Mountain Poetry and Music of Exile at the Poetry Cafe, Monday 6th November - London
Mountain Poetry and Music of Exile Date: Monday 6 Nov 2006, 19.30 Cost: ?3 Venue: Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2 Yuyutsu Sharma -an Indian poet based in Nepal for 30 years - launches ‘Way to Everest: a photographic and poetic journey to the foot of Everest’
With live bansuri flute, singing bowl and soundscape music performance by Nepalese musicians, Bishwo Shahi and Dawa Lama.
Plus, Stephen Watts and Kamal Mirawdeli launch ‘Modern Kurdish Poetry’ a collection of Kurdish twentieth-century poetry translated into English.
Kamal Mirawdeli was born in South Kurdistan and has published four collections of poetry in Kurdish and one in English.
Chaired by David Clark of Exiled Writers Ink
Website: http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk
