17 de January

Saturday

14 Born on this day 11 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

14
António Castañeda

António Castañeda

88 years since birth · 1938

António Castañeda is a Portuguese poet whose work is distinguished by the exploration of themes such as memory, landscape, ephemerality, and introspection. His poetry is marked by …

Taumaturgo Vaz

Taumaturgo Vaz

70 years since birth · 1956

Taumaturgo Vaz is a poet whose writing is distinguished by its introspective nature and the exploration of existential themes, often approached with a dense and imagistic language.…

Antoine Houdar de la Motte

Antoine Houdar de la Motte

354 years since birth · 1672

Antoine Houdar de la Motte was a 17th and 18th-century French playwright, poet, and writer. Known for his theatrical works and poems, he also stood out as an important literary the…

Nicolae Iorga

Nicolae Iorga

155 years since birth · 1871

Nicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, writer, and politician. He is considered one of the most influential Romanian historians of the 20th century, known for his extensive work o…

Calderón de la Barca

Calderón de la Barca

426 years since birth · 1600

Pedro Calderón de la Barca was a Spanish playwright and writer of the Golden Age. Born in Madrid in 1600, he is considered one of the greatest names in Spanish theater, succeeding …

A. Lopes Cardoso

A. Lopes Cardoso

145 years since birth · 1881

A. Lopes Cardoso is a poet whose work is distinguished by its lyrical depth and exploration of themes that resonate with the human condition, nature, and the passage of time. His w…

João de Brito Câmara

João de Brito Câmara

57 years since birth · 1969

João de Brito Câmara was a multifaceted figure, whose work encompassed poetry, theater, and literary criticism. His poetry, marked by strong lyricism and deep reflection on the hum…

Amorim de Carvalho

Amorim de Carvalho

122 years since birth · 1904

Amorim de Carvalho was a Portuguese poet and writer. His poetic work, placed in modern literary contexts, explores sensitivity and lyrical expression. Through careful language and …

Amélia Vieira

Amélia Vieira

176 years since birth · 1850

Amélia Vieira is a prominent figure in contemporary poetry, whose work is characterized by the exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and the female condition, approached …

César Cañedo

César Cañedo

38 years since birth · 1988

César Cañedo is a Spanish writer and poet. His poetic work is recognized for its lyrical intensity and exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the passage of time, often with…

Ángel Petisme

Ángel Petisme

65 years since birth · 1961

Ángel Petisme is a Spanish poet, musician, and writer, multifaceted in his artistic expressions. His poetic work is marked by a strong charge of social criticism and existential re…

Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë

206 years since birth · 1820

Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the youngest of the three Brontë sisters. Her works often explored themes of social injustice, the constraints placed upon women, and …

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

320 years since birth · 1706

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

166 years since birth · 1860

Died on this day

11
José Terra

José Terra

12 years since death · 2014

José Terra was a Portuguese poet, essayist, translator, and professor, whose work stood out for its lyrical depth and exploration of existential and philosophical themes. With a wr…

Miguel Torga

Miguel Torga

31 years since death · 1995

Miguel Torga was a Portuguese poet and writer, known for his multifaceted work that explores the roots of the human being and their relationship with the land. His poetry is marked…

Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira

Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira

43 years since death · 1983

Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira was a Portuguese poet and university professor, whose poetic work developed in parallel with his vast academic and critical activity. He was a figure l…

Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela

24 years since death · 2002

Camilo José Cela was a prominent Spanish writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989. His work, which includes novels, short stories, and poetry, is known for its rich la…

Gregory Corso

Gregory Corso

25 years since death · 2001

Gregory Corso was an American poet, prominent in the Beat scene, known for his vibrant, irreverent, and often lyrical poetry. His work explores themes such as love, death, religion…

Félix José da Costa

Félix José da Costa

149 years since death · 1877

Félix José da Costa was a Portuguese poet known for his lyrical work and his participation in literary gatherings. His poetry reflects a careful style and a refined sensibility for…

Patrícia Joyce

Patrícia Joyce

41 years since death · 1985

Patrícia Joyce is a contemporary poet whose work is distinguished by its exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and the human condition. Her writing is marked by a lyrical…

Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver

7 years since death · 2019

Varlam Shalámov

Varlam Shalámov

44 years since death · 1982

Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson

242 years since death · 1784

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba

65 years since death · 1961