Muslim mystic poet from Persia, whose full name is Jalal al-Din Rumi. Although he was born in Balkh (Korasan), his life was linked to the city of Iconium (now Konya), in Turkey. It was there that he took the name of Rumi, replacing his original Mohamed, in honor of the sultan Alauddín —commonly called Rumi— who invited … Read more
(Kilton, Illinois, 1911 – Los Ángeles, 2004) Cuadragésimo presidente de los Estados Unidos de América (1981-1989). Tras una breve experiencia en la radio, fue actor profesional de cine, interviniendo en múltiples películas de Hollywood entre 1937 y 1964. Nunca llegó a ser una gran estrella, pero adquirió cierta notoriedad como presidente del sindicato de actores … Read more
(Boston, 1803-Concord, 1882) Poeta y filósofo estadounidense. Maestro por Harvard y pastor unitario (1829), renunció al sacerdocio en 1832, tras perder a su esposa, aunque conservó el espíritu de su secta, que negaba la Trinidad. En Europa conoció a Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth y Thomas Carlyle y se inició en el idealismo alemán. Bajo el influjo de Carlyle, defendió … Read more
(Dublin, 1854 – Paris, 1900) British writer. Son of the surgeon William Wills-Wilde and the writer Joana Elgee, Oscar Wilde had a quiet and uneventful childhood. He studied at the Portora Royal School in Euniskillen, at Trinity College in Dublin and, later, at Magdalen College in Oxford, where he remained between 1874 and 1878 and where he … Read more
(Oprah Gail Winfrey; Kosciusko, Mississippi, 1954) American businesswoman and television presenter who maintained unusual audience levels for twenty-five years with her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-2011). After this stage, she founded her own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), in which she has continued to develop her work and enjoying extremely high levels of popularity. Since … Read more
(Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Skopje, present-day Macedonia, 1910 – Calcutta, 1997) A nationalized Indian Albanian nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. When Mother Teresa of Calcutta died in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity congregation already had more than five hundred centers in a hundred countries. But perhaps the order she founded, whose goal is … Read more
(Michael Jeffrey Jordan; New York, 1963) American basketball player considered the best in the history of this sport. Certainly, since basketball was invented by an American gym teacher in the late 19th century. Until the 1980s, a prodigy comparable to this legendary basketball player was never seen. At 1.98 meters tall, Michael Jordan was a tenacious defender, an excellent … Read more
Maya Angelou grew up as a girl who decided to stop talking after being raped. A small bird caged in her own silence. But, one day, the bird began to sing and spread its wings and, from that moment on, nothing could stop it. We wanted to pay a small tribute to this great writer and person … Read more
(Martin Luther King Jr.; Atlanta, 1929 – Memphis, 1968) American Baptist pastor, defender of civil rights. Since 1955, the long struggle of black Americans to achieve full rights has seen an acceleration in whose leadership the young pastor Martin Luther King would soon stand out. His nonviolent action, inspired by the example of Gandhi, mobilized a … Read more
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens; Florida, USA, 1835 – Redding, id., 1910) American writer. A tireless adventurer, he found in his own life the inspiration for his literary works. He grew up in Hannibal, a small riverside town on the Mississippi. At the age of twelve he was left without a father, he abandoned his studies and entered as an … Read more