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18 hours ago · Signature. Irwin Allen Ginsberg ( / ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ /; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism ...
18 hours ago · Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defence of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He had recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady younger than himself, without the knowledge of and despite the later objection of her father.
- William Shakespeare
- 1941
18 hours ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...
18 hours ago · Igor Stravinsky. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky [a] (17 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music .
18 hours ago · Robert E. Howard. Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas.
18 hours ago · Diane Ackerman (born 1948), US author, poet and naturalist. Duane Ackerson (1942–2020), US writer of speculative poetry and fiction. Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer and playwright. Harold Acton (1904–1994), English writer, scholar and dilettante. János Aczél (died 1523), Hungarian poet and provost.
18 hours ago · Medieval and early modern era Scholars typically use the term Old Russian, in addition to the terms medieval Russian literature or early modern Russian literature to refer to Russian literature until the reforms of Peter the Great, tying literary development to historical periodization. The term is generally used to refer to all forms of literary activity in what is often called Old Russia ...
