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1 giorno fa · 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 ...
3 giorni fa · For other uses, see Omar Khayyam (disambiguation). Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī [1] [3] (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam ( Persian: عمر خیّام ), [a] was a Persian polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry.
1 giorno fa · C. S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of ...
3 giorni fa · Hindu philosophy. Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet, and Indian nationalist. [3] He was also a journalist, editing newspapers such as Bande Mataram. [4] He joined the Indian movement for independence from British colonial rule, until 1910 was one of its ...
1 giorno fa · Heraclitus. Heraclitus ( / ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs /; Greek: Ἡράκλειτος Herákleitos; fl. c. 500 BC) [1] was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire . Little is known of Heraclitus's life. He wrote a single work, only fragments of which have survived.
3 giorni fa · The Children's Poetry in the English and Filipino languages has been established since 2009. The Pilar Perez Medallion for Young Adult Literature was awarded in 2001 and 2002. The Philippine Board on Books for Young People gives major awards, which include the PBBY-Salanga Writers' Prize for excellence in writing and the PBBY-Alcala Illustrator's Prize for excellence in illustration.
3 giorni fa · Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. [1] Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977).
