Lao Tse

A trait in jurul anului 600 inainte de Christos. Numele lui inseamna in chineza veche “baietelul cel batran”. Biografia lui este mai mult o legenda. Unii spun ca, inainte de a parasi dezgustat China si a disparea pentru totdeauna spre Vest a scris acest text, altii spun ca, dupa zeci de ani de singuratate petrecuti prin munti, imparatul l-a chemat la el pentru a se sfatui in legatura cu un razboi, iar in momentul intrarii in cetate, paznicul l-ar fi rugat sa-i impartaseasca din intelepciunea sa si atunci s-a asezat pe jos in praf si a scris timp de trei zile si trei nopti acest text. Exista de asemenea legenda care nu exclude originea sa divina si care spune ca Lao Tse s-ar fi nascut dintr-o stea cazatoare.

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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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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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Nicolae Maroga Enceanu

\"Originar din comuna Ianca,din campia Romanatiului,Nicolae Maroga Enceanu (nascut la 3 mai 1950) a publicat pana in prezent volumele de versuri:\"Taceri destainuite\" (1993),\"Drumul fantanilor\"(1995)si \"Cararile din lanuri\"(1998),romanul \"Salvatorul\"(1994),culegerea de povestiri si legende \"Frumoasa cu pletele de aur(1995)si volumul de nuvele si povestiri \"Strigate pe ulicioara\"(1997). In recentul roman:\"Miracolul Valcoviei\"(Editura \"Agora\",Craiova-1999),Nicolae Maroga Enceanu isi propune sa evoce peisajul mirific al copilariei,garla Valcovia,din intinsa balta Potelu,de langa Dunare,zona de un viu pitoresc etnografic,intr-o tonalitate lirica si realista,in acelasi timp.\"Miracolul Valcoviei\"este un roman autobiografic,avand la baza tehnica memorialistica.Peisajul copilariei se reconstituie din amintiri.Nicolae Maroga Enceanu surprinde cu acuitate,in acest roman,psihologia oamenilor care traiesc in preajma baltilor,a apelor batranului Danubiu,intr-o maniera ce ne...

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