Translation Tuesday: The Cities, a poem by Marie Silkeberg

Edit The Guardian 03 May 2016
This rapid-fire Swedish poetry, inspired by Malevich’s black squares, was the poetry winner Asymptote’s translation contest – read an extract ... Judge Michael Hofmann, one of the six most esteemed literary translators working today according to The Wall Street Journal, whittled his selection down to five entries ... one pillar pagoda ... become one of them ... one. one long image chain ... “Städerna” is one section of Till Damaskus by Marie Silkeberg ... ....

Guide to Hanoi's Tourist Attractions

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Entrance of Temple of Literature, Hanoi, Vietnam.  Image © Mike Aquino, licensed to About.com. Continued from page 1 ... (Read about Must-See Sights in Hanoi.). Ba Dinh Square is the site of Ho Chi Minh's proclamation of Vietnamese independence in 1945. The square is Ground Zero for the Ho Chi Minh cult of personality ... The One Pillar Pagoda, a replica of an ancient temple stands between the Mausoleum and the Museum ... Chow hounds....

Smile Travel Vietnam introduces a special tour named “Spring in the Capital”.

Edit Seattle Post 25 Mar 2015
Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, is known as one of the most attractive places in Asia ... Known as one of the most attractive places in the world, Hanoi is famous for its ancient beauty spots, traditional lifestyle, unique culture, and friendly citizens ... Tourists have the chance to learn more about the traditional features of Vietnam when visiting the Temple of Literature or One-pillar pagoda....
photo: WN / marzena
Hanoi in three days: holiday itinerary

Hanoi in three days: holiday itinerary

Edit The Guardian 22 Jan 2015
Queue to see the preserved body of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s 20th-century communist leader, in his mausoleum (admission free) at monumental Ba Dinh Square, followed by a visit to Ho’s stilt house and the neighbouring diminutive One Pillar Pagoda (admission 75p) ... pagodas and pile-ups (of the wet market kind) in one of the world’s top food destinations....

Shooting up daily: bilateral Bodhi trees - The art of flora diplomacy and deep roots ...

Edit The Telegraph India 16 Sep 2014
At the One Pillar Pagoda here which dates back a full millennium is another Bodhi tree which Ho Chi Minh brought back from a visit to India in 1958 ... Mukherjee could not visit the One Pillar Pagoda because its surroundings are in the throes of construction work as part of renovating the temple and it was considered a security risk for the visiting President ... In 1954, French colonial troops defaced the One Pillar Pagoda....

Top US senator concludes Viet Nam visit (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)

Edit noodls 22 Apr 2014
(Source. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). Patrick Leahy, President Pro Tempore of the US Senate, wrapped up his productive five-day visit to Viet Nam on April 20 ... VNA) ... He and his entourage also visited a number of beauty spots and relic sites in Hanoi, including the house where late President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked, the One-Pillar Pagoda and the Temple of Literature ... distributed by ... (noodl....
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