The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) today
<"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/tagore_neruda
_and_cesaire_honoured_at_unesco/">launched a programme honouring
Rabindrânâth Tagore, Pablo Neruda and Aimé Césaire, three poets who, each in
his own way, carried high the standard of humanist values.
Beyond their different geographic, social and political contexts, Tagore, a
Bengali poet at the time that India was under British rule, Chile's Neruda
and Césaire – from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe – showed a
commitment to speaking for the voiceless.
"By challenging relations based on domination and submission – whether they
concern colonialism, fascism or racism – their message attains a universal
dimension," UNESCO said at a forum opened by Director-General Irina Bokova
at its headquarters in Paris.
Launched in the wake of the International Year for the Rapprochement of
Cultures of 2010, the programme aims to promote translations, publications,
and creations connected to the three writers, facilitating the dissemination
and adaptation of their message.
A tribute to Tagore was organized with Bangladesh's and India's permanent
delegations to UNESCO as part of the 150th anniversary of his birth, with
song, dance and poetry readings.
A UNESCO work – <em>Rabindrânâth Tagore, Pablo Neruda, Aimé Césaire for a
reconciled universal</em> – pays tribute to this universal oeuvre. Published
in English, French and Spanish, the illustrated book examines the legacy of
the three authors and their messages from a comparative perspective.
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