Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin, whose name is more often spelled as Esenin, was a well-known and popular Russian lyric poet of the 20th century whose life was tragically cut short at the age of only 30. He was born on the 3rd October 1895 in the small village of Konstantinovo which lies in the Ryazan Governorate of Russia. His family were poor peasants and Sergei ...
Seumas MacManus was an Irish poet and playwright who had a special talent for the ancient art of storytelling. He thrilled audiences everywhere with his verbal interpretation of old Irish folk tales. The Irish word for a natural story teller was seanchaí, and MacManus was considered to be the last exponent of this ancient art. He always claimed that he had learned this ...
The middle-eastern medieval poet Shams al-Din Hafiz, also known as Hafiz of Shiraz, was famous as a “reciter”. He claimed that he had the ability to recite the Qur'an in at least fourteen different forms although his biographer and friend, Muhammad Gulandam, stated that this number should be no higher than seven. He was born Khwajah Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn-i Muhammad some time during ...
Toson Shimazaki is the pen-name used by a Japanese poet and fiction writer whose work varied from a romantic style initially, progressing towards one known as “naturalism”. He was able to show people and events exactly how they were with no embellishment or distortion of the facts. Toson produced his work during the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods of Japanese history. Toson was born Shimazaki Haruki on ...
Shlomo ibn Gabirol was a Jewish poet and philosopher from the 11th century who is also known by the names Solomon ibn Gabirol and Solomon ben Judah. It is believed that he had over a hundred poems published and much of his work was of a biblical and philosophical nature. There must have been a mystical side to his character because it was ...
