Poem

Ieltsin

Title Ieltsin
Author Seán Ó Curraoin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Cloch na Cainte 2003 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2588
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Cloch na Cainte
Date of Publication 2003
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 22
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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No
Yes
No
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes This is a poem in which the speaker of the poem appears to comment on activities of Boris Yeltsin, the controversial Russian politician, who served as first President of Russia from 1991-1999. The poem comments briefly on the massacre of the Kulaks (a comparatively well-off farming class of peasants) which occurred during Stalinist Collectivization in the 1930s, and their forced expulsion to Siberia if they failed to comply. The speaker of the poem describes a rather humorous hypothetical situation in which Yeltsin will visit them in Ireland and explain himself to everyone.
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