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Wed 03 Mar 2010Van Rompuy's haiku verses set for multilingual publication
THE JAPANESE-STYLE haiku poems of Herman Van Rompuy are set to reach new readers with the imminent publication of an anthology of three-line verse by the president of the European Council.
In an effort to widen the audience for verse first published in Dutch on Mr Van Rompuy’s personal website, the haiku are being translated by a Belgian poetry organisation into English, German and French. In a nod to Europe’s heritage and minority language enthusiasts, they will also be published in Latin.
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