Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

male, deceased (1926)
lyric poetry, poet, lyric, Duino Elegies, Sonneteers, Valais
Rainer Maria Rilke is considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of...
Alcaeus

Alcaeus

male
social class, poet, of Mytilene, Alcaic verse, aristocratic, Lesbos…lyric poetry, lyric
Alcaeus (Alkaios) of Mytilene (c. 620 BCE-6th century BCE), Greek lyric poet who supposedly invented the Alcaic verse; he was an older contemporary...
Paul Celan

Paul Celan

male, deceased (1970)
Jewish, poet, lyric poetry, lyric, european, Jewish person
Paul Celan was the most frequently used pseudonym of Paul Antschel, one of the major poets of the post-World War II era. Celan is widely considered...

Stesichorus

male
Alexandria, poet, Pederastic poetry, ancient greek, hellenistic, ancient greece…lyric, lyric poetry, Lyric poet, nine lyric poet, nine respected lyric poet
Stesichorus (lit. "he who puts up the chorus") was a Greek lyric poet from Himera in Sicily, who lived from 640 BC to 555 BC. He was included in a...

Ibycus

male
from the Province of Reggio Calabria, Aeolia, Canonical, canon, tyrant, nine lyric poet…lyric poetry, lyric
Ibycus, of Rhegium in Italy, was a Greek lyric poet. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic...
Barb Jungr

Barb Jungr

female
From rochdale, writer, style, interpretation, classic, lyric
Barb Jungr is a musical performer, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is perhaps best known as a chansonnier, or singer of...

Anacreon

male
poet, Pederastic poetry, ancient greek, greek, lyric, Pederasty in ancient Greece…nine lyric poet, Lyric poem
Anacreon (Greek) (born c. 570 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list...
Chris Thompson

Chris Thompson

male, 52 years old
singer, Won't Lie Down, Chris Hamlet Thompson, Out of the Night, Thunder Child, Steve Howe…lyric
Chris Thompson (also known as Chris Hamlet Thompson) is an English singer known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and for his solo...
Paul Banks

Paul Banks

male, 31 years old
INTERPOL, lead singer, guitarist, fender jaguar, gibson, Our Love to Admire…lyric
Paul Julian Banks (born May 3, 1978 in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England) is the lead singer, lyricist and guitarist of the New York City based band...