Richard Thompson

After earning a reputation as a fine guitarist in school bands like Emil and the Detectives, Richard had his first brush with ‘fame’ as a teenaged founding member of the 1960’s folk-rock pioneers, Fairport Convention. Playing an inventive musical mix of blues and California-style rock, the group was quickly dubbed “the new Jefferson Airplane”. The band’s founding members (Iain Matthews, Judy Dyble, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble) were discovered playing in London’s Soho district, by American producer Joe Boyd. Boyd secured them a recording contract and their eponymous debut album was released in 1968. Shortly thereafter, the band’s lead vocalist, Judy Dyble, was replaced with the ethereal songstress, Sandy Denny. Other personnel changes followed and over the next four years, Fairport Convention gradually developed a more personal and British based repertoire. 1969’s Liege and Lief, long regarded as a milestone recording in defining British Rock,...

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Richard Thompson

After earning a reputation as a fine guitarist in school bands like Emil and the Detectives, Richard had his first brush with ‘fame’ as a teenaged founding member of the 1960’s folk-rock pioneers, Fairport Convention. Playing an inventive musical mix of blues and California-style rock, the group was quickly dubbed “the new Jefferson Airplane”. The band’s founding members (Iain Matthews, Judy Dyble, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Ashley Hutchings, Martin Lamble) were discovered playing in London’s Soho district, by American producer Joe Boyd. Boyd secured them a recording contract and their eponymous debut album was released in 1968. Shortly thereafter, the band’s lead vocalist, Judy Dyble, was replaced with the ethereal songstress, Sandy Denny. Other personnel changes followed and over the next four years, Fairport Convention gradually developed a more personal and British based repertoire. 1969’s Liege and Lief, long regarded as a milestone recording in defining British Rock,...

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Chang Soo Ko

[[esp]] Chang Soo Ko (Corea del Sur, 1934) Nació en el sur de Corea en 1934. Ha publicado varios volúmenes de sus poemas en coreano y en inglés. Sus poemas han aparecido en periódicos coreanos y norteamericanos. Sus libros de poesía y traducción (ganó el Premio de Poesía en Seúl, así como el Premio de Traducción de Literatura Coreana Moderna) incluyen -en coreano-: The Splinter - picking song, Promenade, Some Landscapes y In Search of Wonhyo ; en inglés ha publicado Poems of Chang Soo Ko, Seattle Poems, Landscapes. Ha traducido al inglés Best Love Poems of Corea, Antology of Contemporary Korean Poetry. [[/esp]]

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Chang Soo Ko

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Gary Soto

Gary Soto s-a născut în aprilie 1952 în Fresno – California. A fost interesat de poezie încă din anii liceului și a absolvit Colegiul din Fresno City, apoi Universitatea de Stat din California. Locuiește în California. Prima colecție de poeme, „Elementele din San Joaquin”, a câștigat în 1976 premiul internațional al Statelor Unite pentru poezie și a fost publicată în 1977. De atunci a publicat numeroase volume de poezie, între care „Un plan simplu” (2007), „Un soi de credință” ( 2003), „Colegiul Junior” (1997), „Noi poeme selectate” (1995), „Canto familiar / cântec obișnuit” (1994), „Odele vecinătății” (1992), „Curs de religie pentru acasă” (1991), „Cine va dori să ne cunoască?” (1990), „Păr negru” (1985), „Acolo unde săgețile lovesc” (1981), „Coada răsăritului” (1978). A mai scris nuvele: „Amnezia într-un district republican” (2003), „Iubitorul de poezie” (2001), „Moneda de 5 și 10 cenți” (2000) și un memoriu numit „Locuind deasupra străzii” (1985) pentru care a primit „American Book...

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Luis Barahona de Soto

Luis Barahona de Soto (Lucena, 1548 - Archidona, 5 de noviembre de 1595), poeta español de la segunda fase del Renacimiento. De familia noble venida a menos procedente de Burgos, el poeta lucentino fue discípulo del humanista Juan de Vilches en Antequera y después marchó a estudiar a Granada, donde frecuentó la tertulia de Alonso de Granada Venegas y conoció en persona a los poetas Hernando de Acuña, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Pedro de Padilla y Gregorio Silvestre, además de Gaspar de Baeza, Juan Latino y Gonzalo Mateo de Berrío. Allí vivió hasta 1569, y acaso estuvo en el ejército real luchando en la batalla de las Alpujarras contra los moriscos, pero después de la muerte de su querido amigo Gregorio Silvestre marchó a Osuna, donde frecuentó la academia de Cristóbal de Sandoval y conoció a Francisco de Medina. Quizá a instancias de este marchó a Sevilla, donde consiguió el grado de bachiller en Medicina en 1571 y conoció a Fernando de Herrera, Diego Girón, Gonzalo Argote de...

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