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1257 In Poetry ...
Events Works published * Bostan, a book of poetry, is completed by Saadi Births * Cecco d'Ascoli (died 1327), Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet Deaths * Yuan Haowen (born 1190), Chinese Sanqu poetry writer * Lanfranc Cigala died 1257 or 1258 (born ''unknown''), Genoese nobleman, knight, judge, and man of letters {{DEFAULTSORT:1257 In Poetry 13th-century poetry Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bostan (book)
The ''Bustan'' ( fa, بوستان, also transliterated as ''Būstān'', ''Bustān''; "the orchard") is a book of poetry by the Persian poet Saadi, completed in 1257 CE and dedicated to the Salghurid Atabeg Sa'd I or Sa'd II. ''Bustan'' is considered one of two major works of Saadi. It was Saadi's first work. The book contains the fruits of Saadi's long experience and his judgements upon life, and is illustrated by a vast collection of anecdotes. It includes accounts of Saadi's travels and his analysis of human psychology. He often mentions his accounts with fervour and advice similar to Aesop's fables. The book has ten chapters regarding the issues of ethics and training; namely, justice, mercy, love, humility, contentment, devotions, education, gratitude, repentance, and praying. This book is one of the 100 greatest books of all time according to Bokklubben World Library. It is composed in '' mathnawī'' style (rhyming couplets), and has been translated into English. The ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saadi (poet)
Saadi Shīrāzī ( fa, ابومحمّد مصلحالدین بن عبدالله شیرازی), better known by his pen name Saadi (; fa, سعدی, , ), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (, ''Saʿdī Shīrāzī''; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest poets of the classical literary tradition, earning him the nickname "The Master of Speech" or "The Wordsmith" ( ''ostâd-e soxan'') or simply "Master" ( ''ostâd'') among Persian scholars. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. '' Bustan'' has been ranked as one of the 100 greatest books of all time by ''The Guardian''. Biography Saadi was born in Shiraz, Iran, according to some, shortly after 1200, according to others sometime between 1213 and 1219. In the Golestan, composed in 1258, he says in lines evidently addr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecco D'Ascoli
Cecco d'Ascoli (1257 – September 26, 1327) is the popular name of Francesco degli Stabili (sometimes given as Francesco degli Stabili Cichus), an Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet. Cecco (in Latin, ''Cichus'') is the diminutive of Francesco, Ascoli was the place of his birth. The lunar crater Cichus is named after him. Life Born in Ancarano, in the modern Abruzzo region (at the time under the jurisdiction of Ascoli), he devoted himself to the study of mathematics and astrology. In 1322 he was made professor of astrology at the University of Bologna. It is alleged that he entered the service of Pope John XXII at Avignon, and that he cultivated the acquaintance of Dante only to quarrel with the great poet afterwards; but of this there is no evidence. Having published a commentary on the ''Sphere'' of John de Sacrobosco, in which he propounded audacious theories concerning the employment and agency of demons, he got into difficulties with the clerical party, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1327 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events 1324: * May 3 (Holy Cross Day): The Consistori del Gay Saber, founded the previous year in Toulouse to revive and perpetuate the lyric poetry of the Old Occitan troubadors, holds its first contest. Arnaut Vidal de Castelnou d'Ari wins the ''violeta d'or'' (golden violet) for a ''sirventes'' in praise of the Virgin Mary. At about this date, Raimon de Cornet writes in support of the aims of the Gay Saber. 1327: * April 6 (Good Friday): Tuscan writer Petrarch sees a woman he names Laura in the church of Sainte-Claire d'Avignon, which awakes in him a lasting passion. He writes a series of sonnets and other poems in Italian dedicated to her, which are collected into ''Il Canzoniere'', an influential model for Renaissance culture. Works created 1310 * Amir Khusrow writes ''Khazain-ul-Futuh'' 1315–16 * Amir Khusrow writes the masnavi ''Duval Rani–Khizr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Haowen
Yuan Haowen () also known as Yuan Yishan (遺山/遗山) or “Yuan of Yi Mountain” (1190–1257) was a poet from Xinzhou, Shanxi, Xinzhou, in what is now Shanxi province, noted for his poems in the ''Ci (poetry), ci'' and the ''Chinese Sanqu poetry, sanqu'' forms and for including poems in the ''sangluan'' genre of Classical Chinese poetry among his poetic works. Yuan Haowen was the outstanding literary figure of his period, in northern China, excelling at various genres of both prose and poetry: his ''ci'' poetry is said to be some of the best of the Jin period writers. Just a few of his ''sanqu'' lyrics have survived. Yuan Haowen was born in the Jin dynasty (1115–1234), Jin dynasty of northern China. Biography Yuan Haowen's ancestors were of non-Han origins who changed their surname to Yuan. His father experienced disappointments in life and later led a secluded existence. However he passed on his taste for literature to his son. An uncle who was a government official took th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1190 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events 1195: *Folquet de Marselha gives up poetry to take up the religious life 1197: * Salh d'Escola enters a cloister in Bergerac and gives up composing 1198: * Bertran de Born's last datable poem 1199: *Gaucelm Faidit composes a ''planh'' on the death of Richard I of England Works published 1190: * Probable approx. date of ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' ( Old Ukrainian: , ''Slovo o pŭlku Igorevě'') 1192: * Approx. date of ''Layla and Majnun'' by Nezami Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted: 1190: * Gonzalo de Berceo (died 1264), Spanish poet especially on religious themes * Pietro della Vigna (died 1249), Italian jurist, diplomat, poet, and sonne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Sanqu Poetry
''Sanqu'' () is a fixed-rhythm form of Classical Chinese poetry or "literary song".Crump (1990), 125 Specifically ''sanqu'' is a subtype of the '' qu'' formal type of poetry. ''Sanqu'' was a notable Chinese poetic form, possibly beginning in the Jin dynasty (1115–1234), but especially associated with the Yuan (1271–1368), Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1912) dynasties. The tonal patterns modeled on tunes drawn from folk songs or other music. Overview The ''sanqu'' were literary lyrics directly related to the ''zaju'' arias: these were dramatic lyrics written to fixed musical modes or metrical forms and could contain several aria or lyric song segments in one suite. ''Sanqu'', however, could be composed in single discrete sections. It is often said that the ''sanqu'' verses tend to reflect excess energies and resentments of contemporary disenfranchised Chinese literati, due to contemporary Jurchen and Mongol political domination. Often the poetry could be humorous as is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanfranc Cigala
Lanfranc Cigala (or Cicala) ( it, Lanfranco, oc, Lafranc; fl. 1235–1257) was a Genoese nobleman, knight, judge, and man of letters of the mid thirteenth century. He remains one of the most famous Occitan troubadours of Lombardy. Thirty-two of his poems survive, dealing with Crusading, heresy, papal power, peace in Christendom, and loyalty in love. Lanfranc represented a tradition of Italian, Occitan-language '' trovatori'' who berated the Papacy for its handling of the Crusades. Lanfranc's surviving corpus consists of thirty-two poems, including seven ''cansos'' of courtly love; four religious ''cansos''; three ''sirventes''; two crusading songs; and one ''planh''. Among the thirty works attributed to him are nine ''tensos'' composed with other troubadours: four with Simon Doria and one each with Jacme Grils, Guilleuma de Rosers, Lantelm, Rubaut, and an otherwise unknown "Guilhem". Biography Lanfranc was first mentioned in 1235 as a ''iudex'' (judge). In 1241, he was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th-century Poetry
The 13th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1201 ( MCCI) through December 31, 1300 ( MCCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, which stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe. The conquests of Hulagu Khan and other Mongol invasions changed the course of the Muslim world, most notably the Siege of Baghdad (1258), the destruction of the House of Wisdom and the weakening of the Mamluks and Rums which, according to historians, caused the decline of the Islamic Golden Age. Other Muslim powers such as the Mali Empire and Delhi Sultanate conquered large parts of West Africa and the Indian subcontinent, while Buddhism witnessed a decline through the conquest led by Bakhtiyar Khilji. The Southern Song dynasty would begin the century as a prosperous kingdom but would eventually be invaded and annexed into the Yuan dynasty of the Mongols. The Kamakura Shogunate of Japan would be invaded by the Mongols. Goryeo resisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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