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Weder Spanier noch Französisch

11 de setembre de 2009

Heute ist Kataloniens Nationalfeiertag, eine bedrückte Nation, die um seine Unabhängigkeit kämpft. Die Katalanen sind weder Spanier noch Französisch. Die Katalanen werden verpflichtet, einer der folgenden europäischen Staaten zu werden. Heute feiern wir einen Misserfolg, aber was wir gern feiern würden, ist ein Endsieg. Wir ehren jene Patrioten, die am 11. September 1714 starben. Und

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NEITHER SPANISH NOR FRENCH: CATALANS

11 de setembre de 2009
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Today is Catalonia’s national day, an oppressed nation who is fighting for its independence. The Catalans are neither Spanish nor French. The Catalans are bound to be one of the next European states. Today we celebrate a defeat, but what we would like to celebrate is a final victory. We honour those patriots who died on

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DEREK WALCOTT

31 d'agost de 2009
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  DEREK WALCOTT was born in St. Lucia, British West Indies, in 1930. He lived there till he went to the University of the West Indies, the Jamaica campus, in 1950. After graduating, he went to Trinidad, wh ere he worked with the Trinidad Theater Wor kshop, writing plays anddirecting them. In the past few

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Pedro, Prince of Monaco (1-0)

29 d'agost de 2009
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  A goal in the nick of time from the Canary Islander in the second half of extra time has handed Barça their third European Super Cup. Now we can talk of a brand new Barça of the Five Cups. 57 years later, Barça can once again boast a ‘Team of the Five Cups’. Like

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Anche la Supercoppa al Barça

29 d'agost de 2009
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Ibra delude, ci pensa Pedro Il Barcellona fatica più del previsto contro gli ucraini dello Shakhtar: decide il giovane del vivaio nel secondo tempo supplementare, sfruttando una magia di Messi. Per i blaugrana si tratta del quinto titolo dell’anno MONTECARLO, 2 agosto 2009 – Ibrahimovic? Macché: Pedro, il suo sostituto. A Montecarlo, un gol al

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Le Barça continue la moisson

29 d'agost de 2009
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Et de deux ! Après la Supercoupe d’Espagne, le FC Barcelone a remporté son deuxième trophée de la saison aux dépens du Chakhtior Donetsk (1-0, a .p.), vendredi soir, lors de la Supercoupe d’Europe disputée à Monaco. La rencontre, dominée de la tête et des épaules par les Catalans, s’est étirée jusqu’au bout de la

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CARYL PHILLIPS

28 d'agost de 2009
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  Caryl Phillips was born on 13 March 1958 on the Caribbean island of St Kitts. He grew up in Leeds, England, and read English at Queen’s College, Oxford. He is the author of six novels, several books of non-fiction and has written for film, theatre, radio and television. Much of his writing – both

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CHINUA ACHEBE

27 d'agost de 2009
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Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and literary critic. A diplomat in the ill-fated Biafran government of 1967-1970, Achebe is primarily interested in African politics, depictions of Africa and Africans in the West, pre-colonial African culture, and the effects of colonialism on African societies. Achebe’s 1958 novel Things Fall Apart,

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Nous pleurons Dani Jarque

9 d'agost de 2009
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La tristesse et la douleur nous a envahis pendant les dernières heures per la mort subite de Dani Jarque, le capitaine du RCD Espanyol. J’ai personnellement eu la nécessité urgente d’abandonner les vacances blocaires habituelles d’août pour écrire quelques mots par un footballeur catalan, la trajectoire de qui nous suivions pendant les dernières années. Une

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ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN (2)

28 de juliol de 2009
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Lampman wrote more than 300 poems in this last period of his life, although scarcely half of these were published prior to his death. For single poems or groups of poems he found outlets in the literary magazines of the day: in Canada, chiefly the Week; in the United States, Scribner’s Magazine, the Youth’s Companion,

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ARHIBALD LAMPMAN

27 de juliol de 2009
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He is widely regarded as Canada’s finest 19th century English language poet. Lampman’s poetry concerns Canada’s rural life and the wonders of nature and can be compared to British romantic and nature poetry contemporary to his life. Lampman’s ability to write detailed, meaningful poems that depict traditional Canadian and Native American life was one of

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CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS

24 de juliol de 2009
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  A Canadian poet and prose writer. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the “Father of Canadian Poetry” because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the “Confederation poets”. Together, these four poets

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CANADIAN SHORT FICTION

23 de juliol de 2009
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Canadian short fiction has always maintained close associations with the popular markets provided by newspapers and LITERARY MAGAZINES. A pattern of first publication in periodicals and subsequent collection in book form was established in the 19th century and has continued to the present day. Portions of Susanna MOODIE’S ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH were first

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1961 Kennedy’s speech about landing on the moon

21 de juliol de 2009
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SPACE       Finally, if we are to win the battle that is now going on around the world between freedom and tyranny, the dramatic achievements in space which occurred in recent weeks should have made clear to us all, as did the Sputnik in 1957, the impact of this adventure on the minds of men

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CANADIANNESS

19 de juliol de 2009
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CANADIANNESS During the 20th century, predominant patterns of habitation in Canada shifted from rural to urban settings. In Canadian literature, a corresponding shift can be seen in fictional settings; and transitions from pastoral to urban settings have been associated with new themes and archetypes, as well as a revised approach to realism. However, given that

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