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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Desiderata. " Desiderata " (Latin: "things desired") is a 1927 prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. The text was widely distributed in poster form in the 1960s and 1970s.
Max Ehrmann. Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired"). He often wrote on spiritual themes.
Desiderata is a 1971 album by Les Crane with music by Broadway composer Fred Werner and concept and various lyrics by David C. Wilson. It is a spoken-word album with sung refrains and instrumental accompaniment. The title and title track come from the widely circulated poem "Desiderata", which was widely perceived as ancient wisdom and not ...
It is a parody of Les Crane 's 1971 spoken word recording of "Desiderata", the early 20th-century poem by Max Ehrmann. ("Desiderata" is Latin for "desired things"; "deteriorata" is a portmanteau of the verb "deteriorate" and "desiderata".) The parody was written by Tony Hendra for National Lampoon, and was recorded for the album Radio Dinner.
Les Crane (born Lesley Stein; December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored a spoken word hit with his 1971 recording of the poem Desiderata, winning a "Best Spoken Word" Grammy.
Desiderata (fl. 771) was a queen consort of the Franks. She was one of four daughters of Desiderius , King of the Lombards , and his wife Ansa, Queen of the Lombards . Desiderata was married to Charlemagne in 770 in effort to create a bond between Francia and the Kingdom of the Lombards .
Desiderata, plural of a desideratum, the objects of desire. Desiderata of the Lombards (fl. 770–771), wife of Charlemagne. Kerckhoffs's desiderata. 344 Desiderata, a main belt asteroid. Desideratum, a horse which won the Prix du Lys in 2006. Desiderata Valley, a fictional neighborhood in The Sims 2: FreeTime.
1910 (114 years ago) (1910) " If— " is a poem by English poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), written circa 1895 [1] as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson. It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. [2] The poem, first published in Rewards and Fairies (1910) following the story "Brother Square-Toes", is written in the form of paternal ...