07 de January

Wednesday

11 Born on this day 5 Died on this day
Guillaume Apollinaire
Author of the day

Guillaume Apollinaire

Guillaume Apollinaire was a highly influential French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic. He is considered one of the most important figures of early 20th-century European literature, particularly associated with the Symbolist movement and the development of Surrealism. Apollinaire is credited with coining the term 'Surrealism' and is renowned for his innovative use of language, experimental typography, and exploration of modern themes. His poetry often blends lyricis…

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
Helder Moura Pereira

Helder Moura Pereira

77 years since birth · 1949

Helder Moura Pereira is a contemporary Portuguese poet and writer, whose work is notable for its lyrical depth and exploration of themes such as identity, memory, time, and the com…

Belmiro Braga

Belmiro Braga

154 years since birth · 1872

Belmiro Braga was a Brazilian poet whose work is characterized by lyrical delicacy and the exploration of themes such as nature, love, and spirituality. His writing reveals a parti…

Fernando Paixão

Fernando Paixão

38 years since birth · 1988

Fernando Paixão is a Portuguese poet whose work is distinguished by the exploration of themes such as love, the ephemerality of life, saudade (longing/nostalgia), and the search fo…

Zetho Cunha Gonçalves

Zetho Cunha Gonçalves

66 years since birth · 1960

Zetho Cunha Gonçalves is an Angolan journalist and writer, known for his work in the press and for his literary work that portrays the reality of Angola. His career is marked by th…

Charles Péguy

Charles Péguy

153 years since birth · 1873

Charles Péguy was a French poet, essayist, and editor. Known for his nationalism and Catholicism, he founded and directed the magazine "Cahiers de la Quinzaine". His work is marked…

Giorgio Caproni

Giorgio Caproni

114 years since birth · 1912

Giorgio Caproni was an Italian poet whose work is characterized by a profound melancholy, a constant questioning of existence, memory, and the search for meaning in a world marked …

Allen Grossman

Allen Grossman

94 years since birth · 1932

Allen Grossman was an American poet and literary critic, known for his dense and intellectually demanding poetry. His work explores themes such as history, culture, mythology, and …

Marilina Rébora

Marilina Rébora

107 years since birth · 1919

Marilina Rébora is an Argentine writer and poet whose work is characterized by a profound exploration of identity, memory, and nature. Her poetry, often marked by introspective lyr…

Enrique Díez Canedo

Enrique Díez Canedo

147 years since birth · 1879

Enrique Díez Canedo was a prominent Spanish poet and literary critic, a key figure in the renewal of lyric poetry in the early 20th century. His work is characterized by a deep aes…

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

135 years since birth · 1891

Georgi Gospodinov

Georgi Gospodinov

58 years since birth · 1968

Died on this day

5