Milan Kundera

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Milan Kundera: Facts & Related Content

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Born	April 1, 1929 • Brno • Czechoslovakia
Died	July 11, 2023 (aged 94) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” • “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

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Karel Čapek, 1938.

Karel Čapek

Czech writer

Klíma, Ivan

Ivan Klíma

Czech author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

James Joyce

James Joyce

Irish author

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

American author

Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello

Italian author

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Cankar, Ivan

Ivan Cankar

Slovene author

Quiz

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry