Simic's Shoes

Authors

  • 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

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Published

04-Oct-2021

Issue

Vol. 8 (2021)

Section

Art & Culture

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How to Cite

Simic’s Shoes. (2021). The South Asianist Journal, 8, 53-57. https://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/southasianist/article/view/4414