The Lonely Funeral - Poets at the Gravesides of the Forgotten

Every year, people living in our towns and cities ¿ the homeless, suicides, old people living alone ¿ are found dead. Their funerals are held without relatives or friends. In Amsterdam in 2002, F Starik established a network of poets who would write a personal poem for the deceased and read it at their funeral as an affirmation of their existence.

Summary

Every year, people living in our towns and cities - the homeless, suicides, old people living alone - are found dead. Their funerals are held without relatives or friends. In Amsterdam in 2002, F Starik established a network of poets who would write a personal poem for the deceased and read it at their funeral as an affirmation of their existence.

Product details

• Authors: Maarten Inghels, F Starik, F. Starik, Stefan Wieczorek
• Assisted by: David Colmer (Translation)
• Publisher: Arc Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781910345528
• ISBN: 978-1-910345-52-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 218 g
• Series: Anthologies in Translation
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama