Penny Rimbaud

British punk poet and co-founder of anarchist b...

Allen Ginsberg

Beat Generation Poet and Writer

Eduardo Paniagua

Spanish Early Music Specialist and Multi-Instru...

Alfonso X El Sabio

Medieval Spanish King and Cultural Patron

Pavel Zajíček

Czech Experimental Rock Artist

Martha Issová

Czech Actress and Performer

Jaroslav Seifert

Czech Poet and Nobel Laureate

Konstantin Wecker

German Liedermacher and Singer-Songwriter

John Cooper Clarke

British Punk Poet

Vladimír Holan

Czech Poet and Writer

Josef Hora

František Halas

Czech Poet and Writer

نيسم جلال

Egyptian Flutist and Composer

Benjamin Britten

British classical composer and conductor

Anne Clark

British electronic poet and musician

Gil Scott-Heron

Influential American Soul and Jazz Poet, Musici...

Barbara Hendricks

Acclaimed American operatic soprano and concert...

Georg Kreisler

Austrian-American Satirical Songwriter and Caba...

Susanna

Norwegian Singer-Songwriter and Indie Music Artist

Marek Grechuta

Polish Singer-Songwriter and Poet

Rod McKuen

American Poet and Singer-Songwriter

Bertolt Brecht

Influential German Playwright and Poet

Jeanne Moreau

Iconic French actress and chanteuse

Václav Hrabě

Czech Poet and Icon of the 1960s Beat Generation

Vítězslav Nezval

Czech Surrealist Poet and Playwright

František Hrubín

Czech Poet and Writer

Jaromír Čermák

Czech Singer-Songwriter

Karel Šašek

Czech Illustrator and Writer

Ovid

Guillaume Apollinaire

Influential French Poet and Art Critic

Byul.org

Jack Kerouac

Beat Generation-Inspired American Novelist and ...

Sarah Webster Fabio

Pioneering African-American Poet and Performer

Karel Hynek Mácha

Czech Romantic Poet

Asfaltfeeën

Stanislav Kostka Neumann

Czech Poet and Writer

Konstantin Biebl

Czech Poet and Writer

Robert Schumann

German Romantic Composer and Pianist

Claude Debussy

French Impressionist Composer

John Cage

Innovative American Avant-Garde Composer

Sir William Walton

British classical composer and conductor

Alessandro Scarlatti

Baroque Italian Composer and Musician

Joan Baez

Iconic American Folk Singer-Songwriter and Acti...

Hugo Wolf

Austrian Romantic Composer

Manuel de Falla

Spanish Classical Composer and Pianist

Mstislav Rostropovich

Renowned Russian Cellist and Conductor

Enrique Granados

Spanish Classical Composer and Pianist

Wolfgang Ambros

Austrian Pop-Rock Singer-Songwriter

Luciano Berio

Italian Avant-Garde Composer

Julius Drake

British classical pianist and accompanist

Pete Seeger

Iconic American Folk Music Singer-Songwriter an...

Gerald Finley

Canadian Baritone Opera Singer

Marianne Faithfull

British singer-songwriter and actress

Ketil Bjørnstad

Norwegian pianist and composer

Paul Hillier

British choral conductor and baritone

Loreena McKennitt

Canadian Celtic Folk Musician

Jiří Suchý

Czech Singer-Songwriter and Theater Director

Владимир Высоцкий

Soviet-era Russian Singer-Songwriter and Poet

Jah Wobble

British Post-Punk Bassist and World Music Innov...

Etienne Daho

French pop singer-songwriter