Giosuè Carducci was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. His poetry is inspired by the classical tradition, such as Dante, stilnovo style, Petrarch and Foscolo.
Callimachus (in Italian Callimaco) was a Libyan Greek poet, critic and scholar at the Library of Alexandria. He is one of the most important scholar-poets of the Hellenistic age. Callimachus is best known for his short poems and epigrams.
Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos, known for her lyric poetry. In ancient times she was given names such as the “Tenth Muse” and “The Poetess”. Most of Sappho’s poetry has survived only in fragmentary form.
Alcaeus of Mytilene (also spelled Alkaios; Alceo in Italian) was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos whose work was highly esteemed in the ancient world. He is the father of the Alcaic stanza and was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria. He was …
Konstantinos Kavafis/Constantine P. Cavafy was an Egyptiot Greek poet and journalist with an original and unique style. He refused to formally publish his work and preferred to share it through local newspapers and magazines.
Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic. His works are considered the finest lyric poetry of ancient Rome, and significantly influenced Ovid and Virgil. He wrote in the neoteric style about his personal life and a woman called Lesbia, turning away from classical epic poetry.
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