Li Jinfa

(1901-1976) fondatorul simbolismului chinez; in tinerete socotit mai mult \"excentric\" decat poet. S-a nascut la Canton. Studii in Franta. Carti publicate: Burnita, Wei yu, 1925, Imn fericirii, Wei xingfu er ge, 1926 si Parazitul si anii teribili, Shige yu xiongnian, 1927

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Li Po

Li Po was born in central Asia. After his father moved the family back into China in 705, he started his poetic compositions. With mountains near his house, he found adventure and became a skilled swordsman and led a life of a knight-errant when he was older. Po traveled and married a daughter of a retired prime minister in 727, but soon went back to traveling the regions and neighboring countries around him. His most exciting travels were to the capital Ch’ang-an where he was presented to the emperor Hsuan-tsung and was showered with extravagant gifts. He was then appointed as a member of the Hanlin Academy and was lionized by fellow scholar-officials. The next travel he experienced was in 744. By this time he was divorced from his first wife and remarried. He was also becoming a drunk and visiting city taverns. Soon Po became known as one of the “Eight Immortals of the Wine-Cup”. During this year he was initiated in the Taoist religion along with his friend Tu Fu. After 10 years of...

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Li Tai Pe

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Saadi

Abū-Muḥammad Muṣliḥ al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or, simply, Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but he has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality of his writings, and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. A native of Shiraz, his father died when he was an infant. Saadi experienced a youth of poverty and hardship, and left his native town at a young age for Baghdad to pursue a better education. As a young man he was inducted to study at the famous an-Nizzāmīya center of knowledge (1195–1226), where he excelled in Islamic Sciences, law, governance, history, Arabic literature and theology. The unsettled conditions following the Mongol invasion of Khwarezm and Iran led him to wander for 30 years abroad through Anatolia (he visited the Port of Adana, and near...

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Marcel Romanescu

Marcel Romanescu, fiul lui N. P. Romanescu, fost primar al Craiovei, născut la 11 octombrie 1897, la Liège, în Belgia. Urmează clasele primare la Paris și Craiova, liceul la Craiova, Turnu Severin, Iași și Mănăstirea-Dealului. În 1920, obține licența în drept și filozofie, cu orientare spre funcțiile publice și serviciul diplomatic, în care debutează ca atașat de legație pe lângă Vatican (1920-1921). La Roma va conduce și foaia de propagandă România (1921). Ulterior, ocupă diferite posturi în diplomație (Varșovia, Haga, Madrid, Cairo, Belgrad, Copenhaga, etc.), secretar, în 1924 al comisiei româno-ungare, însărcinată cu aplicarea tratatului de la Trianon. Stil de existență asemănător lui Duiliu Zamfirescu, diplomat și scriitor. În 1926, conduce la Craiova revista Flamura. Colaborator la numeroase reviste literare din țară, se consacră în ultima perioadă a vieții sale studiilor de istorie, publicate anterior, sub rubrici variate, și în Arhivele Olteniei. A decedat la Craiova în...

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