Simic's Shoes

  • Debasish Lahiri LAL BABA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, INDIA
Keywords: Charles Simic, Van Gogh, Migrant Workers, Death, Memory

Abstract


This is a short essay that pays tribute to the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Charles Simic who turned 92 on 9th May.The article looks at one poem by Simic routed through the vision of Van Gogh and the reality of the 16 deaths of migrant workers on the railway track in Maharashtra, India, on 8th May. a-pair-of-shoes-1886.jpgThe article looks at one poem by Simic routed through the vision of Van Gogh and the reality of the 16 deaths on the railway track on 8th May.

Author Biography

Debasish Lahiri, LAL BABA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, INDIA

Assistant Professor, Dept. of English

Published
04-Oct-2021
How to Cite
Lahiri, D. (2021). Simic’s Shoes. The South Asianist Journal, 8, 53-57. Retrieved from http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/4414
Section
Art & Culture