04 de February

Wednesday

10 Born on this day 9 Died on this day
Poem of the day

Grass

Carl Sandburg
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work
-I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor:

What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.
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Born on this day

10
Almeida Garrett

Almeida Garrett

227 years since birth · 1799

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett was a Portuguese writer, poet, playwright, politician, and journalist, one of the central figures of Romanticism in Portugal. His w…

Cid Vale Ferreira

Cid Vale Ferreira

84 years since birth · 1942

Cid Vale Ferreira was a Portuguese poet whose work is characterized by the exploration of existential themes and the search for transcendence. His poetry, often marked by an intros…

Luiz Pinto d Albuquerque Bello

Luiz Pinto d Albuquerque Bello

141 years since birth · 1885

Luiz Pinto d'Albuquerque Bello was a 19th-century Portuguese diplomat, writer, and poet. His poetic work reflects romantic sensibilities and, at times, a more lyrical and introspec…

Anna Maria Feitosa

Anna Maria Feitosa

28 years since birth · 1998

Anna Maria Feitosa was a Brazilian poet whose work is characterized by lyrical delicacy, by the exploration of themes such as intimacy, the everyday, and feminine sensibility. Her …

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

120 years since birth · 1906

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian, pastor, and anti-Nazi activist. He became a prominent figure in the Confessing Church, a resistance movement against Nazi influence on …

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert

126 years since birth · 1900

Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) was a French poet and screenwriter, known for his lyrical and accessible work, which frequently addressed social, romantic, and everyday themes. His poe…

Stella Carr

Stella Carr

94 years since birth · 1932

Stella Carr was a prominent figure in literature, known for her multifaceted writing that spanned poetry, prose, and criticism. Her work is marked by a deep social sensibility and …

Félix Grande

Félix Grande

89 years since birth · 1937

Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Leskov

195 years since birth · 1831

Luiz Ruffato

Luiz Ruffato

65 years since birth · 1961

Died on this day

9
Maria Teresa Horta

Maria Teresa Horta

1 years since death · 2025

Maria Teresa Horta is a Portuguese writer, poet, and journalist, a prominent figure in contemporary literature. Her work, marked by the exploration of the female condition, sexuali…

Hilda Hilst

Hilda Hilst

22 years since death · 2004

Hilda Hilst was one of the most unique and transgressive voices in Brazilian literature. Her work, which moves between poetry, novels, and plays, is marked by a visceral exploratio…

Humberto da Sylvan

Humberto da Sylvan

24 years since death · 2002

Humberto da Sylvan is associated with a more classical poetry, with a strong lyrical and reflective component. His work frequently explores universal themes such as nature, time, s…

Francisco Pedro Curado Neves

Francisco Pedro Curado Neves

24 years since death · 2002

Francisco Pedro Curado Neves was a Portuguese writer and poet whose work stood out for its reflective depth and lyrical sensitivity. His writing explored intrinsically human themes…

Kamau Brathwaite

Kamau Brathwaite

6 years since death · 2020

Edward Kamau Brathwaite was a Barbadian poet, historian, and educator, widely regarded as one of the most important voices in Caribbean and post-colonial poetry. His work explores …

Louise Bogan

Louise Bogan

56 years since death · 1970

Louise Bogan was an American poet known for her emotional intensity and technical skill in her work. Her poetry often explores themes of female identity, anguish, and the human con…

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

395 years since death · 1631

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola was a distinguished Spanish poet, historian, and humanist of the Golden Age. The twin brother of the also poet Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola, both …

Mauricio Bacarisse

Mauricio Bacarisse

95 years since death · 1931

Spanish poet whose work is associated with the Generation of '27, although his personal style and the evolution of his poetry give him his own identity. Bacarisse explored universa…

Camara Laye

Camara Laye

46 years since death · 1980