27 de April

Monday

11 Born on this day 6 Died on this day
Vasco Graça Moura
Author of the day
12 years since death · 2014

Vasco Graça Moura

Vasco Graça Moura was a multifaceted figure of Portuguese culture, excelling as a poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. His poetic work is recognized for its erudition, rigorous formal construction, and exploration of complex themes, frequently interlinking history, mythology, and contemporaneity. With a dense and evocative language, Graça Moura addressed the human condition, memory, identity, and the individual's relationship with time and space. His vast culture and profound intell…

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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Quote of the day

[ Lady Lou, played by Mae West, speaking :] When w

Mae West

[ Lady Lou, played by Mae West, speaking :] When women go wrong, men go right after them.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Born on this day

11
Marcelo Ribeiro

Marcelo Ribeiro

58 years since birth · 1968

Marcelo Ribeiro is a poet whose work is situated in the panorama of contemporary poetry. His writing is often marked by an exploration of human emotions, identity, and the relation…

Jules Lemaitre

Jules Lemaitre

173 years since birth · 1853

Jules Lemaître was an influential French literary critic and essayist, known for his insight, witty style, and often skeptical approach to literature and society. He was a prominen…

Leonardo Martinelli

Leonardo Martinelli

48 years since birth · 1978

Leonardo Martinelli is a Brazilian poet known for his visceral writing and exploration of existential and social themes. His work is characterized by raw and direct language, often…

Luís Marino

Luís Marino

52 years since birth · 1974

Luís Marino is a Portuguese poet and essayist, whose work is characterized by a deep reflection on the human condition, memory, and the passage of time. His poetic publications, of…

Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgan

106 years since birth · 1920

Edwin Morgan was a Scottish poet, translator, and literary critic, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century Scottish poetry. His work is notable for its…

Lyubomir Levchev

Lyubomir Levchev

91 years since birth · 1935

Lyubomir Levchev was a prominent Bulgarian poet and writer, known for his work that frequently explored existential, social, and political themes. His poems are marked by intense l…

Rafael Lema

Rafael Lema

59 years since birth · 1967

Rafael Lema is a Galician writer known for his contributions to contemporary literature, exploring universal themes with a unique perspective. His work spans different genres, demo…

Bernard Sesé

Bernard Sesé

97 years since birth · 1929

Bernard Sesé is a recognized expert in French literature, with a vast body of work dedicated to the critical analysis and editing of texts by important authors, especially from the…

Carlos Edmundo de Ory

Carlos Edmundo de Ory

103 years since birth · 1923

Carlos Edmundo de Ory was a Spanish poet, a key figure of the 1950 Generation and one of the founders of the poetic movement "Cántico". His work is characterized by a deep reflecti…

Edney Silvestre

Edney Silvestre

76 years since birth · 1950

Aminata Sow Fall

Aminata Sow Fall

85 years since birth · 1941

Died on this day

5