The late translator Helen Lane in Translation Review , Vol. 5, 1980—
"Among the awards, I submit, should be one for the entire oeuvre of a lifetime "senior" translator— and one for the best first translation…. Similar organization, cooperation, and fund-finding for a first-rate replacement for the sorely missed Delos ."
This leads to one of the founders of Delos , the late Donald Carne-Ross, who died on January 9, 2010.
For one meditation on the date January 9, see Bridal Birthday (last Thursday).
Another meditation, from the date of Carne-Ross's death—
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Positional Meaning"The positional meaning of a symbol derives from its relationship to other symbols in a totality, a Gestalt, whose elements acquire their significance from the system as a whole." – Victor Turner, The Forest of Symbols , Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1967, p. 51, quoted by Beth Barrie in "Victor Turner." To everything, turn, turn, turn …
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See also Delos in this journal.