That really is sad news, Pierre. I've only ever seen a handful of his poems,
and in translation of course, but they struck me as utterly beautiful (and,
too, so much in 'advance' of some of 'innovative' poets around)
Best
Dave
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From: "Pierre Joris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:35 PM
Subject: Gennadi Aygi (1934-2006)
> The sad news in this morning that the great Chuvash poet Gennadi Aygi
> died in Moscow yesterday. A little homage (to be expanded) & a poem
> by Aygi can be found on my blog: http://pjoris.blogspot.com
>
> Pierre
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