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Milton and Shakespeare are well known for English poetry and drama. The Kavi Kalidas is known for his Shakuntala in Hindi literature. For this magnificent work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. We also know the Bengali poet, Rabindarnath Tagore, for his splendid work, Gitanjali. The recent novel of the Turkish writer, Elif Shafak, has depicted a wonderful world of dialogue between Rumi and Shams of Tabrez. Rumi was a Sufi poet, who among his other work was famous for his Masnavi. In the world literature, we are familiar with poets whose poetry talk about issues of the oppressed people and grievances of those who could not find any other sources. Firstly, they were thought as the citadel of courts, kings and their conspiracies, but with the passage of time, they vanished from the map of the world, and are now just a reference. It happened with many languages of the world. When any language, howsoever rich and musical it may be, cannot express the pain, pathos, happiness and unhappiness of a common man, it restricts itself only to eulogising the royal courts. Many languages of the world, even when imposed through power and a vested ideology, remained highly unsuccessful in winning people’s hearts.

Preservation of language can be estimated by the creative work it retains. We know nations by their honourably distinguished poets.

In the world of literature, the status of poetry is highly valued and elevated. This expression makes a mortal into an immortal one. Through all these genres, one can express one’s personal as well as societal or other relevant issues.

In literature, there are three most important genres in which the contributor can express his or her thoughts and views: poetry, drama and prose. In almost all languages, such unmatchable persons have fought their battles and didn’t return without victories. Hundreds of years have passed but their love, labour, commitment and philosophy have not been weakened. It is an unshakable truth and an eternal reality that the horizon of the world literature is teemed with those undaunted and conspicuous literary figures who have left inerasable marks on the pages of history.