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News from the Other World

Poems in Romani

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News from the Other World is a collection of poems in the Gurbet dialect of Romani by the Roma poet Ilija Jovanovic, who writes movingly of the life and traditions of the Roma community of his youth in Serbia, the joy and comradeship, as well the hunger and poverty. He writes, too, about his feelings of rootlessness and loss of identity in Austria, his adopted country, and the prejudice experience. by his people. Yet he also writes with compassion of love and fatherhood and faith. The poems are accompanied by translations into English. Includes a memoir of the poet's childhood and an essay on the history of the Roma people.

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News from the Other World, Ilija Jovanović, Melitta Depner

Lingua
RomaniRO
Pubblicato
2010
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Titolo
News from the Other World
Sottotitolo
Poems in Romani
Lingua
Inglese, Romani
Pubblicato
2010
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
153
ISBN10
1903427541
ISBN13
9781903427545
Serie
Descrizione
News from the Other World is a collection of poems in the Gurbet dialect of Romani by the Roma poet Ilija Jovanovic, who writes movingly of the life and traditions of the Roma community of his youth in Serbia, the joy and comradeship, as well the hunger and poverty. He writes, too, about his feelings of rootlessness and loss of identity in Austria, his adopted country, and the prejudice experience. by his people. Yet he also writes with compassion of love and fatherhood and faith. The poems are accompanied by translations into English. Includes a memoir of the poet's childhood and an essay on the history of the Roma people.