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—from "Early Autumn, Miserable Heat, Papers Piling Up"; translation by William Hung. He moved on in the summer of 759; this has traditionally been ascribed to famine, but Hung believes that frustration is a more likely reason. He next spent around six weeks in Qinzhou (now Tianshui, Gansu province), where he wrote more than sixty poems. Chengdu In December 759, he briefly stayed in Tonggu ...
Oleh Lysheha (Ukrainian: Олег Лишега; 30 October 1949 – 17 December 2014 [1]) was a Ukrainian poet, playwright, translator and intellectual.Lysheha entered Lviv University in 1968, where during his last year, he was expelled for his participation in an "unofficial" literary circle, Lviv Bohema.
The Land of Little Rain has been published six times. The first publication was in 1903 by Houghton Mifflin.Subsequent publications include a 1950 abridged version with photographs by Ansel Adams (also by Houghton Mifflin), a 1974 illustrated version by E. Boyd Smith published by University of New Mexico Press, a 1988 edition with an introduction by Edward Abbey published as part of the ...
Du Fu was a Chinese poet who was active in the Tang dynasty. In 755, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, Du was in the capital city of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) when the An Lushan Rebellion began. [1] [2] "Chunwang" was written in 757, [3] [4] nine months after the fall of Chang'an to An's army. [5]
Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.
Du Mu (Chinese: 杜牧; pinyin: Dù Mù; Wade–Giles: Tu 4 Mu 4; 803–852) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Muzhi (牧之), and art name Fanchuan (樊川). [1] He is best known for his lyrical and romantic quatrains. [2]
The outer bands of the storm that carry heavy rain and strong winds pass over land well before landfall. A hurricane can have multiple landfalls if it changes directions and goes back and forth ...
The Small Rain is a semi-autobiographical novel by Madeleine L'Engle, about the many difficulties in the life of talented pianist Katherine Forrester between the ages of 10 and 19. Published in 1945 by the Vanguard Press , it was the first of L'Engle's long list of books, and was reprinted in 1984.