Kupala, Janka
Janka Kupala (yäng´kä kōōpä´lä), 1888–1942, Belorussian poet and writer, whose original name was Ivan Lutsevich. Kupala was a major figure of the Belorussian national and cultural revival. His prerevolutionary works, which stress national liberation, include the novel Along the Path of Life (1913), a collection of verse entitled Heritage (1922), and the drama Ravaged Nest (1919). Hostility toward Communism is evident in his poetry written between 1918 and 1928 and in the allegorical comedy The Natives (1922). Kupala's works after 1930 are of slight literary value.
More From encyclopedia.com
Eugenio Montale , Montale, Eugenio
BORN: 1896, Genoa, Italy
DIED: 1981, Milan, Italy
NATIONALITY: Italian
GENRE: Poetry, nonfiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Cuttlefish Bones (1925… Pastoral , pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of sheph… Paul Verlaine , Verlaine, Paul
BORN: 1844, Metz, France
DIED: 1896, Paris, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction, poetry
MAJOR WORKS:
Saturnine Poems (1866)
Gall… Thomas Hardy , HARDY, THOMAS (1840–1928), English novelist and poet.
The son of a stonemason and former house servant, Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840, in High… Versification , versification, principles of metrical practice in poetry. In different literatures poetic form is achieved in various ways; usually, however, a defin… Federico Garcia Lorca , BORN: 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain
DIED: 1936, Viznar, Granada, Spain
NATIONALITY: Spanish
GENRE: Poetry, drama
MAJOR WORKS:
The Gypsy Balla…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Kupala, Janka