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Nuchhungi Renthlei (1 January 1914 – 1 January 2002) was an Indian poet, singer and school teacher, known for her poems written in Mizo language. [1] She was the founder of Girls' Auxiliary, an organization for women's rights, which she founded in 1939. [2] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri ...
Omar Zaani (1885–1961) was a prominent Lebanese ballad poet and singer. He was known for using his art to criticize and revolt against social injustice throughout the different historical and political stages in his country, especially the Ottoman Empire occupation and French mandate of Lebanon.
Kara Jackson is from Oak Park, Illinois and attended Oak Park River Forest High School, where she participated in spoken word. [1] [2] [3] Jackson also participated in a jazz ensemble at Merit School of Music, and was the Youth Poet Laureate of Chicago in 2018.
Lyubov Makarivna Sirota (Ukrainian: Любов Макарівна Сирота; born June 21, 1956) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator. As a former inhabitant of the city of Pripyat and an eyewitness (and victim) of the Chernobyl disaster, she has devoted a great part of her creative output to the 1986 catastrophe.
On hearing about the death of Rabindranath Tagore on 8 August 1941, a shocked Nazrul Islam composed two poems in Tagore's memory. One of the two poems, "Rabihara" (loss of Rabi, or without Rabi), was broadcast on the All India Radio. [94] Within months, Nazrul Islam himself fell ill and gradually began losing his power of speech.
Anthony Kellman (born 24 April 1955) is a Barbados-born poet, novelist, and musician.. In 1990, the British publishing house Peepal Tree Press published his first full-length book of poetry, Watercourse, which was endorsed by the late Martiniquan poet Edouard Glissant and which launched Kellman's international writing career. [1]
Rodney Marvin McKuen (/ m ə ˈ k j uː ə n / mə-KEW-ən; né Woolever; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer.He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s.
Most Distinguished Alumnus, University of the Philippines, UP Golden Jubilee Literary Contest, Republic Anniversary Poetry Contest. Literature portal Dominador “Dom” Ibarra Ilio (November 15, 1913 - February 7, 2006) was a poet and professor born in Malinao, Capiz (now part of Aklan).