Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799 – 1837) was born in Moscow as the son of an impoverished noble family. His maternal great-grandfather is said to have descended from present-day Cameroon, although Abyssinia (Ethiopia) is also mentioned. In 1811, Pushkin went to the by...
He was given the nickname 'Prince of Poets', and anyone who finds him boring has not understood him. Joost van den Vondel (1587 – 1679) was, and still is, the greatest Dutch poet and playwright. He was born in Cologne...
Robert Burns (Alloway, 25 January 1759 – Dumfries, 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and songwriter. He is the best-known poet to have written in Scots. He came from a poor farming family but received a good education. His...
Wilhelm Busch (Wiedensahl 1832 – Mechtshausen 1908) was a German poet, cartoonist, and illustrator. He initially trained as an engineer but decided to become a painter. He produced more than a thousand paintings, but he became famous for a sideline. He wrote humorous...
The Hafnia 87 World Exhibition in Copenhagen had concluded and was visited by many stamp collectors. Incidentally, Hafnia is the Latin name for Copenhagen, but also for a chemical element and a bacterium. The Faroe Islands postal service resumed...
If someone speaks about a 'famous' or 'well-known' person during a television program, usually about art or something similar, and the name means nothing to me, I feel a bit uncomfortable. Then I wonder, why is that person...
Marie Curie is prominently depicted on a Polish sheet from 1948 and is therefore included as the first page in my collection about her. Furthermore, Chopin is depicted in the upper right, a Pole who is also widely known here for his fantastic music. I...
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