Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry.

1 Etymology
2 List of many poets classed by language in alphabetical order
3 See also
4 Gallery

Etymology

From the ancient greek : ποιέω, poieō : "I make or compose" ; ποιητης, poïêtes : "artisan, creator, maker, author, poet" > Latin : poēta : "poet, author" > Old French : (1200-1400) poëte or poète > Used (poet) in 14th. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c An artisan, also called a Craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative including furniture clothing Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Old French was the Romance Dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium century, in classical english language, for all sorts of writers or composers of works of literature. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

List of many poets classed by language in alphabetical order

"L'inspiration du poète" , by Nicolas Poussin. Nicolas Poussin (15 June 1594 – 19 November 1665 was a French painter in the classical style (1630)

The Ancient Greek language was one of the most richest poetry of the ancient history, including Homer, Sappho, Pindar, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Apollonius of Rhodes, Aratus, Archilochus, Arctinus of Miletus, Arion, Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Euripides, Epicharmus of Kos, Epimenides, Herodotus, Hesiod, Mimnermus, Philitas of Cos, Simonides of Ceos, Solon, Sophocles, Terpander, Theognis of Megara, Tyrtaeus and Xenophanes. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c "Ancient" redirects here For other uses see Ancient_(disambiguation. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Sappho (ˈsæfoʊ in English Attic Greek el Σαπφώ sapːʰɔː Aeolic Greek el Ψάπφω) was an Ancient Greek lyric Pindar (ˈpɪndɚ (or Pindarus, Greek:) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos) was an Ancient Anacreon ( Greek) (570 BC-488 BC was a Greek lyric Poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns This article is about the didactic poet There was also an Aratus of Sicyon and an Aratus son of Asclepius For the crab Genus, see For the Hummingbird Genus, see Archilochus. Archilochus ( Greek:) (c Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary as none of his works survive Arion was a legendary Kitharode in Ancient Greece, a Dionysiac Poet credited with inventing the Dithyramb. Aristophanes (Ἀριστοφάνης ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz in English ca Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus Epicharmus is considered to have lived within the hundred year period between c Epimenides of Knossos ( Crete) (Greek) was a semi- mythical 6th century BC Greek seer and Philosopher - poet Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash Hesiod ( Greek: Hesiodos) was an early Greek Poet and Rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE Mimnermus of Colophon was a Greek Elegiac poet who flourished about 630 - 600 BC. Philitas or Philetas of Cos ( – c 285 BC was a scholar and poet during the early Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece. Solon ( ancient Greek:, c 638 BC&ndash558 BC was an Athenian Statesman, Lawmaker and Lyric poet. Sophocles (ˈsɒfəkliːz Ancient Greek, sopʰoklɛ̂ːs circa Terpander (Greek Τέρπανδρος of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek Poet and Citharode who lived about the first half of the 7th century Theognis of Megara (fl 6th century BC was an ancient Greek Poet. Tyrtaeus (also Tyrtaios, Greek:) was a Greek elegiac Poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC Xenophanes of Colophon ( Greek ( 570 – 480 BC was a Greek Philosopher, Poet, and social and religious Critic.

In the Arabian language, the poets as Al-Ma`arri, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Abu Nuwas, Al-Shafi'i, Adunis, Ahmed Shawqi, Akl Awit, Khalil Gibran, Joumana Haddad, Mahmoud Darwish, Mustafa Lutfi el-Manfaluti, Nizar Qabbani, Samih al-Qasim are remarkable. The Semitic languages are a Language family whose living representatives are spoken by more than 467 million people across much of the Middle East, Al-Ma‘arri (full name in Arabic: أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري Abu al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Abou-Al-kacem Echebbi (أبو القاسم الشابي pronounced Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi (* 24 Abu-Nuwas al-Hasan ben Hani al-Hakami ( 750 &ndash 810) known as Abū-Nuwās ( Arabic: ابونواس) was one of the greatest of classical TemplateInfobox Muslim scholars --> Al-Shafi'i, Arabic Jurist (150 AH/767 AD - 204 AH/820 AD Ali Ahmad Said Asbar ( Arabic: علي أحمد سعيد إسبر; transliterated: alî ahmadi s-sacîdi l-'asbar or Ali Ahmad Sa'id Ahmed Shawqi (1868 - 1932 ( ar أحمد شوقي) was an Arabic Language poet and Dramatist who pioneered the modern Akl Awit (born 1952 Beirut) is a Lebanese poet critic literary journalist and academic professor Kahlil Gibran (born Gibrān Khalīl Gibrān bin Mikhā'īl bin Sa'ad; Arabic ar جبران خليل جبران بن ميخائيل بن سعد (born January Joumana Haddad (born December 6 1970 Beirut) is a renowned Lebanese Poet, translator and journalist Mahmoud Darwish ( 13 March 1941 &ndash 9 August 2008) was a respected Palestinian poet and author who won numerous awards for Mustafa Lutfi el-Manfaluti (1876-1924 was an Egyptian writer and poet who was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Manfalut. Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani ( نزار توفيق قباني,) ( 21 March 1923 &ndash 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat Samih al-Qasim ( سميح القاسم; b 1939 is a Palestinian Druze poet and citizen of Israel whose Arabic poetry is well-known

The Bengali language has been used by many poets including Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. For the Bangladeshi politician see Syed Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam (কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম Kazi Nozrul Islam

The Bulgarian language has poets like Hristo Botev and Ivan Vazov. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Hristo Botev (Христо Ботев also transliterated as Hristo Botyov) ( January 6, 1848 – June 2, 1876) born Ivan Vazov (Иван Вазов ( June 27, 1850 - September 22, 1921) was a Bulgarian Poet, Novelist and

In the Chinese language there are such literary geniuses as Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Li Qingzhao, Qu Yuan, Shitao, Bei Dao, Xue Tao, Yu Xuanji, Su Xiaoxiao, Lu You, Ouyang Xiu, Mei Yaochen, Gu Cheng, Li He, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Yang Lian, Qiu Jin and Cao Zhi. A genius is a person of great Intelligence or remarkable abilities in a specific subject who shows an exceptional natural capacity of intellect and/or ability especially Du Fu ( 712–770 was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei ( 701–761 sometimes titled the Poet Buddha, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, Musician, painter and statesman Li Qingzhao ( Traditional Chinese: 李清照 Simplified Chinese: 李清照 Pinyin: Lǐ Qīngzhào Wade-Giles: Li Ch'ing-chao (1084&ndashc Biography Qu Yuan born in the Xiling Gorge area of what is today western Hubei province was a minister in the government of the state of Chu descended from nobility Yuanji Shih T'ao, born Zhu Ruoji (1642 - 1707 was a Chinese artist Bei Dao ("Northern Island" is another name for Zhifu Island. Xue Tao ( 768–831 Courtesy name Hongdu (洪度/宏度 together with Yu Xuanji and Li Ye (李冶 was one of the three best-known female Chinese Yu Xuanji ( 844–869 Courtesy names Youwei (幼微 and Huilan (蕙兰 was a Chinese poet born in Chang'an during Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小 died c 501 also known as Su Xiaojun and sometimes by the appellation "Little Su" was a famous Courtesan Career Early career Lu You came from a family in which there were some government officials Early life He was born in Mingyang, Sichuan where his father was a judge though his family comes from present day Jishui (then known as Luling Mei Yaochen (or Mei Yao-ch'en (梅尧臣 or 梅堯臣 (1002 - 1060 was a poet of the Song dynasty. Gu Cheng (顾城，1956-1993 was a famous Chinese modern Poet, Essayist, and Novelist. Li He ( 790–816 Courtesy name Changji (長吉 was a short-lived Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, known for his unconventional and Life Bai Juyi was born in Xinzheng to a poor but scholarly family Su Shi ( 1037–1101 was a writer, poet, Artist, calligrapher, Pharmacologist, and Statesman of the Song Dynasty This article is about the Chinese poet for the weightlifter named Yang Lian, see Yang Lian (weightlifter Yang Lian (杨炼 is Qiū Jǐn (秋瑾 ( November 8, 1875 - July 15, 1907) was a Chinese anti- Qing Empire revolutionary feminist and writer Cao Zhi (曹植 192 &ndash 232 was a Chinese Poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period

The Czech language has many poets as Karel Hynek Mácha, Jaroslav Seifert, Egon Bondy, Otokar Březina, Antonín Sova, Vítězslav Nezval, Jaroslav Durych, Viktor Dyk, Jiří Grossmann, Adolf Heyduk, Vladimír Holan, Josef Jungmann, Karel Kryl, Rio Preisner, Václav Renč and Fráňa Šrámek. Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the Karel Hynek Mácha (ˈkarɛl ˈɦɪnɛk ˈmaːxa ( November 16, 1810 – November 5, 1836) was a Czech romantic Poet Jaroslav Seifert (ˈjaroslaf ˈsajfr̩t ( September 23, 1901 – January 10, 1986) was a Nobel Prize winning Czech Egon Bondy, born Zbyněk Fišer, ( January 20, 1930, Prague &ndash April 9, 2007, Bratislava) was a Czech Otokar or Otakar Březina (ˈotokar ˈbr̝ɛzɪna pen name of Václav Jebavý. Antonín Sova ( February 26, 1864, Pacov – August 16, 1928, Pacov) was a Czech Poet. Vítězslav Nezval (ˈviːcɛslaf ˈnɛzval ( May 16, 1900, Biskoupky – April 6, 1958, Prague) was one of the most prolific Jaroslav Durych ( December 2, 1886, Hradec Králové – April 7, 1962, Prague) was a Czech prose writer Viktor Dyk (ˈvɪktor ˈdɪk ( December 31, 1877, Pšovka u Mělníka – May 14, 1931, near the island of Lopud, Jiří Grossmann ( 20 July 1941 &ndash 5 December 1971) was a Czechoslovak theatre Actor, Poet, and Adolf Heyduk (6 June 1835 – 6 February 1923 was a distinguished Czech Poet and writer Josef Jungmann (born 16 July 1773 in Hudlice, near Beroun, died 14 November 1847 in Prague) was a Bohemian Karel Kryl ( April 12, 1944 &ndash March 3, 1994) was a popular Czech songwriter and performer of many Protest songs in Rio Preisner (Born 13 November 1925, Mukačevo, Czechoslovakia. Václav Renč ( 28 November, 1911, Vodochody &ndash 30 April, 1973, Brno) was a Czech poet dramatist and translator Fráňa Šrámek ( January 19, 1877, Sobotka – July 1, 1952, Prague) was a Czech anarchist,

In the Danish language we can read the bright poetry of Johannes Secundus, Jens Immanuel Baggesen, Jens Fink-Jensen, Piet Hein, Ambrosius Stub, Jeppe Aakjær, Hans Christian Andersen, Steen Steensen Blicher, Holger Drachmann, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger and Johan Herman Wessel. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus) ( 15 November, 1511 &ndash 25 September, 1536) was a Renaissance Latin poet Jens Immanuel Baggesen ( February 15, 1764 — October 3, 1826) was a Danish Poet. Jens Fink-Jensen (born) is a Danish poet author photographer composer and architect Piet Hein ( December 16, 1905 &ndash April 17, 1996) was a Danish Scientist, Mathematician, Inventor, Ambrosius Christoffersen Stub (May 1705– July 15, 1758) was a Danish Poet. Jeppe Aakjær (born in Aakjær in September 10, 1866 &ndash died in Jenle April 22, 1930) was a Danish poet and Hans Christian Andersen (ˈhanˀs ˈkʰʁæʂd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩ in Danish or simply H Steen Steensen Blicher ( 11 October, 1782 — 26 March, 1848 in Spentrup) was an Author and Poet born in Vium Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann ( October 9, 1846 – January 14, 1908) was a Danish Poet and Dramatist Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig ( September 8 1783 – September 2 1872) (ˈneg̊olaɪ̯ˀ ˈfʁaðˀʁæg̊ ˈsɛʋəʁin ˈg̊ʁɔnd̥ʋi Johan Ludvig Heiberg ( December 14, 1791 – August 25, 1860) Danish Poet and Critic, son of the political writer Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, in Denmark always called Johannes V Jensen, ( January 20, 1873 — November 25, 1950) was a Danish Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (November 14 1779 &ndash January 20 1850 was a Danish Poet and Playwright. Johan Herman Wessel ( October 6, 1742 - December 29, 1785) was a major name in Norwegian and Danish Literature

In the English language, poets generally considered to be the most influential include William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Alexander Pope, John Milton, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, W. B. Yeats, Isaac Rosenberg, Lewis Carroll, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Gertrude Stein, Mina Loy, Hart Crane, Emma Lazarus, Wallace Stevens, H.D., Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Adrienne Rich, William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, Henry Lawson, Shel Silverstein, Banjo Patterson and Geoffrey Hill. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States William Shakespeare ( baptised Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744 is generally regarded as the greatest English Poet of the eighteenth century best known for his Satirical John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. Walter Whitman (May 31 1819 &ndash March 26 1892 was an American poet, Essayist journalist, and humanist. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 &ndash 25 July 1834) was an English Poet, Critic and philosopher Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets Christina Georgina Rossetti ( December 5, 1830 &ndash December 29, 1894) was an English Poet, who wrote a variety of romantic devotional Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, Isaac Rosenberg ( November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was an English poet of the First World War who was considered Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English Marianne Moore ( November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American Poet and Writer Elizabeth Bishop ( February 8, 1911 &ndash October 6, 1979) was an American Poet and Writer from Worcester Gertrude Stein ( February 3, 1874 &ndash July 27, 1946) was an American Writer who spent most of her life in France Mina Loy ( December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an Artist, Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Harold Hart Crane ( July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American Poet. Emma Lazarus ( July 22, 1849 &ndash November 19, 1887) was an American Poet born in New York City. Wallace Stevens ( October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was a major American Modernist Poet. HD (September 10 1886 – September 27 1961 born Hilda Doolittle, was an American poet, Novelist and Memoirist She is best known Edna St Vincent Millay ( February 22, 1892 &ndash October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright and the first Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W Langston Hughes (February 1 1902 &ndash May 22 1967 was an American Poet, Novelist Playwright, Short story writer and Columnist Sylvia Plath (October 27 1932 &ndash February 11 1963 was an American Poet, Novelist and Short story Writer. Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks ( June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an Pulitzer Prize- winning African-American Poet Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is Adrienne Cecile Rich (born May 16 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American poet essayist and Feminist. William Carlos Williams ( 17 September 1883 &ndash 4 March 1963) was an American poet closely associated with modernism Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922 was an Australian writer and poet Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941 was a famous Australian Bush poet, journalist and author For the British aeronautical engineer and professor see Geoffrey T

The Finnish language owns poets as Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Edith Södergran, Aaro Hellaakoski, Martti Haavio, Veikko Antero Koskenniemi, Joel Lehtonen, Eino Leino, Larin Paraske, Zacharias Topelius, Aale Tynni, Katri Vala and Julius Krohn. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Johan Ludvig Runeberg (5 February 1804 Jakobstad &ndash 6 May 1877 Porvoo) was a Finnish poet and is the National poet of Finland Edith Irene Södergran ( April 4, 1892 - June 24, 1923) was a Finland-Swedish poet Aaro Hellaakoski ( June 22, 1893 – November 23, 1952) was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of Martti Haavio (1899 -1973 was a Finnish poet folklorist and mythologist writing poetry under the name "P Veikko Antero Koskenniemi ( 8 July 1886 - 4 August 1962) was a Finnish poet born in Oulu. Joel Lehtonen ( November 11 1881 - 1934 was a Finnish author translator critic and journalist Eino Leino ( July 6, 1878, Paltamo, Finland - January 10, 1926, Tuusula, Finland) was a Finnish Larin Paraske ( December 27 1833 &ndash January 3 1904) was a Finnish oral poet. Zacharias (Zachris Sakari Topelius ( January 14 1818, Nykarleby, Finland &ndash March 12 1898, Sibbo, Aale Maria Tynni-Haavio ( October 3, 1913 &ndash October 21, 1997) was a Finnish Poet and Translator and wife Katri Vala (1901 - 1944 was a Finnish Poet, Critic, school teacher and central member of the literary group Tulenkantajat (The Fire Bearers Julius Leopold Fredrik Krohn ( April 19 1835 – August 28 1888) was a Finnish folk poetry researcher a professor of Finnish

The French language possesses illustrious poets as François Villon, Clément Marot, Joachim du Bellay, Pierre de Ronsard, Jean de La Fontaine, Alfred de Vigny, Gérard de Nerval, Alfred de Musset, Victor Hugo, Leconte de Lisle, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Camille Lemonnier, Charles Baudelaire, Alfred Jarry, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Stéphane Mallarmé, Emile Verhaeren, Paul Claudel, Paul Valery, Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, André Breton, Pierre Louÿs, Jacques Prévert, Robert Desnos, Jean Cocteau, Gaston Miron, Saint-John Perse, Antonin Artaud, Maurice Maeterlinck, Henri Michaux, Gherasim Luca, Aimé Césaire and Yves Bonnefoy. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people François Villon (in modern French fʀɑ̃swa viˈjɔ̃ in fifteenth-century French viˈlɔn (c Clément Marot (23 November 1496 – 12 September 1544 was a French Poet of the Renaissance period Joachim du Bellay (c 1522 &ndash January 1, 1560) was a French Poet, Critic, and a member of the Pléiade. Pierre de Ronsard ( 11 September, 1524 – December 1585 was a French Poet and "prince of poets" (as his own generation in France Alfred Victor de Vigny ( March 27, 1797 &ndash September 17, 1863) was a French Poet, Playwright, and Novelist Gérard de Nerval (ʒeʁaːʁ də nɛʁval ( May 22, 1808 &ndash January 26, 1855) was the Nom-de-plume of the Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay Along with his poetry he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle ( The Confession of a Child of the Century Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle ( October 22, 1818 – July 17, 1894) was a French Poet of the Parnassian Paul-Marie Verlaine (vɛʁˈlɛn March 30, 1844 &ndash January 8, 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist "Rimbaud" redirects here For other uses see Rimbaud (disambiguation Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (ræm'boʊ or in French aʁtyʁ Antoine Louis Camille Lemonnier ( 24 March 1844 &ndash 13 June 1913) was Alfred Jarry ( 8 September 1873 &ndash 1 November 1907) was a French Writer born in Laval, Mayenne Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam ( November 7, 1838 – August 19, 1889) was a French Stéphane Mallarmé (malaʁ'me ( March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) whose real name was Étienne Mallarmé, was a French Emile Verhaeren (21 May 1855 – 27 November 1916 was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Paul Claudel ( 6 August 1868 &ndash 23 February 1955) was a French Poet, Dramatist and Diplomat, Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French pɔl valeˈʁi October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French Poet Guillaume Apollinaire (in French ɡijom apɔliˈnɛʁ ( August 26, 1880 &ndash November 9, 1918) was a French Poet Frédéric Louis Sauser ( September 1, 1887 &ndash January 21, 1961) better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss novelist and poet André Breton (in French ɑ̃dʀe bʀəˈtɔ̃ ( February 19, 1896 &ndash September 28, 1966) was a French Writer, Pierre Louÿs ( December 10, 1870 - June 6, 1925) was a French poet and Romantic writer most renowned for Lesbian and classical Jacques Prévert (ʒak pʀeˈvɛʀ in French February 4, 1900 - April 11, 1977) was a French Poet and Screenwriter Robert Desnos ( 4 July 1900 - 8 June 1945) was a French Surrealist poet who played a key role in the surrealistic movement of his day Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 &ndash 11 October 1963 was a French Poet, Novelist, Dramatist, Designer, Boxing Gaston Miron, OQ (French gastõ miˈʀõ ( January 8, 1928 &ndash December 14, 1996) was an important poet, Writer Saint-John Perse (pseudonym of Alexis Léger, also Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) ( 31 May, 1887 &ndash 20 September, 1975 Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud ( September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Count Maeterlinck ( August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949) was a Belgian Poet, Playwright, Henri Michaux ( May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian Poet, Writer and painter Gherasim Luca (or Gherashim Luca) ( July 23, 1913 – February 9, 1994) was a Surrealist theorist and Romanian Aimé Fernand David Césaire (26 June 1913 &ndash 17 April 2008 was a Afro-[[Martinique Martinican]] Francophone Poet, Author and Politician Yves Bonnefoy (born June 24 1923 is a French poet and essayist

The German language carries the great works of Angelus Silesius, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gottfried August Bürger, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Peter Rosegger, August Silberstein, Gotthold Lessing, Friedrich Schlegel, August Schlegel, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Nietzsche, Novalis, Friedrich von Schiller, Heinrich von Kleist, Friedrich Holderlin, Christian Morgenstern, Georg Trakl, Theodor Storm, Rainer Maria Rilke, Erich Kästner, Adalbert Stifter, Karl Kraus, Ernst Toller, Franz Werfel, Else Lasker-Schüler, Nelly Sachs, Hermann Hesse, Paul Celan, Bertolt Brecht and Günter Grass. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Angelus Silesius (baptised December 25, 1624 &ndash July 9, 1677) was a German mystic and Poet. ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Gottfried August Bürger ( January 1, 1748 &ndash June 8, 1794) was a German Poet from Molmerswende, (aˈnɛtə fɔn ˈdʁɔstəˈhʏlshɔf January 10, 1797 &ndash May 25, 1848) was a 19th century German author and one of the most Peter Rosegger ( 31 July 1843 - 26 June 1918) was an Austrian Poet from the province of Styria. August Karl Silberstein ( July 1 1827 – March 7 1900) was an Austrian writer born in Ofen, Budapest ( Hungary Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ( 22 January, 1729 15 February, 1781) was a German Writer, Philosopher, Dramatist Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later von) Schlegel ( March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German Poet August Wilhelm (later von) Schlegel ( September 8, 1767 &ndash May 12, 1845) was a German Poet, Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a Journalist, Essayist and one of the Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist Novalis (noˈvaːlɪs was the Pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg ( May 2, 1772 - March 25, 1801 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller krɪstɔf friːtʁɪç fɔn ʃɪləʁ/ʃɪlɐ (10 November 1759 9 May 1805 was a German Poet, Philosopher Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist ( October 18, 1777 &ndash November 21, 1811) was a German Poet, Dramatist, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (ˈjoːhan ˈkrɪstiaːn ˈfriːdrɪç 'hœldərliːn in German March 20, 1770 &ndash June 6, 1843 Christian Morgenstern ( May 6, 1871 &ndash March 31, 1914) was a German Author and Poet from Munich Georg Trakl ( February 3, 1887 – November 3, 1914) was a pre-eminent Austrian poet Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm ( September 14, 1817 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, then Danish today in Germany - July Rainer Maria Rilke (also Rainer Maria von Rilke (4 December 1875 &ndash 29 December 1926 is considered one of the German language 's greatest 20th century Poets Erich Kästner (ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkʰɛstnɐ ( February 23, 1899 &ndash July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, Adalbert Stifter ( 23 October 1805 &ndash 28 January 1868) was an Austrian Writer, Poet, painter, For the theologian see Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. Karl Kraus ( April 28, 1874 - June 12, 1936) Ernst Toller ( December 1, 1893 – May 22, 1939) was a German communist Playwright, best known for his Franz Werfel ( September 10, 1890 &ndash August 26, 1945) was an Austrian - Bohemian Novelist Playwright Else Lasker-Schüler ( February 11, 1869 &ndash January 22, 1945) was a Jewish German Poet and playwright Nelly Sachs, ( 10 December, 1891 – 12 May, 1970) was a German Poet and Dramatist whose Nazi experience Hermann Hesse (ˈhɛʀman ˈhɛsə ( 2 July, 1877 — 9 August, 1962) was a German - Swiss poet novelist and painter Paul Celan (ˈpaʊl tseˈlaːn November 23, 1920 – approximately April 20, 1970) was the most frequently used Pseudonym of (born; 10 February 1898&ndash14 August 1956 was a German Poet, Playwright, and Theatre director. Günter Wilhelm Grass (born 16 October 1927 is a Nobel Prize -winning German Author and Playwright.

The Modern Greek language has a line of poets including Constantine P. Cavafy, Kostis Palamas, Dionysios Solomos, Odysseas Elytis, Giorgos Seferis, Yiannis Ritsos, Kostas Karyotakis, Angelos Sikelianos, Alexandros Panagoulis, Nikos Kavvadias, Andreas Embirikos, Nikos Engonopoulos, Kiki Dimoula and Dimitris P. Kraniotis. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Constantine P Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Π Kostis Palamas (Κωστής Παλαμάς &mdash 27 February, 1943) was a Greek Poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. Dionysios Solomos (Greek Διονύσιος Σολωμός ( 1798 - 9 February 1857) was a Greek Poet from Zakynthos. Odysseas Elytis (Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (November 2 1911—March 18 1996 is a legendary Greek poet,regarded as one of the most important representatives Giorgos Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης ( March 13, 1900, or February 29 according to the Julian calendar then in use September 20 Yiannis Ritsos ( Monemvasia May 1 1909 - Athens November 11 1990) was a Greek Poet. Kostas Karyotakis (Κώστας Καρυωτάκης( November 11, 1896 – July 20, 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek Angelos Sikelianos ( 28 March, 1884 - 19 June, 1951) (in Greek Άγγελος Σικελιανός was a modern Greek Poet Biography Alexandros Panagoulis was born in the Glyfada neighbourhood of Athens. Nikos Kavvadias (Νίκος Καββαδίας ( January 11, 1910 – February 10, 1975) was a Greek poet and writer currently one Andreas Embirikos ( Ανδρέας Εμπειρίκος) ( Brăila, 1901 &ndash Athens, 1975 was a Greek Surrealist Poet Nikos Engonopoulos ( October 21, 1907 &ndash October 31, 1985) was a modern Greek painter and poet. Life Kiki Dimoula (Κική Δημουλά (b Athens 1931 is an acclaimed Greek Poet. Dimitris P Kraniotis (Greek Δημήτρης Π Κρανιώτης is a Greek poet

In the Gujarati language, Harilal Upadhyay was a respected poet known as Haribhai Kavi ("Kavi" means poet in Gujarati). Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? Shri Harilal Upadhyay ( -) was a Gujarati author considered as one of the all-time great authors in the Gujarati language. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ?

The Hebrew language has many poets as Abraham ibn Ezra, Yehuda Amichai, Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Haim Gouri, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Leah Goldberg, Yehuda Halevi, Ahimaaz ben Paltiel, Hanoch Levin, Rachel Bluwstein, Avraham Shlonsky, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Natan Yonatan and David Edelstadt. Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra ( Hebrew: אברהם אבן עזרא or ראב"ע, also known as Abenezra) (1092 or 1093–1167 was one of the Yehuda Amichai (May 3 1924 - September 22 2000 Hebrew יהודה עמיחי was an Israeli Poet. Hayyim Nahman Bialik ( Hebrew: חיים נחמן ביאליק) ( January 9, 1873&ndash July 4, 1934) also Chaim or Haim Gouri (Hebrew חיים גורי born 1923 is an Israeli Poet, Novelist, Journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Solomon ibn Gabirol, also Solomon ben Judah ( שלמה בן יהודה אבן גבירול, Shelomo ben Yehuda ibn Gevirol; أبو أيوب سليمان Leah Goldberg (לאה גולדברג May 29, 1911 — January 15, 1970) was a prolific Hebrew poet and a translator and researcher Yehuda Halevi, in full Yehuda ben Shemuel Ha-Levi, also Judah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi ( Hebrew: יהודה הלוי) (c Ahimaaz ben Paltiel ( אחימעץ בן פלטיאל) was an Italian-Jewish Liturgical poet and author of a family Chronicle. Hanoch Levin ( December 18, 1943 - August 18, 1999; Hebrew חנוך לוין was a prominent Israeli dramatist Rachel Bluwstein Sela ( September 20, 1890 - April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew lyric poet who immigrated to Palestine in 1909 Avraham Shlonsky ( March 6, 1900 &ndash May 18, 1973) אברהם שלונסקי, Аврам Шлёнский, was a significant Shaul Tchernichovsky ( August 20 1875 - October 14 1943) (שאול טשרניחובסקי Саул Гутманович Черниховский Natan Yonatan (נתן יונתן born 20 September 1923, died 12 March 2004) was a much-loved Israeli Poet who received David Edelstadt ( May 9 1866, Kaluga, Russia - 17 October 1892, Denver Colorado) was a Russian

The Hungarian language possesses poets as Endre Ady, János Arany, Bálint Balassa, Attila József, József Katona, Ágoston Pável, Sándor Petőfi, Mihály Vörösmarty, Albert Wass and Miklós Zrínyi. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Endre Ady (Érmindszent - November 22 1877 Budapest - January 27 1919 was a Hungarian Poet. János Arany ( March 2, 1817 &mdash October 22, 1882) was a Hungarian journalist writer poet and translator This page is about a poet If you are interested by the economist who gave his name to the Balassa-Samuelson effect, see Balassa Béla Bálint Balassi, Biography The son of Áron József a soap factory worker and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest József Katona ( 11 November 1791 Kecskemét - 16 April 1830 Kecskemét was a Hungarian Playwright and Ágoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (around August 28 1886 Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Sándor Petőfi (born January 1 1823, Kiskőrös, (slov Malý Kereš) Hungary – died most likely July 31 1849 Mihály Vörösmarty ( December 1, 1800 - November 19, 1855) Hungarian Poet, was born at Puszta-Nyék of a noble Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj Nikola Zrinski redirects here See Nikola Šubić Zrinski for the member of the Zrinski family who lived in the 16th century

In the Italian language there is Dante, Giovanni Boccaccio, Vittorio Alfieri, Guido Cavalcanti, Ludovico Ariosto, Eugenio Montale, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Ugo Foscolo, Petrarch, Salvatore Quasimodo, Giovanni Pascoli, Giambattista Basile, Torquato Tasso, Cesare Pavese, Umberto Saba, Alessandro Manzoni, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giacomo Leopardi. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Count Vittorio Alfieri ( 16 January 1749 &ndash 8 October 1803) was an Italian Dramatist, considered the "founder Guido Cavalcanti (c 1255 – August 1300 was an Italian Poet who was a role model for and a very close friend of Dante. Eugenio Montale ( October 12, 1896 — September 12, 1981) was an Italian Poet, prose writer editor and translator Gabriele d'Annunzio ( 12 March 1863 &ndash 1 March 1938) was an Italian Poet, Journalist, Novelist Giuseppe Ungaretti ( February 8, 1888 &ndash June 2, 1970) was an Italian modernist poet journalist essayist critic Ugo Foscolo ( February 6, 1778 - September 10, 1827) was an Italian writer and poet Francesco Petrarca ( July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374) known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar Salvatore Quasimodo ( August 20, 1901 - June 14, 1968) was an Italian author Giovanni Pascoli ( December 31, 1855 — April 6, 1912) was an Italian Poet and classical Scholar. Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575 – February 23, 1632) was an Italian Poet, Courtier, and Fairy tale collector Torquato Tasso ( 11 March 1544 &ndash 25 April 1595) was an Italian Poet of the 16th century best known for his poem Cesare Pavese ( September 9, 1908 &ndash August 27, 1950) was an Italian Poet, Novelist, literary critic and Umberto Saba ( March 9, 1883 - August 26, 1957) was the Pseudonym of Italian poet and novelist Umberto Poli Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian Poet and Novelist. Pier Paolo Pasolini ( March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian Poet, Intellectual, Film director Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Conte ( June 29, 1798 &ndash June 14, 1837) was an Italian Poet,

In the Japanese language we can read the poetry of Matsuo Bashō, Fujiwara no Shunzei, Fujiwara no Teika, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Ikkyū, Izumi Shikibu, Kambara Ariake, Kamo no Chōmei, Hakushū Kitahara, Kitamura Tokoku, Kūkai, Masao Kume, Kunikida Doppo, Masaoka Shiki, Yukio Mishima, Kenji Miyazawa, Tatsuji Miyoshi, Mori Ōgai, Murasaki Shikibu, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Chūya Nakahara, Natsume Sōseki, Nishiwaki Junzaburo, Yone Noguchi, Okamoto Kanoko, Ono no Komachi, Ryōkan, Saigyō Hōshi, Santō Kyōden, Sei Shōnagon, Sugawara no Michizane, Ueda Akinari and Takuboku Ishikawa. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan During his lifetime Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form today (b 1114 d 22 December 1204 CE) was a noted Japanese poet and Nobleman, son of Fujiwara no Toshitada. Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家 also known as Fujiwara no Sadaie or Sada-ie, (1162 &ndash September 26 1241 was a Japanese waka poet was a writer of free-style verse active in Taishō and early Showa period Japan. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂 c 662 - 710 was a Japanese poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. For the martial arts grading system see Kyū. was an eccentric, iconic Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and Poet was a mid Heian period Japanese poet She is a member of the. She was the contemporary of Murasaki Shikibu and Akazome Emon at the court of ( 15 March 1876 – 3 February 1952) was the Pen-name of a Japanese poet and Novelist active in Taishō Kamo no Chōmei (鴨長明 1155 &ndash 1216 was a Japanese author, Poet ( waka) and Essayist. is the Pen-name of a tanka Poet in Taishō and Showa period Japan. ( 29 December 1868 – 16 May 1894) was the Pen-name of a poet essayist and one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary Kūkai (ja 空海 or also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (ja 弘法大師 774&ndash835 CE was a Japanese monk, Scholar was a popular playwright novelist and Haiku poet (under the Pen-name of Santei) in late Taishō period and early Showa period was a Japanese author of novels and romantic poetry during the Meiji period, noted as one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism. was the Pen-name of a Japanese author, Poet, Literary critic, and Journalist in Meiji period Japan was the pseudonym of, a Japanese author poet and was a Poet and author of Children's literature in early Shōwa period Japan. was a Japanese poet, Literary critic, and literary editor active in Showa period Japan. ( 17 February, 1862 – 8 July, 1922) was a Japanese Physician, translator Novelist and Poet. Murasaki Shikibu ( 紫[[wikt 式|式]] 部; c 973&ndashc 1014 or 1025 or Lady Murasaki as she is sometimes known in English was a Japanese was the Pen name of a novelist playwright poet artist and philosopher in late Taishō and Showa period Japan. ( 29 April 1907 - 22 October 1937) was a poet active in early Shōwa period Japan. was the Pen name of, who is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era (1868-1912 was a contemporary Japanese poet and Literary critic, active in Shōwa period Japan. Yone Noguchi, born (and known in Japan as Yonejiro Noguchi (野口米次郎 Noguchi Yonejirō, 1875 - 1947 was an influential writer of poetry fiction was the Pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka Poet, and Buddhism scholar active during Taishō and early Shōwa period Ono no Komachi (小野小町 or おののこまち (c 825 &mdash c (1758–1831 was a quiet and eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a Hermit. Saigyō Hōshi ( Japanese: 西行法師 (1118 - 1190 was a famous Japanese Poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period was a Poet, Writer and Artist in the Edo period. His real name was, and he was also known popularly as. Sei Shōnagon (清少納言 ( c966 -1017 was a Japanese author and a Court lady who served the Empress Teishi /Empress Sadako around the year Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真 845 - March 26, 903) also known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相 a grandson of Sugawara no Kiyotomo Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei (上田秋成 July 25, 1734, Osaka - August 8, 1809, Kyoto) was a Japanese was a Japanese poet. He died of Tuberculosis on April 13, 1912.

The Korean language have poets as Choe Chiwon, Ko Un, Hwang Jin-i, Chon Sang-pyong and Seo Jeong-ju. This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Choe Chiwon (857-10th century was a noted Korean Confucian official philosopher and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668-935 Ko Un (born on 8 January 1933) is a Korean Poet. Life Ko was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province in 1933. Hwang Jin-i (1520c-1560c also known by her Gisaeng name Myeongwol (literally bright moon is the most legendary Gisaeng of the Joseon Dynasty Chon Sang-pyong ( 1930 - April 28, 1993) was a Korean poet Born in early 1930 in Japan, Chon returned to Korea with his family in 1945 and Seo Jeong-ju ( May 18, 1915 &ndash December 24, 2000) was a Korean Poet and University Professor

The Kurdish Language has a range of poets including the creative genius and its most influential Nalî. The Kurdish language (Kurdish Kurdî or کوردی is a term used for the language spoken by Kurds. Nalî or Nali or Nalli (1798-1855 is the Pseudonym used by Kurdish poet Xidir - Khidir. Others include the father of Kurdish literature, Ehmedê Xanî, and the founder of modern Kurdish poetry, Abdulla Goran. Ehmedê Xanî, (or Ahmad Khani) (1650-1707 was a Kurdish writer poet and philosopher Abdulla Goran, (1904-1962 was a Kurdish poet He undoubtedly brought about a revolution in Kurdish poetry and is also called the father of modern Kurdish literature

The Latin language had great poets as Ausonius, Catullus, Ennius, Horace, Juvenal, Lucretius, Martial, Ovid, Sextus Propertius, Statius, Terence, Tibullus and Virgil. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. This article is about the Roman poet Ausonius For John Ausonius the Swedish murderer see John Ausonius. For persons with a Cognomen "Catulus" see Lutatius Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman Poetry. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ( Venosa, December 8, 65 BC - Rome, November 27, 8 BC known in the English-speaking world as Horace Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman Poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD author of the Titus Lucretius Carus (ca 99 BC- ca 55 BC was a Roman Poet and Philosopher. Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial) (March 1 40 AD - ca Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet born around 50-45 BCE in Mevania (although other cities in the region of Umbria claim Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. Publius Terentius Afer (195/185&ndash159 BC better known as Terence, was a Playwright of the Roman Republic. Albius Tibullus (ca 54-19 BC was a Latin Poet and writer of elegies. Publius Vergilius Maro ( October 15, 70 BCE &ndash September 21, 19 BCE later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or

The Macedonian language has poets like Bogomil Gjuzel, Blaže Koneski and Mateja Matevski. Macedonian () is the official Language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Poet prose writer playwright essayst translator Born in 1939 in Čačak, Serbia. Blaže Koneski (Блаже Конески ( December 19, 1921 – December 7, 1993) (born in Nebregovo, near Prilep, Mateja Matevski (b 13 March 1929 in Istanbul) is a Macedonian Poet, literary and theatre Critic, essayist and translator

The Norwegian language has many poets as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Jens Bjørneboe, Hans Børli, Olaf Bull, Kolbein Falkeid, Olav H. Hauge, Gunvor Hofmo, Johan Herman Wessel, Rolf Jacobsen, Jonas Lie, Henrik Wergeland, Herman Wildenvey and Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson ( 8 December, 1832 – 26 April, 1910) was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (born October 9, 1920 in Kristiansand, Norway, died May 9, 1976 in Veierland in Hans Børli ( December 8, 1918 &ndash August 25, 1989) was a Norwegian poet and writer who besides his writings worked as a Lumberjack Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet Kolbein Falkeid (born December 19 1933 in Haugesund Norway) is one of the most widely read contemporary Norwegian poets Olav Håkonson Hauge ( 18 August 1908 &ndash 23 May 1994) was a Norwegian Poet. Gunvor Hofmo ( 30 June 1921 in Oslo - 17 October 1995 in Oslo was a Norwegian Writer, often considered one of Johan Herman Wessel ( October 6, 1742 - December 29, 1785) was a major name in Norwegian and Danish Literature Rolf Jacobsen ( March 8, 1907 —1994 could be said to be the first modernist writer in Norway. This page is about Jonas Lie the novelist For the NS minister see Jonas Lie (government minister; for the artist see Jonas Lie (painter Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland ( June 17, 1808 in Kristiansand – July 12, 1845 in Christiania) was a Norwegian Herman Wildenvey ( 20 July 1885 &ndash 27 September 1959) born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian "Ibsen" redirects here For other people named Ibsen see Ibsen (disambiguation.

In the Portuguese Language you can find the masterworks of Bocage, Cesário Verde, Florbela Espanca, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Antero de Quental, Fernando Pessoa, Luís de Camões, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Augusto dos Anjos, Gregório de Matos Guerra, Gonçalves Dias, Álvares de Azevedo and Mário Quintana. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805 Portuguese Poet, was a native of Setubal. Cesário Verde ( February 25, 1855 – July 19, 1886) was a 19th-century Portuguese poet Florbela Espanca (floɾ'bɛlɐ (ɨʃ'pɐ̃kɐ (birth name Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição) Portuguese poet ( Vila Viçosa, December 8 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen ( November 6 1919 - July 2 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese Poet. Antero Tarquínio de Quental (ɐ̃ˈtɛɾu dɨ kẽˈtaɫ old spelling Anthero ( April 18, 1842 - September 11, 1891) Portuguese Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ (b Luís Vaz de Camões (luˈiʃ vaʃ dɨ kaˈmõĩʃ sometimes rendered in English from old Portuguese as Camoens) (c Carlos Drummond de Andrade ( October 31, 1902 - August 17, 1987) was perhaps the most influential Brazilian Poet of Augusto de Carvalho Rodrigues dos Anjos was a Brazilian Poet born in the city of Cruz do Espírito Santo Paraíba, April 20, 1884 Gregório de Matos e Guerra ( April 7 1636 &ndash November 26 1696) was the major Baroque poet of Brazil. Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823 &mdash September 1864 was a Brazilian lyric Poet. Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo ( September 12 1831 &ndash April 25 1852) was a writer of Brazilian's romantic second generation author Mario de Miranda Quintana ( July 30, 1906 &mdash May 5, 1994) was a Brazilian Writer.

The Persian language owns a few of the more popular poets who are still widely read today. These include Rumi, Asadi Tusi, Rudaki, Hafez, Farid ad-Din Attar, Saadi, Nezami, Ferdowsi, Forough Farrokhzad, Ahmad Shamlou, and Omar Khayyam. Abu Mansur Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi Tusi (born Tus, Iranian province of Khorasan - died 1072 Tabriz, Iran) is arguably the second most Abdullah Jafar Ibn Mohammad Rudaki, (ابوعبدالله جعفر ابن محمد رودکی entitledآدم الشعرا Ādam ul-Shoara or Adam of Poets also written Khwāja Šamsu d-Dīn Muḥammad Hāfez-e Šīrāzī, or simply Hāfez ( was a Persian mystic and Poet. Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (born 1145-46 in Nishapur &ndash died c Sheikh Saadi (in سعدی full name in English Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif ibn Abdullah) (1184 &ndash 1283/1291? is one of the major Persian Poets of Nezāmi-ye Ganjavi ( Nîzamî Gencewî نیزامی گه‌نجه‌وی Nizami Gəncəvi نظامی گنجوی;‎ 1141 – 1209 or Nezāmi ( whose full name Hakīm Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī ( more commonly transliterated as Ferdowsi, (935&ndash1020 was a highly revered Persian Poet. Forugh Farrokhzad (فروغ فرخزاد ( January 5, 1935 — February 14, 1967) was an Iranian poet and film director Ahmad Shamlou ( ( December 12, 1925 — July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet writer and journalist For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Omar Khayyam (horse Ghiyās od-Dīn Abol-Fath Omār ibn Ebrāhīm Khayyām Neyshābūri (غیاث الدین

The Polish language poets are represented by Jan Kochanowski, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Maria Konopnicka, Bolesław Leśmian, Adam Mickiewicz, Czeslaw Milosz, Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Leon Pasternak, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Juliusz Słowacki, Leopold Staff, and Wislawa Szymborska. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Life Kochanowski was born at Sycyna, near Radom, Poland. Little is known of his early education Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński ( January 23, 1905 - December 6, 1953) was a Polish poet Maria Konopnicka ( May 23, 1842, Suwałki — October 8, 1910, Lwów) was a Polish Poet, Novelist Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; 1878-1937 was a Polish poet artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature. Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (pronounced ] in Belarusian, Адам Міцкевіч; in Lithuanian, Adomas Bernardas Mickevičius; December Czesław Miłosz; ( June 30, 1911 — August 14, 2004) was a Polish Poet, prose writer and Translator Cyprian Kamil Norwid, aka Cyprian Konstanty Norwid ( September 24, 1821 &ndash May 23, 1883) is a nationally esteemed Polish Leon Pasternak ( 12 August 1910, Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (soon became Lwow Poland, now Lviv Ukraine) - 14 Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, née Kossak ( 24 November 1891 – 9 July 1945) was a Polish poet known as the Polish Juliusz Słowacki ( 4 September 1809 in Kremenets, Volhynia, Russian Empire now in Ukraine &ndash 3 April Leopold Staff ( November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet and one of the greatest artists of European modernism Wisława Szymborska (vʲisˈwava ʃɨmˈbɔrska born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, Essayist

The Romanian language have many poets as Tudor Arghezi, Ana Blandiana, George Cosbuc, Mihai Eminescu, and Nicolae Labis. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Tudor Arghezi (pronunciation in Romanian: /'tudor ar'gezi/ May 21, 1880 &mdash July 14, 1967) was a major Romanian writer Ana Blandiana ( Pen name of Otilia Valeria Coman; b 25 March 1942, Timişoara) is a Romanian poet essayist and political George Coşbuc ( September 20 1866, Hordou nowadays Coşbuc in Bistriţa-Năsăud County &mdash May 9 1918, Nicolae Labiş (nikoˈlaje laˈbiʃ (b December 2, 1935, Poiana Mărului, Suceava County, Romania &ndash d

The Russian language can be represented by Bella Akhmadulina, Anna Akhmatova, Innokenty Annensky, Evgeny Baratynsky, Alexander Blok, Joseph Brodsky, Ivan Bunin, Sasha Cherny, Gavrila Derzhavin, Afanasy Fet, Nikolay Gumilyov, Velimir Khlebnikov, Ivan Krylov, Mikhail Lermontov, Osip Mandelstam, Peretz Markish, Samuil Marshak, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Nikolay Nekrasov, Boris Pasternak, Alexander Pushkin, David Samoylov, Konstantin Simonov, Arseny Tarkovsky, Marina Tsvetayeva, Fyodor Tyutchev, Maximilian Voloshin, Andrey Voznesensky, Sergei Yesenin, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Vasily Zhukovsky. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Bella (Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian Белла Ахатовна Ахмадулина is a Russian Poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky Anna Akhmatova (А́нна Ахма́това real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко ( — March 5 1966 was the Pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko Innokentiy Fyodorovich Annensky (Иннокентий Фёдорович Анненский ( September 1 1855 N Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (Russian Евгений Абрамович Баратынский — July 11, 1844) was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (Александр Александрович Блок &ndash August 7, 1921 waswas one of the most gifted lyrical poets produced by Russia Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин) (— November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Sasha Cherny (Саша Чёрный real name Alexander Mikhailovich Glickberg, (Александр Михайлович Гликберг ( October 13 Gavriil (Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла Рома́нович Держа́вин July 14 1743 &ndash July 20 1816 was the greatest Russian poet Afanasy Afanasievich Fet (Афанасий Афанасьевич Фет December 5, 1820 — December 3, 1892) or Foeth, later Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Николай Степанович Гумилёв April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921 was an influential Russian Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian Велими́р Хле́бников first name also spelled Velemir last name also spelled Chlebnikov Hlebnikov Xlebnikov pseudonym of Viktor Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в ( February 13, 1769 - November 21, 1844) is Russia's best known Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов) ( –) a Russian Romantic Writer and Poet, sometimes Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (also spelled Mandelshtam) (О́сип Эми́льевич Мандельшта́м ( &ndash December 27, 1938) was a Peretz Markish (פּרץ מאַרקיש; Перец Давидович Маркиш in Polonnoye currently Ukraine - 12 August 1952 in Moscow Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak ( - June 4 1964) was a Russian writer translator and children's poet Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский ( &ndash April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet and Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов &ndash) was a Russian poet writer critic and publisher associate of Vissarion Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ( — May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize -winning Soviet David Samoylov ( Давид Самойлов) pseudonym of David Samuilovich Kaufman (Давид Самуилович Кауфман 1 June 1920 Konstantin Simonov (Константин Михайлович Симонов in Petrograd - August 28 1979 in Moscow) was a Soviet Arseny Alexandrovich Tarkovsky (Арсений Александрович Тарковский, Elisavetgrad &ndash May 27 1989, Moscow Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Мари́на Ива́новна Цвета́ева Marina Ivanovna Cvetaeva ( &ndash 31 August 1941 was a Russian and Soviet Poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian Фёдор Иванович Тютчев -) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia following Alexander Pushkin Maximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (Максимилиа́н Алекса́ндрович Кирие́нко-Воло́шин (May 28 1877 - November 8 1932 was a Russian Andrey Andreyevich Voznesensky (Андре́й Андре́евич Вознесе́нский (b Sergei Yesenin (Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин – December 27, 1925) was a Russian lyrical Poet. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко (born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Василий Андреевич Жуковский ( – April 1852 was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s

The Spanish language is vibrant with the words of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Rafael Alberti, Gabriela Mistral, Giannina Braschi, Ernesto Cardenal, Rubén Darío, Jorge Guillén, Luis de Góngora, Miguel Hernández, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico Garcia Lorca, Antonio Machado, Jorge Manrique, Pablo Neruda, Nicanor Parra, Octavio Paz, and Lope de Vega. Sor Juana ( November 12, 1651 1648 according to some biographers &ndash April 17, 1695) also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Rafael Alberti Merello ( El Puerto de Santa María, December 16, 1902 - October 28, 1999) was a Spanish poet a member Gabriela Mistral ( April 7, 1889 — January 10, 1957) was the Pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga Poet and novelist Giannina Braschi (b San Juan Puerto Rico, February 5 1953 is credited with writing the first Spanglish novel YO-YO BOING! (1998 and Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Nicaraguan Catholic Priest and was one of the most famous Félix Rubén García Sarmiento also known as Rubén Darío (Metapa January 18, 1867 &ndash Leon February 6, 1916) was a Jorge Guillén y Álvarez ( January 18, 1893 &ndash February 6, 1984) was a Spanish Poet Luis de Góngora y Argote ( July 11, 1561 &ndash May 24, 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric Poet. Miguel Hernández is also the name of a Spanish University Miguel Hernández ( October 30, 1910 - March 28, Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón ( Moguer, Spain, 24 December, 1881 – Santurce, Puerto Rico, 29 May, 1958 Federico García Lorca' ( 5 June 1898 &ndash 19 August 1936) was a Spanish Poet and dramatist also remembered as Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado ( July 26, 1875 &ndash February 22, Jorge Manrique (c 1440 &ndash 1479 was a major Spanish poet whose main work the Coplas a la muerte de su padre (Stanzas about the Death of his Father, is Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Nicanor Parra Sandoval (born in San Fabián de Alico Chile on September 5, 1914) is a Mathematician and Poet often considered to Octavio Peazy Paz " ( March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican Writer, Poet, and diplomat Lope de Vega (also Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio or Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) ( 25 November 1562 &ndash 27 August 1635

The Swedish language has many poets as Kurt Almqvist, Carl Boberg, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Siv Cedering, Anna Maria Lenngren, Lucidor, Ture Nerman, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Esaias Tegnér and John Törnquist. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Kurt Almqvist (1912-2001 PhD in Romance Languages, Swedish poet intellectual and spiritual figure representative of the Traditionalist School and the Carl Boberg ( 1859 August 16 &ndash 1940 January 17) was a Swedish Poet, Writer, and Legislator best Sophia Elisabet Brenner, née Weber, ( 29 April, 1659 &ndash 14 September, 1730) was a Swedish Writer, Siv Cedering ( February 5, 1939 &ndash November 17, 2007) was a Swedish-American Poet, Writer, and Artist Anna Maria Lenngren (born Malmstedt in June 18, 1754; died March 8 1817) was a Swedish Writer, Poet Lars (Lasse Johansson ( 1638 - August 13, 1674) usually referred to under his pseudonym Lucidor, was a Swedish baroque poet Ture "Ten Head" Nerman ( May 18, 1886, Norrköping – October 7, 1969) was a Swedish Socialist Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht ( November 28, 1718 &ndash June 29, 1763) was a Swedish Poet, feminist and Esaias Tegnér ( 13 November 1782 in Kyrkerud, Värmland &ndash 2 November 1846) was a Swedish Writer

The Turkish language has poets as Ali Kemal Bey, Melih Cevdet Anday, Bâkî, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Ahmet Muhip Dıranas, Fuzûlî, Ahmet Haşim, Hayâlî, Nazım Hikmet, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Cahit Külebi, Imadaddin Nasimi, Behçet Necatigil, Nedîm, Rıfat Ilgaz and Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Ali Kemal Bey (1867 - November 6 1922 was a liberal Turkish journalist newspaper editor and poet In The Times of March 9 1909 on speculating that he Melih Cevdet Anday ( 13 March 1915 &ndash 29 November 2002) Turkish poet and writer who has been one of the forefront poets Bâḳî (باقى was the Pen name ( Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of the Ottoman Turkish poet Mahmud Abdülbâkî (محمود Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca Hüsnü Dağlarca}} (1914 Istanbul) is one the most prolific Turkish poets of the republican Turkey with more than 60 collections Ahmet Muhip Dıranas (1909 – June 27, 1980) was a leading Turkish Poet and Author. For the administrative region of Azerbaijan see Fizuli Rayon; for the city in Azerbaijan see Füzuli. Ahmet Haşim (also written as Ahmed Hâşim; احمد هاشم; 1884? 4 June 1933) was an influential Turkish Nazım Hikmet Ran ( November 20, 1901 – June 3, 1963) commonly known as Nazım Hikmet (nɑːˌzɯm hikˈmɛt was a Turkish Necip Fazıl Kısakürek ( May 26 1904 &ndash May 25 1983) was a Turkish poet writer and philosopher who was noticed by the Cahit Külebi (1917 – June 20 1997) was a leading Turkish Poet and author Behçet Necatigil (b April 16 1916 &ndash December 13 1979) was a leading Turkish author and poet Nedîm (نديم (1681?–1730 was the Pen name ( Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of one of the most celebrated Rıfat Ilgaz ( 24 April 1911 &ndash 7 July 1993) was a Poet who was born in Cide, Kastamonu, Turkey. Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan ( February 5 1851 &ndash April 12 1937) was an early 20th century Turkish Playwright and Poet

The Urdu language, known for its poetry, carries the beautiful work of Amir Khusro, Mir Taqi Mir, Ghalib, Faiz, Jalib, Iqbal, and others. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn al-Dīn Khusrow ( Hindi: hi अबुल हसन यमीनुद्दीन ख़ुसरो (1253-1325 CE better known as Amīr Khusrow Khuda-e-Sukhan Mir Taqi Mir ( Urdu: میر تقی میر) (b 1723 - d Dabeer-ul-Mulk Najm-ud-daulah Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ( Urdu / Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان) Pen-name Faiz Ahmed Faiz ( فيض احمد فيض) (1984 - 1911 was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets Habib Jalib ( Urdu:) (1928 – March 12, 1993) was one of the renowned Pakistani Urdu poets of 20th century

The Vietnamese language has some poets as Mong-Lan, Han Mac Tu, Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Nguyễn Du, Tố Hữu, Hồ Xuân Hương, Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm and Xuân Diệu. Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Mong Lan (b 1970 Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese - Asian - American poet writer painter and photographer Hàn Mặc Tử ( September 22, 1912 - November 11, 1940) was a Vietnamese poet. Nguyễn Đình Chiểu (1822&ndash1888 was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French Colonization Nguyễn Du (1765&ndash1820 Pennames Tố Như and Thanh Hiên) is a celebrated Vietnamese poet who wrote in ''Chữ Nôm'', the Tố Hữu (1920-2002 was Vietnam ’s most famous and influential revolutionary poet Hồ Xuân Hương (1772-1822 ( Hán Tự: 胡[[wikt 春|春]] 香) was a Vietnamese poet born at the end of the Lê Dynasty who grew Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm ( Chữ nho: 阮秉謙 1491 &ndash 1585 was a Vietnamese administrator, Educator, Poet, sage and Ngô Xuân Diệu ( February 2, 1916 &ndash December 18, 1985) more commonly known by the pen name Xuân Diệu, was a prominent

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The Chinese poem "Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain" by 宋高宗. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter Poetry as an art form that may have predated Literacy. Some of the earliest Poetry is believed to have been orally recited or sung Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Gautama Buddha, 6th to 5th century BCE and thereafter evolved by contact with This article is concerned with Biblical poetry, specifically Poetry in the Hebrew Bible. Ancient Greek literature refers to Literature written in the Greek language until the 4th century AD Latin poetry was a major part of Latin literature during the height of the Latin language. Because most of what we have was written down by clerics much of extant medieval poetry is religious. Chinese Poetry is the most highly regarded literary genre in China. Arabic poetry ( Arabic, الِشعر العربي ash-shi`ru 'l-`arabiy) is the earliest form of Arabic literature. The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day When Japanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry, it was at its peak in the Tang Dynasty. Korean poetry is poetry performed or written in the Korean language or by Korean people. French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other Languages of Persian literature ( spans two and a half millennia though much of the pre- Islamic material has been lost An epic is a lengthy Narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of Heroic deeds lineages" are the epic poems that appear at the dawn of French literature Etymology The word is a Loanword from descendant languages of Proto-Celtic bardos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gwerh2 Chinese Poetry is the most highly regarded literary genre in China. Biography Gaozong was the 5th son of Emperor Huizong and the younger half-brother of Emperor Qinzong.	Illustration from كتاب الأغاني‎ Book of Songs by أبو الفرج الأصفهاني‎. Kitab al-Aghani ( كتاب الأغاني, The Book of Songs is a collection of poems and songs with the stories of the composers and singers in many volumes `Ali ibn al-Husayn ul-Isbahānī (أبو الفرج الأصفهاني also known as Abu-l-Faraj or in the West as Abulfaraj (897-967 was an Iranian (1216-20)	The Concourse of the Birds painted by Habib Allah for Farid ud-Din Attar poems. Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (born 1145-46 in Nishapur &ndash died c (1486–87)	Tiziano Vecellio's "Danae", inspired by the Metamorphoses of Ovidius. Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c 1485 &ndash August 27 1576 better known as Titian, was the leading painter of the 16th-century Venetian Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including (1553-54)
Faust depicted in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15 1606 &ndash October 4 1669 was a Dutch painter and etcher. (1650)	The poet Yacuren and a companion strolling in a grove of yew trees, by 歌川国芳. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese 歌川国芳 ( 1797 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese Ukiyo-e style	A Norse mythology image from the 18th century Prose Edda manuscript.	"The Ghost of a Flea" by William Blake. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. (1820)
"Der arme Poet", by Carl Spitzweg. Carl Spitzweg ( February 5, 1808 - September 23, 1885) was a German romanticist painter and Poet (1839)	Illustration for the cover of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and Other Poems, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Christina Georgina Rossetti ( December 5, 1830 &ndash December 29, 1894) was an English Poet, who wrote a variety of romantic devotional Goblin Market (composed in April 1859 and published in 1862) is a poem by Christina Rossetti. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882 was an English poet Illustrator, painter and Translator. (1862)	Wood engraving named "Farinata degli Uberti addresses Dante" from a Gustave Doré's illustrations to the Divine Comedy. Wood engraving is a Relief printing technique where the end grain of Wood is used as a medium for Engraving, thus differing from the older technique of The Divine Comedy (1861-1868)	"Le Coin de table", by Henri Fantin-Latour. Henri Fantin-Latour ( January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. (1872)
Édouard Manet's illustration of Poe's Raven. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, (1875)	One of Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. Henry Holiday was an English Pre-Raphaelite artist born on June 17, 1839 in London. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English " The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits " is a nonsense Poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1874 when he was 42 years	"Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene", by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA ( January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands. (1881)	Lucifer, the main protagonist of Paradise Lost, as drawn by Gustave Doré. Paradise Lost is an Epic poem in Blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton.
"Favourite Poete", by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA ( January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands. (1888)	Akashi Gidayu, No 83 100 Aspects of the Moon Series by 月岡芳年. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ( 1839 - June 9, 1892) (月岡芳年 also named Taiso Yoshitoshi ja 大蘇芳年 was a Japanese artist (1890)	"Le Poète et la Muse", by Auguste Rodin. Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12 1840–November 17 1917 was a French artist most famous as a sculptor.	The Dinky Bird, by Maxfield Parrish, an illustration from Poems of Childhood by Eugene Field. Maxfield Parrish ( July 25, 1870 &ndash March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator. Eugene Field Sr ( September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895) was an American writer best known for his children's poetry and humorous (1904)
"At the Tomb of Omar Khayyam", by Jay Hambidge. Jay Hambidge (1867&ndash1924 was an American artist born in Canada. (?-1911)	Apollinaire's calligramme. Concrete poetry, pattern poetry or shape poetry is Poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect (1918)	村山槐多's Self Portrait. was a Japanese author. (1918)	"Dancing Girl", an undated ink-on-paper piece by Rabindranath Tagore.