court-poet
101dance, Western — Introduction history of Western dance from ancient times to the present and including the development of ballet, the waltz, and various types of modern dance. The peoples of the West of Europe and of the countries founded through… …
102Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi — Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, born in c. 936, became the chief court poet to the Fatimid Caliph Imam, Al Mu izz. Most of his collected poems are in praise of the Fatimids against the claims of the Abbasids and the Umayyads of Spain. He… …
103Kakinomoto no Hitomaro — (Hitomaro) (fl. 689–700) The acknowledged genius of the huge eighth century Japanese poetry anthology called the MAN’YŌSHŪ, the court poet Hitomaro, as he is familiarly known, is widely regarded as master of the verse form called the chōka, or …
104Voltaire — Voltairean, Voltairian, adj., n. /vohl tair , vol /; Fr. /vawl terdd /, n. (François Marie Arouet) 1694 1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist. * * * orig. François Marie Arouet born Nov. 21, 1694, Paris, France… …
105Marot, Clément — born 1496?, Cahors, France died September 1544, Turin, Savoy French poet. While imprisoned in 1526 for defying Lenten abstinence regulations, he wrote some of his best known works, including The Inferno, an allegorical satire on justice. He held… …
106Villon, François — (1431–1463) Since medievalists have rediscovered the 15th century as a fertile period in the history of late medieval literature, they have always celebrated the provocative, often outrageous, poems by François Villon.His contemporaries,… …
107List of Welsh language poets (6th century to c.1600) — See also Welsh language poetry has, until quite recently, been regulated by specific verse forms (Canu Caeth), with the encouragement of the eisteddfod movement. The following list is as inclusive as possible for the years prior to 1600. It… …
108Iraj Mirza — ian poet.LifeIraj was born in October 1874 in Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan province in Iran. His pedigree chart shows that he was a descendant of Fath Ali Shah Qajar, the second shah of Qajar dynasty (reigned 1797 1834):Fath Ali… …
109Cruz, Sor Juana Inés de la — born Nov. 12, 1651, San Miguel Nepantla, Viceroyalty of New Spain died April 17, 1695, Mexico City Mexican poet, dramatist, scholar, nun, and an early feminist. Born out of wedlock to a family of modest means, she was sent to relatives in Mexico… …
110Li Bai — or Li Bo or Li Pai or Li Po or Taibai born 701, Jiangyou, Sichuan province, China died 762, Dangtu, Anhui province Chinese poet. A student of Daoism, he spent long periods wandering and served as an unofficial court poet. His lyrics are… …
