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Kolas, Jakub
(Encyclopedia) Kolas, JakubKolas, Jakubyäˈk&oobreve;b kōˈläs [key], 1882–1956, Belorussian poet and novelist, whose original name was Konstantin Mitskevich. With Janka Kupala, he was a leading…Kraus, Karl
(Encyclopedia) Kraus, KarlKraus, Karlkärl krous [key], 1874–1936, Austrian essayist and poet, b. Bohemia. His satirical review the Fackel lashed out at hypocrisy, intellectual corruption, and the…Labé, Louise
(Encyclopedia) Labé, LouiseLabé, Louiselwēz läbāˈ [key], c.1520–1566, French poet. She was an active member of the so-called Lyons school of poets headed by Maurice Scève. Labé's elegies and sonnets…Karlfeldt, Erik Axel
(Encyclopedia) Karlfeldt, Erik AxelKarlfeldt, Erik Axelāˈrĭk äkˈsəl kärlˈfĕlt [key], 1864–1931, Swedish lyric poet. His work is representative of neoromanticism in the 1890s. Themes of nature, love,…Kasprowicz, Jan
(Encyclopedia) Kasprowicz, JanKasprowicz, Janyän käsprôˈvēch [key], 1860–1926, Polish poet. His writings progressed from social revolt (e.g., From a Peasant's Field, 1891) to poems of spiritual…Falkberget, Johan
(Encyclopedia) Falkberget, JohanFalkberget, Johanyōˈhän fälkˈbĕrgə [key], 1879–1967, Norwegian novelist. Falkberget's early poverty and toil in the mines colored all his works. The trilogies…Moody, William Vaughn
(Encyclopedia) Moody, William Vaughn, 1869–1910, American poet and dramatist, b. Spencer, Ind., grad. Harvard, 1893. After writing several verse dramas, Moody achieved wide success with the prose…canzone, in literature
(Encyclopedia) canzonecanzonekäntsôˈnā [key] or canzonacanzona–nä [key], in literature, Italian term meaning lyric or song. It is used to designate such various literary forms as Provençal troubadour…Carossa, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Carossa, HansCarossa, Hanshäns kärôsˈä [key], 1878–1956, German poet and novelist. His autobiographical novel Childhood (1922, tr. 1930) and its sequels (1928, 1941) are noted for…Zunser, Eliakum
(Encyclopedia) Zunser, EliakumZunser, Eliakumĕlˈyōk&oobreve;m ts&oobreve;nˈzər [key], 1846–1913, Lithuanian folk poet and singer who wrote in Yiddish. The most popular Jewish folk singer of…Trending
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