"He is equally great whether his theme be religion, patriotism, or love. As a political poet he is one of the greatest of all time."

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“The greatest of the Minnesinger, all of whom he surpasses both in the range and in the humanity of his poetry.”

“Selected poems translated by Graeme Dunphy”

“He has no equal in medieval German lyric poetry and perhaps not even in European lyric poetry of the Middle Ages.”

“For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe – no German lyric poet was his equal.”

“Selected poems translated by Tim Chilcott”

“The mouthpiece of the half-inarticulate, all-suggesting music that is at once the very soul and the inseparable garment of romance.”

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— Christopher Reeve

Entertainment1952–2004

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"New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans."

— Kiran Desai

Literature1971

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— Azar Nafisi

Literature1948

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