Nachrufe aus der New York Times

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 — Waly Salomão , a Brazilian poet, died here on Monday. He was 59. …

Mr. Salomão rose to fame largely through his lyrics to songs associated with the tropicalista movement, which combines influences like American rock ’n‘ roll with traditional Brazilian rhythms. His work can be heard in several songs by Caetano Veloso, one of the movement’s founders, and in recent years he wrote lyrics for a new generation of artists. / NYT *) 8.5.03

Mohammed Dib, an award-winning Algerian novelist and poet who wrote in French, the language in which he had learned to read as a child, died on Friday at his home outside Paris. He was 82. …

Much of his poetry was in short unrhymed lines. / NYT *) 8.5.03

Ebenso: Gerrit Henry, US-Kunstkritiker und Dichter, NYT 12.5.03