06 de February

Friday

11 Born on this day 12 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

11
António José Forte

António José Forte

95 years since birth · 1931

António José Forte was a Portuguese poet known for his work linked to surrealism and the exploration of the unconscious. His poetry often explores themes such as desire, the body, …

Carlos Vogt

Carlos Vogt

83 years since birth · 1943

Carlos Vogt is a Brazilian poet, essayist, and translator, known for his work that explores poetic language in an experimental and reflective way. His literary production spans var…

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

462 years since birth · 1564

Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is the foremost of the short-lived gene…

Évariste Parny

Évariste Parny

273 years since birth · 1753

Charles-Évariste de Parny, known as Évariste Parny, was a French poet famous at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. His poetry, often marked by a sentimental and…

Ugo Foscolo

Ugo Foscolo

248 years since birth · 1778

Ugo Foscolo was an Italian neoclassical poet, writer, and revolutionary, born on the island of Zante (then under Venetian rule) in 1778. His most famous work is "Le ultime lettere …

Domingos Maximiano Torres

Domingos Maximiano Torres

278 years since birth · 1748

Domingos Maximiano Torres was a poet of significant relevance in his time, known for his poetry that oscillates between lyricism and existential reflection. His work, though someti…

Cláudia Mira

Cláudia Mira

63 years since birth · 1963

Cláudia Mira is a contemporary Portuguese writer and poet. Her poetic work is marked by a strong lyrical and introspective component, exploring themes such as identity, memory, hum…

Craig Santos Perez

Craig Santos Perez

46 years since birth · 1980

Craig Santos Perez is a Chamorro poet, activist, and scholar (born in Guam) whose work focuses on the interconnections between ecology, colonialism, and Pacific culture. His poetry…

Rafael de León

Rafael de León

118 years since birth · 1908

Rafael de León was a prominent Spanish poet and lyricist, known for his deep connection with copla and flamenco. His work, rich in imagery and emotion, explores love, disillusionme…

Padre António Vieira

Padre António Vieira

418 years since birth · 1608

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

101 years since birth · 1925

Died on this day

12
José Craveirinha

José Craveirinha

23 years since death · 2003

José Craveirinha was a Mozambican poet, considered one of the greatest names in Portuguese-language African literature. His work, strongly marked by Mozambican identity, the fight …

Tomás Ribeiro

Tomás Ribeiro

125 years since death · 1901

Tomás Ribeiro was a Portuguese poet and politician, a prominent figure in the poetry of the second half of the 19th century. His work, marked by late Arcadianism and the transition…

Rubén Darío

Rubén Darío

110 years since death · 1916

Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat, considered the father of literary modernism in the Spanish language. His work revolutionized Spanish poetry, introducin…

Emilio De Marchi

Emilio De Marchi

125 years since death · 1901

Emilio De Marchi was an Italian tenor, famous for his interpretations of operas from the verismo and late-Romantic repertoire. He is particularly known for being the first to perfo…

Robert Brasillach

Robert Brasillach

81 years since death · 1945

Robert Brasillach was a French writer, journalist, and film critic, born in Perpignan on March 31, 1909. Associated with the far-right movement, Brasillach was a controversial figu…

Gérard D’houville

Gérard D’houville

63 years since death · 1963

Gérard d'Houville was a French writer, journalist, and literary critic, known for his active participation in the cultural and literary life of his time. His work, although less kn…

Jaime Ferrán

Jaime Ferrán

10 years since death · 2016

Jaime Ferrán is a Spanish poet, literary critic, and translator whose poetic work is characterized by a deep reflection on time, memory, and the human condition, often tinged with …

Liliana Bodoc

Liliana Bodoc

8 years since death · 2018

Liliana Bodoc was a prominent Argentine writer, recognized for her deep connection with children's and young adult literature, as well as for her poetic and narrative work for adul…

Jorge Guillén

Jorge Guillén

42 years since death · 1984

Spanish poet, one of the central figures of the Generation of '27 and one of the most important representatives of pure poetry in the Spanish language. His work is characterized by…

María Zambrano

María Zambrano

35 years since death · 1991

Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni

232 years since death · 1794

Assia Djebar

Assia Djebar

11 years since death · 2015