23 de April

Thursday

6 Born on this day 10 Died on this day
William Shakespeare
Author of the day
462 years since birth · 1564

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His vast body of work, including tragedies, comedies, histories, and sonnets, explores the complexities of human nature with unparalleled depth and linguistic richness. His plays continue to be performed and studied globally, making him a timeless figure in literature and theatre.

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

5

Died on this day

10
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

176 years since death · 1850

William Wordsworth was a pivotal English poet who, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature. His poetry is deeply rooted in the natu…

Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell

69 years since death · 1957

Roy Campbell was a South African poet known for his vigorous, imagistic, and often controversial poetry. His work reflects his adventurous life, his involvement in conflicts, and h…

Gaspara Stampa

Gaspara Stampa

472 years since death · 1554

Gaspara Stampa was an Italian poet of the Renaissance, celebrated for the intensity and originality of her lyrical work, which places her among the most important female voices in …

Erik Gustaf Geijer

Erik Gustaf Geijer

179 years since death · 1847

Erik Gustaf Geijer was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, and composer. He is considered a central figure in Swedish Romanticism and had a significant impact on the development of …

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

137 years since death · 1889

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French writer and literary critic, known for his grandiloquent style and his works that explore dark themes and the hidden side of society. He…

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel

230 years since death · 1796

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel was a Prussian jurist, writer, and civil servant. Known for his satirical works and writings on the condition of women, he was an influential intellect…

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

51 years since death · 1975

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann was a German poet, a central figure in post-war German experimental poetry and concrete poetry. His work, marked by the deconstruction of language and the exp…

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

410 years since death · 1616

El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was a Peruvian chronicler and historian, recognized as the first mestizo writer to achieve literary fame in Europe. His masterpiece, 'Comentarios Reale…

Rupert Brooke

Rupert Brooke

111 years since death · 1915

Rupert Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic and patriotic war sonnets written at the outset of World War I. His early death from sepsis during the war cemented his i…

Zhu Xi

Zhu Xi

826 years since death · 1200