize a person’s actions and honor their sacrifice with a tribute. The horrifying day of September 11‚ 2001‚ where over 3‚000 lives were taken by Islamic extremists hijacking and crashing four planes was a national disaster; yet‚ as a country‚ we stood together and built the 9/11 Memorial Museum to honor the lives that were taken in the attack. A quote inscribed in the wall of the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City‚ New York‚ from the epic
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