lyric poet

  • 81Alcman — (also Alkman, Greek polytonic|Ἀλκμάν) (7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. He is the earliest representative of the Alexandrinian canon of the nine lyric poets. Biography Family The name of Alcman s mother is not… …

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  • 82Marya Zaturenska — (1902–1982) was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.[1] Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Works …

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  • 83Wolfram von Eschenbach — /vawl frddahm feuhn esh euhn bahkh /; Eng. /wool freuhm von esh euhn bahkh , bahk / c1170 c1220, German poet. * * * born с 1170 died с 1220 German poet. An impoverished Bavarian knight, Wolfram apparently served a succession of lords. The epic… …

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  • 84Chagatai literature —       the body of written works produced in Chagatai, a classical Turkic literary language of Central Asia.       Chagatai literature took shape after the conversion of the Mongol Golden Horde to Islam, a process completed under the 14th century… …

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  • 85Dickinson, Emily — ▪ American poet Introduction in full  Emily Elizabeth Dickinson  born Dec. 10, 1830, Amherst, Mass., U.S. died May 15, 1886, Amherst       American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of… …

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  • 86Simonides of Ceos — ▪ Greek poet born c. 556 BC, Iulis, Ceos [now Kéa, Greece] died c. 468 BC, Acragas [now Agrigento, Sicily, Italy]       Greek poet, noted for his lyric poetry, elegiacs, and epigrams (epigram); he was an uncle of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides …

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  • 87Modern literature in Irish — Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1500 years (see Irish literature), and in a form intelligible to contemporary speakers since at least the sixteenth century, modern literature in Irish owes much to the Gaelic… …

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  • 88Walther von der Vogelweide — /vahl teuhr fawn deuhr foh geuhl vuy deuh/ c1170 c1230, German minnesinger and poet. * * * born с 1170 died с 1230, Würzburg? Greatest German lyric poet of the Middle Ages. Of knightly birth, Walther was educated at a monastery school and served… …

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  • 89Belgian literature — Introduction  the body of written works produced by Belgians and written in Flemish, which is equivalent to the Standard Dutch (Dutch language) (Netherlandic) language of The Netherlands, and in Standard French (French language), which are the… …

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  • 90Icelandic literature — Introduction       body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic.       Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… …

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