18 de February

Wednesday

12 Born on this day 11 Died on this day

Author of the day

John Keats

John Keats was a leading figure of the second generation of English Romantic poets. Despite a short life, his prolific output of some of the most celebrated odes and sonnets in the English language profoundly impacted literature. His poetry is renowned for its sensory richness, exploration of beauty, and philosophical depth, often delving into themes of love, mortality, and the transient nature of existence. Keats's work, though not widely appreciated during his lifetime, is now considered a cor…

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

Lêdo Ivo

102 years since birth · 1924

Lêdo Ivo is a Brazilian poet, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist, a prominent figure in contemporary literature. His work, marked by a profound lyrical sensibility and a re…

Armando Freitas Filho

86 years since birth · 1940

Armando Freitas Filho was a Brazilian poet whose work stood out for its formal experimentation and exploration of themes such as memory, time, and the human condition. His poetry i…

António Aleixo

127 years since birth · 1899

António Aleixo was a popular Portuguese poet, known for his work that reflects daily life, social difficulties, and popular wisdom. Born in a small Algarve village, his life was ma…

Christiano Nunes Fernandes

69 years since birth · 1957

Christiano Nunes Fernandes is a poet whose work is distinguished by its rich vocabulary and exploration of profound themes of human existence. With a keen sensitivity to the beauty…

Toni Morrison

95 years since birth · 1931

Chloe Ardelia Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. She is known for her novels that explore the African American exp…

Audre Lorde

92 years since birth · 1934

Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, and activist whose writings address issues of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Her works are marked by a deep analysis of the inter…

António Alves Martins

218 years since birth · 1808

António Alves Martins was a Portuguese poet, known for his lyrical work that explored themes such as nature, saudade, and the ephemerality of life. His writing is marked by careful…

António de Sousa

71 years since birth · 1955

António de Sousa was a Portuguese poet, whose work is part of the Modernism context and is characterized by a deep connection to the land and traditions. His poetry evokes rural la…

Rodrigo Emílio

82 years since birth · 1944

Rodrigo Emílio was a Portuguese poet whose works explore the depths of the human soul and the complexity of relationships. His poetry is characterized by introspection and careful …

Fernando Sales Lopes

79 years since birth · 1947

Fernando Sales Lopes was a Portuguese poet whose work is distinguished by its lyrical depth and the exploration of universal themes such as love, saudade, the ephemerality of life,…

Vincenzo Consolo

93 years since birth · 1933

Nikos Kazantzakis

143 years since birth · 1883

Died on this day

Américo Gomes

1 years since death · 2025

Américo Gomes was a Portuguese poet, professor, and playwright, known for his lyrical work and his contribution to theater.

Manuel Apolinario

52 years since death · 1974

Manuel Apolinário was a Portuguese poet whose verses frequently explore the landscape, memory, and the human condition with a refined language and a particular lyrical sensibility.…

Lupe Cotrim Garaude

56 years since death · 1970

Lupe Cotrim Garaude was a Brazilian writer, known for her participation in the modernist movement and for her poetic work that explored sensitivity and introspection. Her writing i…

Carlos Anísio Melhor

37 years since death · 1989

Carlos Anísio Melhor was a Brazilian poet and professor, known for his work that explores melancholy, the passage of time, and the human condition. His poetry is characterized by c…

Fagundes Varela

151 years since death · 1875

Luís Nicolau Fagundes Varela was a Brazilian poet, a prominent figure of Romanticism in his country. His work is characterized by sensitivity, melancholy, and themes such as love, …

Isabel de Wied

110 years since death · 1916

Isabel de Wied was a princess of Wied, and later Queen of Romania. Born at Schloss Monrepos, she married Prince Carol I of Romania, becoming the royal consort in 1866. Isabel playe…

Michelangelo

462 years since death · 1564

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, excelling as a sculptor, painter, architect, a…

Leopoldo Lugones

88 years since death · 1938

Leopoldo Lugones was an Argentine poet, journalist, and diplomat, a central figure of literary modernism in Hispanic America. His work is characterized by a profound renovation of …

Rosario Ferré

10 years since death · 2016

Rosario Ferré was a prominent Puerto Rican writer whose work explores the complexities of identity, gender, social class, and the history of Puerto Rico. Known for her powerful sty…

Beppe Fenoglio

63 years since death · 1963

Mavis Gallant

12 years since death · 2014