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1 day ago · Robert Frost Medal (1986) Partner. Peter Orlovsky (1954–1997) 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 ...
1 day ago · Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. [3] [4] A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an ...
1 day ago · Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist writer and public speaker. She was known for her opposition to capitalism , marriage , and the state , as well as the domination of religion over sexuality and over women's lives , all of which she saw as interconnected.
1 day ago · Simone Adolphine Weil (/ ˈveɪ / VAY; [11] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Since 1995, more than 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work. [12]
1 day ago · Gilgamesh (/ ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ /, [7] / ɡɪlˈɡɑːmɛʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9][a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.
1 day ago · Measles was so common in children at the time that it was not recognised as a disease. In Egyptian hieroglyphs it was described as a normal stage of human development. [ 31 ] One of the earliest descriptions of a virus-infected plant can be found in a poem written by the Japanese Empress Kōken (718–770), in which she describes a plant in ...
1 day ago · Milla Jovovich. Milica Bogdanovna Jovović[a][b] (/ ˈjoʊvəvɪtʃ / YOH-və-vitch; born December 17, 1975), known professionally as Milla Jovovich (MEE-lə), is an American actress and former fashion model. [2] Her starring roles in numerous science-fiction and action films led the music channel VH1 to deem her the "reigning queen of kick ...
