Dr.M.Mazumdar

Poetry in the 20th century is an International affair unrestricted to one country and hugely influenced by French, Latin and others. Poetry is now been done by the reader who recreates and shows good responsibility. Translation encompasses good focus. He wrote mainly in French. Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague, part of Austria-Hungary at that time. His best known poem about a panther in a zoo named "Der Panther" is one of his best known today. "The Sonnets", "To Orpheus", "The Duino Elegies" (10 Elegies), are other important ones. The German word "blick" or gaze is one of the major parameters in his poems. His "thing-poems" express the world beautifully. He recreates the interaction between the poet and the object. His first great love was the philosopher and psychologist Lou Andreas-Salome. He married and had a daughter with sculptor Clara Westhoff but they soon separated. The other women who came to his life inspired him a l...

1. Biography  Federico Garcia Lorca is Spain's one of the greatest poets, prose writers, theater directors, & playwrights of 20th century Spanish Literature. He was born in 1898. He was also musically gifted. He initially studied law at the university of Granada but soon became interested in literature and moved to Madrid to become a writer. studied at a conservative music school in Granada. He was a prominent member of the Generation of 27. His works, deeply rooted in Spanish folklore and surrealism, explored themes of love, passion, and the human condition. He revolutionised Spanish Literature. His iconic works were Blood Wedding, Yelma,  and The House of Barnarda Alba. His writings had intense lyrics and allusions to the natural world. He was heavily influenced by the symbolist movement in literature and the work of Spanish poets such as Antonio Machado and Juan Ramon Jimenez He had intimate non physical relation with Salvador Dali, the latter was gay and had complex se...

1. Charles Baudelaire was born in 1821 almost more than 200 years back. He died at the age of 46. He lived a bohemian life. He also took drugs and alcohol. He also wrote essays and translated apart from writing poetry. He had close connection with the then literary elite like Edgar Alan Poe. His single most poetry volume was fluer de mal (flowers of evil). Baudelaire is a very descriptive, graphic, and painting poet unlike the original very traditional French which were written in fancy calligraphy. He didn't shy away from disturbing subject matters as if his objective is to upset the readers. He had no problem with profanity. His aim was different with another set od particular aesthetic purpose in mind. His target is the educated middle class professionals, people who don't work manually as per European class definitions of the 19th century which is called the bouergeose class who are based on utilitarianism who are of usefulness. They are the ones who produces things but wit...