William Butler Yeats

The Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was the leader of the Irish Literary Renaissance during the early 20th century. Yeats\'s early lyrical poetry and drama drew inspiration from Irish legend and occult learning, but his later writing became increasingly engaged with his own time. W. B. Yeats, b. Dublin, June 13, 1865, d. Jan. 28, 1939, was perhaps the greatest English-language poet of the 20th century. The major defining elements of Yeats\'s poetic career were visible by his 24th year. He had formed a profound attachment to the county of Sligo, where he stayed for long periods while living in London (1867-83); his interest in the occult led him to found (1885) the Dublin Hermetic Society and to join (1887) the London Lodge of Theosophists; his 1885 meeting with the nationalist John O\'Leary prompted his discovery of Ireland as a literary subject and his commitment to the cause of Irish national identity; in 1889 he fell in love with Maud Gonne and published...

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Lagerlof Selma

[[eng]] born Nov. 20, 1858, Mårbacka, Swed. died March 16, 1940, Mårbacka Swedish novelist. She was working as a schoolmistress when she wrote her first novel, Gösta Berlings saga (1891), a chronicle of life in her native Värmland. Later works include Jerusalem (1901–02), which established her as Sweden's foremost novelist, and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and its sequel (1906–07), a geography reader for children in fantasy form. A naturally gifted storyteller, she rooted her work in legend and saga. In 1909 she became the first woman and the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. [[/eng]]

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William Austin

William Austin (1778–1841) was an American author and lawyer, most notable as the creator of the Peter Rugg stories published in the New England Galaxy in 1824–1827. Austin's stories, constructed as long letters signed with the name Jonathan Dunwell, presented the Rugg story as a long-standing New England legend, about a strong and obstinate man who got lost in a thunderstorm in 1770 and wandered the roads ever afterwards. Austin was born in 1778 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, where his family had fled after the British burned down their Charlestown house during the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was educated at Harvard College and Lincoln's Inn, London. He married twice, fought one duel with pistols, and had fourteen children. As a young man he served as Unitarian chaplain aboard the USS Constitution. After the Constitution captured a French ship, the salvage proceedings brought Austin $200 and the acquaintance of Alexander Hamilton, who helped the young man begin his legal studies in...

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Mellin de Saint-Gelais

Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1490-1558), poet francez renascentist. *** Mellin de Saint-Gelais (or Melin de Saint-Gelays or Sainct-Gelais; c. 1491 – October, 1558) was a French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France. He was born at Angoulême, most likely the natural son of Jean de Saint-Gelais, marquis de Montlieu, a member of the Angoumois gentry. His forename was the French-Norman malapropism of the British wizard Merlin featured in Arthurian legends. He was close to his uncle Octavien de Saint-Gelais (1466-1502), bishop of Angoulême since 1494, himself a poet who had translated the Aeneid into French. Mellin, who had studied at Bologna and Padua, had the reputation of being doctor, astrologer and musician as well as poet. He returned to France around 1523, and soon gained favour at the court of the art-loving Valois ruler Francis I by his skill in light verse. He was made almoner to the Dauphin, abbot of Reclus in the diocese of Troyes and librarian...

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Mihail Crama

(pseudonimul lui Eugen Enăchescu Pasad) s-a născut la 01 ianuarie 1923 s-a stins din viață la data de 16 aprilie 1994 Mihail Crama (1923-1994) este cunoscutul premiant al Fundatiilor Regale (Decor penitent, 1947) si al Academiei Romane, Premiul Mihai Eminescu pentru antologia Imparatia de seara, 1979, care include volumele de versuri aparute anterior: Decor penitent, 1947, Dincolo de cuvinte, 1967, Determinari, 1970, Codice, 1974, Ianuarii, 1976 si ciclul inedit Decor penitent II, volum reeditat si in editie bilingva (The realm of dusk, 1984). Publica, de asemenea, volumele de versuri: Trecerea, 1981, Dogma, 1984 (Premiul Asociatiei Scriitorilor din Bucuresti, 1985), Intrarea in legenda, 1990. Postum, ii apar volumele Copil la Curtile Romane, in anul 1995, si Cina cea mare, in 1998. Poetul a fost si autor al unor romane de inspiratie autobiografica, Singuratatea din urma, 1986, si Calator spre portile asfintitului, scris intre 8 aprilie 1988 si 4 decembrie 1991, ramas pina astazi...

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Lafcadio Hearn

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 - 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo (СÈȘ°Ëë…?) after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Hearn was born in Lefkada (the origin of his middle name), one of the Greek Ionian Islands. He was the son of Surgeon-major Charles Bush Hearn (of County Offaly, Ireland) and Rosa Antonia Kassimati, who had been born on Kythera, an island in the Myrtoon Pelagos (currently in the municipality of Athens). His father was stationed in Lefkada during the British occupation of the islands. Lafcadio was initially baptized Patricio Lefcadio Tessima Carlos Hearn in the Greek Orthodox Church. It is not clear that Hearn's parents were ever legally married, and the Irish Protestant relatives on his father's side considered him to have been born out of wedlock. (This may,...

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Bruce Springsteen

Born on 23 September 1949, Freehold, New Jersey, USA. As the world\'s greatest living rock \'n\' roll star, Bruce Springsteen has unconsciously proved former Rolling Stone critic Jon Landau totally correct. Landau appeared smug and brave when he made the arrogant statement in 1974, \"I saw rock \'n\' roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen\". Prior to that, Springsteen had paid his dues, playing in local bands around New Jersey, notably with the Castiles, Earth, Steel Mill and Dr Zoom And The Sonic Boom, before he settled as the Bruce Springsteen Band with David Sancious (keyboards), Gary Tallent (bass), Clarence Clemons (saxophone), Steven Van Zandt (guitar), Danny Federici (keyboards), and Vini Lopez (drums). Following an introduction to CBS Records A&R legend John Hammond, Springsteen was signed as a solo artist; the company sensed a future Bob Dylan. Springsteen ignored their plans and set about recording his debut with the band Greetings From Asbury Park N.J.. The album...

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Yunus Emre

Yunus Emre (1240? - 1321?) Viața poetului se pierde în legendă, poeziile fiind singurul izvor biografic. Din acestea se desprinde faptul că și-a însușit o temeinică instrucție filozofică și religioasă, fiind discipolul unui mare învățat al vremii, Taptuk Emre, căruia i-a slujit mult timp și de la care, din respect, a împrumutat numele. În căutarea adevărului și frumosului, a pelegrinat prin toată lumea islamică, întâlnindu-se cu mari poeți și învățați ai vremii, printre care și genialul poet persan Gelaleddin Rumi Mevlana (m. 1273). Informații despre ultima perioadă a vieții sale lipsesc cu desăvârșire, poetul încetând să mai transmită ceva din enigmatica sa existență, sporind și mai mult misterul în jurul său. În 1970, în localitatea Sarıköy, locul presupus al morții poetului, a fost ridicată în semn de adâncă pioșenie o nouă piatră funerară. Numărul total al poeziilor sale se consideră a fi de 360 și au cunoscut mai multe ediții, cea mai completă fiind tipărită cu noul alfabet,...

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