1984
Desmond Tutu – Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Born: 7th October 1931, Klerksdorp, Transvaal. Parents: Father was a school teacher. Mother relatively uneducated. Married: 2nd July 1955. Wife: Leah Nomalizo Tutu. Children: Trevor Thamsanqa, Theresa Thandeka, Naomi Nontombi, Mpho Andrea. 1945-1950 High School Education – Johannesburg Bantu High School, Western Native Township up to Matric. 1951-1953 Teachers Diploma at Pretoria Bantu Normal College.…
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Jaroslav Seifert – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Czech Pøedná¹ka k udìlení Nobelovy ceny. V prosinci 1984. O patetickém a lyrickém stavu ducha Často se setkávám, především u cizinců, s otázkou, čím je možno vysvětlit velkou oblibu poezie v mé zemi, proč je u nás nejen zájem o básně, ale dokonce potřeba poezie, a tím snad i schopnost ji vnímat, znatelně větší než…
moreJaroslav Seifert – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 1984 (Translation) On the Pathetic and Lyrical State of Mind I am often asked, particularly by foreigners, how one can explain the great love of poetry in my country: why there exists among us not only an interest in poems but even a need for poetry. Perhaps that means my countrymen…
moreJaroslav Seifert – Poetry
Poetry
Autobiography Sometimes when she would talk about herself my mother would say: My life was sad and quiet, I always walked on tip-toe. But if I got a little angry and stamped my foot the cups, which had been my mother’s, would tinkle on the dresser and make me laugh. At the moment of my…
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