Engraving by C. Cook after work by Alexander Nasmyth Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library) | 4,259 (10,304) | 108 | 5,082 | (3.96) | 18 | 0 | Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 25, 1759. He received little formal education, but he enjoyed reading and he became familiar with the writings of such authors as Dryden, Milton, and Shakespeare. Burns worked long hours with his father, a tenant farmer. The frustration of watching his father's struggles on the farm is said to have inspired his satirical poetry. When his father died in 1784, Burns moved the family to the farm Mossgiel about one mile north of the town of Mauchline. Here he continued to work as a farmer and to write poetry. In 1786 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect was published, which described the existence of the Scottish peasant. Burns's popularity was immediate, if short-lived. After a brief period of fame in Edinburgh, Burns returned to Ayrshire. Burns married Jean Armour in 1788. They moved first to a farm in Ellisland, then to Dumfries, where Burns worked as a tax inspector. In addition to his poetry, Burns is well known for his songwriting. He worked with James Johnson on a project to revise old Scottish tunes and created some new songs of his own. Some favorites include Auld Lang Syne, To a Mountain Daisy, and Tam o' Shanter. Robert Burns died of rheumatic fever on July 21, 1796, at the age of 37. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Poems and Songs … (more) |
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Robert Burns has 2 past events. (show) Поезія Роберта Бернза: зустріч за мотивами збірки «Роберт Бернз. Вибране» Книгарня «Є» та ГО «Українська фундація «Друзі Шотландії» запрошують на зустріч за мотивами збірки «Роберт Бернз. Вибране» (упорядники Ганна Дика та Петро Кормило). Збірка вибраних творів Роберта Бернза містить поезії,пісні, епіграми та епітафії видатного шотландського поета в оригіналі та перекладах Івана Франка, Павла Грабовського, Василя Мисика, Миколи Лукаша і Ганни Дикої. Палке слово Роберта Бернза вічне, а його кредо – «хай негідники тремтять від твого обурення, а дурні впадуть ниць від твоєї посмішки. А ти давай радість гідним, і я вірю, що ти сам станеш щасливим від цього!» — є ключем до розуміння всієї творчості великого сина Шотландії.
Учасники: Володимир Василенко, професор НаУКМА, Надзвичайний і Повноважний Посол України, голова ГО«Українська фундація «Друзі Шотландії» Петро Кормило, керівник фундації «Друзі України в Шотландії» Данило Курдельчук, президент Укрінюрколегії, голова МГО «Волинське Братство» Максим Стріха, письменник, перекладач, публіцист Ганна Дика , перекладач, викладач англійської мови й літератури в Київській гімназії № 56
Інформаційна підтримка МГО «Волинське Братство».
Медіапартнер заходу – тижневик «Український тиждень»
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YE Bookstore and the civic association Ukrainian Foundation “The Friends of Scotland” are happy to invite you to the meeting based on the book Robert Burns. Vybrane (“Robert Burns. Selected Works,” compiled by Hanna Dyka and Petro Kormylo).
Participants: Dr Volodymyr Vasylenko, professor at the National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, chairman, civic association Ukrainian Foundation “The Friends of Scotland” Petro Kormylo, director, Foundation “The Friends of Scotland” Danylo Kurdelchuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association for Foreign Affairs (Ukriniurkolehia), chairman of the international NGO Volynske Bratstvo Maksym Strikha, writer, translator, essayist Hanna Dyka, translator, teacher of the English language and literature, Gymnasium 56 (Kyiv) Information sponsor: International NGO Volynske Bratstvo
Free admission.
Media partner: The Ukrainian Week (Vvolodymyr)… (more)
Zig-Zag: the Paths of Robert Burns - Friday 7 November 2008 to Sunday 1 February 2009
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