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Alphabetical list

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Ab-Ak

• Dannie Abse (born 1923), English poet
• Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
• Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet
• Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and New Zealand native who has spent most of her life in England
• Joseph Addison (1672–1719), English essayist, poet, writer and politician
• Endre Ady (1877–1919), Hungarian poet
• Aeschylus (525-456 BC), Athenian tragedian
• Lucius Afranius (poet) (fl. circa 94 BC), Roman comic poet
• Patience Agbabi (born 1965), English poet
• James Agee (1909–1955), American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, film critic
• Dritëro Agolli (born 1931), Albanian poet
• Ai (born 1947), pseudonym of American poet Florence Anthony
• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), American poet and author
• Mark Akenside (1721–1770), English poet and physician.
• Bella Akhmadulina (born 1957), Russian poet
• Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), Russian poet

Dannie Abse (really Daniel Abse, born September 22, 1923) is a British poet and writer. ... // Djuna Barnes, A Book, collection of prose and poetry e. ... Milton Acorn (March 30, 1923 - August 20, 1986), nicknamed The Peoples Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. ... // Djuna Barnes, A Book, collection of prose and poetry e. ... // March 4 - President Ronald Reagan publicly recites from memory lines from Robert Services The Cremation of Sam McGee Wendy Cope, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis a best-seller December 18 Pforzheimer Collection of the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle donated to the New York Public Library... Léonie Fuller Adams (9 December 1899 – 27 June 1988) was a United States poet. ... // Stephen Crane, War is Kind Ernest Dowson, Decorations: in Verse and Prose Stéphane Mallarmé, Poésies (posthumous) W.B. Yeats, The Wind Among the Reeds May 25 — Kazi Nazrul Islam (died 1976), Bengali poet and composer best known as the Bidrohi Kobi (Rebel Poet), popular among Bengalis and considered... // Joseph Brodsky, To Urania Federico García Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York first translation into English as A Poet in New York this year (written in 1930, first published posthumously in 1940) Philip Larkin, Collected Poems Michael Palmer, Sun The New British Poetry, a poetry anthology, jointly edited by Gillian... Fleur Adcock (born February 10, 1934) is a New Zealand born poet and editor of Irish ancestry who has lived much of her life in England. ... // The Barretts of Wimpole Street, a film directed by Sidney Franklin, with Norma Shearer as Elizabeth Barrett and Fredric March as Robert Browning; redone in 1957, less successfully T. S. Eliot, The Rock George Oppen, Discrete Series Dylan Thomas, Eighteen Poems, including The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives... Joseph Addison, the Kit-cat portrait, circa 1703–1712, by Godfrey Kneller. ... // Thomas DUrfey, Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy Isaac Watts, Psalms of David James Cawthorn James Eyre Weeks (?) Joseph Addison Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature [1] A Timeline of English Poetry Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University... Endre Ady Endre Ady (November 22, 1877 – January 27, 1919) was a Hungarian poet, one of the most important poets not only in the 20th century but in Hungarian literature in general. ... // In the annals of poetasting, 1877 stands out as a historic year. ... // The Egoist, goes defunct Two paintings by E. E. Cummings appear in a show of the New York Society of Independent Artists. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... Lucius Afranius, a Roman comic poet, flourished about 94 BC. His comedies chiefly dealt with everyday subjects from Roman middle-class life, and he himself tells us that he borrowed freely from Menander and others. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC Years: 99 BC 98 BC 97 BC 96 BC 95 BC - 94 BC - 93 BC 92 BC 91... Patience Agbabi (born 1965) is a British poet and performer with a particular emphasis on the spoken word. ... // Meic Stephens founds Poetry Wales Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was allowed to travel outside the Soviet Union to Sicily and England in order to receive the Taormina prize and an honorary doctoral degree from Oxford University Randall Jarrell, Little Friend, Little Friend Seamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist Philip Larkin... James Rufus Agee (November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic. ... // Andrew Cecil Bradley, Oxford Lectures on Poetry Founding of the Poetry Recital Society (now the Poetry Society) T.E. Hulme leaves the Poets Club, and starts meeting with F.S. Flint and other poets in a new group which Hulme referred to as the Secession Club; they meet at the... // The Group, a British poetry movement, starts meeting in London with gatherings taking place once a week, on Friday evenings, at first at Hobsbaums flat and later at the house of Edward Lucie-Smith. ... Dritëro Agolli (born 1931) is an Albanian poet. ... // John Betjeman, Mount Zion Edmund Blunden publishes Wilfred Owens poems Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), Red Roses for Bronze Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Robert Frost: Collected Poems February 2 — Judith Viorst, American author known for her childrens books and poetry April 19 — Etheridge Knight, (died 1991), an African-American... Florence Anthony (born 2 January 1947) is an American poet who legally changed her name to Ai. ... // Dorothy Parker divorces Alan Campbell for the first time. ... Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, born in Savannah, Georgia, whose work includes poetry, short stories and novels. ... // Robert Browning, Asolando Eugene Field, A Little Book of Western Verse, including Little Boy Blue and Wynkyn, Blynkyn and Nod Amy Levy, A London Plane Tree Walter Pater, Appreciations: With an Essay on Style Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, 3rd series Alfred Lord Tennyson, Demeter and Other Poems; he... // Adrienne Rich, Rape Derek Walcott, Another Life See 1973 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... Mark Akenside (November 9, 1721 – June 23, 1770), was an English poet and physician. ... // Thomas Parnell, Night-Piece on Death Jonathan Swift, Letter of Advice to a Young Poet November 9 — Mark Akenside (died 1770, British poet December 25 — William Collins (died 1759), English poet James Grainger Matthew Prior Tobias Smollett William Wilkie (Scotland) Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in... // Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village George Canning Joseph Cottle James Hogg James Plumptre William Wordsworth June 23 — Mark Akenside, 48, British poet Thomas Chatterton, suicide by arsenic poisoning Poetry List of years in poetry Categories: | | ... Bella Akhmadulina Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: Белла Ахмадулина) is a Russian poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. ... // Howl obscenity trial in San Francisco brings significant attention to beat poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg Donald Hall, Robert Pack and Louis Simpson, New Poets of England and America, anthology (Meridian Books) Harry Ammos, Churchill and Other Poems Dick Diespecker, Windows West Joan Finnegan, through The Glass, Darkly Northrop... Akhmatova in the 1920s Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (June 23, 1889 [O.S. June 11] — March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century. ... // Robert Browning, Asolando Eugene Field, A Little Book of Western Verse, including Little Boy Blue and Wynkyn, Blynkyn and Nod Amy Levy, A London Plane Tree Walter Pater, Appreciations: With an Essay on Style Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, 3rd series Alfred Lord Tennyson, Demeter and Other Poems; he... // Raymond Souster founds the League of Canadian Poets A.R. Ammons, Northfield Poems John Ashbery, Rivers and Mountains Ted Berrigan, Some Things Paul Blackburn, 16 Sloppy Haiku and a Lyric for Robert Reardon Sing Song translator, Poem of the Cid Basil Bunting, Briggflatts Randall Jarrell (died 1965), The Lost World...

Al-Am

• Luigi Alamanni, (1495–1556)
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, (1207-1273)
• Alcman (fl. 7th cent. BC), Ancient Greek lyric poet
• Richard Aldington (1892–1962)
• Claribel Alegria (born 1924), Central American poet
• Vicente Aleixandre, (1898–1984), Nobel Laureate 1977
• Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901)
• Muhammad Ali, (born 1942), boxer, war protester, civil rights protester, and poet
• Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321), Italian poet
• James Alexander Allan (1889–1956), Australian poet
• William Allingham, (1824 or 1828-1889)
• Damaso Alonso (1898–1990), Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic
• Natan Alterman (1910–1970), Israeli poet, journalist, and translator
• Al Alvarez (born 1919), English poet
• Amara Sinha (fl. circa AD 375), Sanskrit grammarian and poet
• Ambroise, Norman-French poet of the Third Crusade
• Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000) Israeli poet
• Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) English author and poet
• A. R. Ammons(1926–2001) American author and poet

Luigi Alamanni (sometimes spelt Alemanni) (1495-1556), Italian poet and statesman, was born in Florence. ... Mawlana Rumi Mawlānā Jalāl ad-DÄ«n Muhammad RÅ«mÄ«[1] (Arabic:مولانا جلال الدين محمد رومي) ‎ (1207 – 1273 CE), also known as Muhammad BalkhÄ« (Persian: محمد بلخى) or Celâladin Mehmet Rumi (Turkish), was a Persian poet, jurist, theologian and teacher of Sufism. ... Alcman (also Alkman, Greek ) (7th century BC) was an Ancient Greek choral lyric poet from Sparta. ... Richard Aldington (July 8, 1892 – July 27, 1962) was an English writer and poet. ... // Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-Room Ballads, including Gunga Din Alfred Tennyson, The Death of Oenone Richard Aldington (died 1962), English poet, novelist, writer, translator and biographer June 12 — Djuna Barnes (died 1982), American writer and poet Mary Phelps Crosby Archibald MacLeish Hugh MacDiarmid (Scotland) Edna St. ... // Eric Gregory Award: Donald Thomas, James Simmons, Brian Johnson (poet, Jenny Joseph Queens Gold Medal for Poetry: Christopher Fry National Book Award for Poetry: Alan Dugan, Poems Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Alan Dugan: Poems Poetry List of poetry awards Categories: | ... Claribel Alegría (born May 12, 1924 in Estelí, Nicaragua) is a writer from Nicaragua and El Salvador. ... // October 10 — Ezra Pound leaves Paris permanently and moves to Rapallo, Italy. ... Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 14, 1984) Spanish poet, born in Sevilla. ... // The Generation of 98 (also called Generation of 1898, in Spanish, Generación del 98 or Generación de 1898) was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish-American War (1898). ... // December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship, and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... // British publication Gay News successfully prosecuted in the United Kingdom for blasphemy and libel for publishing James Kirkups The Love that Dares to Speak its Name Samuel Beckett, Collected Poems in English and French Elizabeth Bishop, Geography III, which includes In the Waiting Room, The Moose, and the villanelle... Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901) was a Slovenian poet. ... // Robert Browning, Dramatic Idyls, including Ivàn Ivànovitch Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ballads and Other Poems Joseph Campbell (Ireland) Vachel Lindsay Harold Edward Munro Wallace Stevens Frances Browne James Branch Cabell Richard Henry Dana Sarah Josepha Hale Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon James Clerk Maxwell Poetry Categories: | | ... // Sully Prudhomme, first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature a small plaque is set on the Statue of Liberty to display Emma Lazarus 1883 poem, The New Colossus The first Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Sully Prudhomme, a French poet and essayist. ... For other persons named Muhammad Ali, see Muhammad Ali (disambiguation). ... // T.S. Eliot - Little Gidding Frost Medal: Edgar Lee Masters Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: William Rose Benet, The Dust Which Is God October 23 - Douglas Dunn, poet date unknown - Gladys Cardiff, poet date unknown - Konstantin Balmont, poet Poetry List of poetry awards Categories: | | ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... James Alexander Allan was an Australian poet, born in 1889, in Melbourne. ... // Robert Browning, Asolando Eugene Field, A Little Book of Western Verse, including Little Boy Blue and Wynkyn, Blynkyn and Nod Amy Levy, A London Plane Tree Walter Pater, Appreciations: With an Essay on Style Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, 3rd series Alfred Lord Tennyson, Demeter and Other Poems; he... // City Lights Books publishes Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg Aniara - Harry Martinson National Book Award for Poetry: W.H. Auden, The Shield of Achilles Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Elizabeth Bishop: Poems - North & South Queens Gold Medal for Poetry: Edmund Blunden date unknown - Amy Gerstler, poet June 22... An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen (Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library) William Allingham (March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889) was an Irish man of letters and poet. ... // Robert Browning, Asolando Eugene Field, A Little Book of Western Verse, including Little Boy Blue and Wynkyn, Blynkyn and Nod Amy Levy, A London Plane Tree Walter Pater, Appreciations: With an Essay on Style Algernon Charles Swinburne, Poems and Ballads, 3rd series Alfred Lord Tennyson, Demeter and Other Poems; he... Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso (October 22, 1898 - January 25, 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. ... // The Generation of 98 (also called Generation of 1898, in Spanish, Generación del 98 or Generación de 1898) was a group of novelists, poets, essayists, and philosophers active in Spain at the time of the Spanish-American War (1898). ... // Allen Ginsberg crowned Majelis King in Prague on May Day Maya Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved Derek Walcott, Omeros C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry: Robert Adamson, The Clean Dark Mary Gilmore Prize: Kristopher Rassemussen - In the Name of... Natan Alterman (1910, Warsaw - 1970) was an Israeli poet, journalist, and translator. ... // John Masefield, Ballads and Poems W.B. Yeats, Poems: Second Series November 14 — Norman MacCaig (died 1996) Scottish poet December 19 - Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright and poet December 27 — Charles Olson (died 1970), American poet October 17 - Julia Ward Howe, 91, American poet best known as the author of... // Charles Causley, Figgie Hobbin See 1970 Governor Generals Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. ... Al Alvarez (1929-) is an English poet, writer and critic. ... // The Little Review, edited by Margaret Caroline Anderson and Jane Heap, ceases publication The Dial ceases publication Djuna Barnes, A Night Among the Horses a collection of prose and poetry expanded from her 1923 volume, A Book Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty Cecil Day-Lewis, Transitional Poem Emily Dickenson... Amara Sinha (c. ... Ambroise (around 1190), Norman poet, and chronicler of the Third Crusade, author of a work called LEstoire de la guerre sainte, which describes in rhyming French verse the adventures of Richard Coeur de Lion as a crusader. ... The Third Crusade (1189–1192), also known as the Kings Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. ... Yehuda Amichai (1924 - 2000) was an Israeli poet. ... // October 10 — Ezra Pound leaves Paris permanently and moves to Rapallo, Italy. ... // Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... // Pulitzer Prize for Poetry established The Criterion appears William Butler Yeats Who goes with Fergus (first published in 1892 is the song James Joyce has his character Stephen Daedalus sing to his mother as she lies dying in the novel Ulysses, published this year (the poem was Joyces favorite... // February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T. Coleridge have been discovered February 17 — Sothebys announces discovery of four Walt Whitman notebooks John Ashbery, Can You Hear, Bird? Odysseus Elytis, West of Sadness (Δυτικά της λύπης) (his last book) Carl Rakosi, Poems, 1923-1941 Richard Howard edits The Best American Poetry... A.R. Ammons (1926-2001) was an American author and poet. ... // The remains of English war poet Isaac Rosenberg are re-interred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery, Plot V, St. ... // December 9–10 — Professor John Basinger, 67, performed, from memory, John Miltons Paradise Lost at Three Rivers Community-Technical College in Norwich, Connecticut, a feat that took 18 hours. ...

An-Ap

• Anacreon
• Alfred Andersch, (1914-1980)
• Jon Anderson, (born 1944)
• Mário de Andrade, (1893-1945)
• Aneirin, medieval epic poet
• Antler (poet), (1946-)
• Brother Antoninus
• Chairil Anwar, (Indonesian poet: 1922-1949)
• Guillaume Apollinaire, (1880-1918)
• Apollonius of Rhodes (270-after 245 BC)

Anacreon (born ca. ... Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (February 4, 1914 — February 21, 1980) was a German writer, publisher and radio editor. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Painting of Mário de Andrade (1927) by Lasar Segall, a Lithuanian painter in Brazil whom Andrade befriended; Andrade wrote a book about him in 1935. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Aneirin, Aneurin or Neirin mab Dwywei (c. ... Antler (born 1946, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA) is an American poet who lives in Wisconsin. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Everson (September 10, 1912- June 3, 1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American poet during of the beat generation and was also an author, literary critic and small press printer. ... Chairil Anwar (1922 - April 28, 1949) was probably one of the most famous Indonesian poets. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (Latin; Greek Apollōnios Rhodios), early 3rd century BC - after 246 BC, was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria. ...

Ar-Au

• Louis Aragon, (1897-1982)
• Archilochus, (ca.680-ca.645 BC), ancient Greek lyric poet
• Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (1843-1925)
• Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878-1954), American Dada-ist
• Tudor Arghezi (Romanian poet)
• Ludovico Ariosto, (1474-1533)
• Rae Armantrout, (1947-)
• Simon Armitage, (born 1963)
• Ernst Moritz Arndt
• Achim von Arnim, (1781-1831)
• Bettina von Arnim, (1785-1859)
• Matthew Arnold, (1822-1888)
• Jean Arp, (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet
• Antonin Artaud, (1896-1948), actor, playwright, poet, essayist
• John Ashbery, (born 1927)
• Anton Askerc, (1856-1912)
• Farid al-Din Attar, (c. 1130-c. 1230)
• Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist
• W. H. Auden, (1907-1973)
• Ausiàs March, (1397-1459)
• Ausonius, (c. 310-395)

Louis Aragon (October 3, 1897 - December 24, 1982), French historian, poet and novelist. ... Archilochus (Greek: ) (ca. ... Hugh Antoine dArcy (March 5, 1843 – November 11, 1925) was a French-born poet and writer and a pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry. ... Walter Arensberg was a poet, who with his wife Louise, collected art and supported artistic endeavors. ... Tudor Arghezi (May 21, 1880-1967) was a notable Romanian poet and childrens author. ... Statue of the poet in Reggio Emilia. ... Rae Armantrout (born 1947) is an American poet generally associated with the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E group of poets. ... Simon Armitage Simon Armitage (born May 26, 1963 in Huddersfield) is a British poet, playwright and novelist. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Ludwig Achim (or Joachim) von Arnim (January 26, 1781 – January 21, 1831), German poet and novelist, was born at Berlin. ... Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main – 20 January 1859, Berlin), born as Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. ... Matthew Arnold Caricature from Punch, 1881: Admit that Homer sometimes nods, That poets do write trash, Our Bard has written Balder Dead, And also Balder-dash Family tree Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. ... Hans (Jean) Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. ... Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and director. ... John Ashbery John Ashbery (born July 28, 1927) is an American poet. ... Anton Aškerc (9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was a Slovene poet and priest, most famous after his epic poems. ... Farid al-Din Attar (b. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) (IPA: ; first syllable of Auden rhymes with law), who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. ... Ausiàs March (c. ... Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. ...

Av-Ay

• Margaret Avison (born 1918)
• Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
• Ashok Chakradhar (Born 8th February 1951)

Margaret Avison (born April 23, 1918) is a Canadian poet. ... Sir Robert Ayton (1570 - 1638) was a Scottish poet. ... Ashok Chakradhar is a Hindi author and poet. ...

B

Ba

Bab-Bal

• Ken Babstock, Canadian
• Bacchylides, (died c. 467 BC)
• Ingeborg Bachmann, (1926-1973)
• Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, The President of Indonesian Poet
• George Bacovia, Romanian poet
• Janos Bacsanyi, (1763-1845)
• Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, (1921-1944)
• Julio Baghy
• Bai Juyi
• Joanna Baillie, (1762-1851)
• Bâkî, (1526–1600), Ottoman poet
• Jesse Ball American poet

Ken Babstock is a Canadian poet. ... Bacchylides, Ancient Greek lyric poet, was born at Iulis, in the island of Ceos. ... Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (June 25, 1926 Klagenfurt, Austria - October 17, 1973 Rome, Italy) was an Austrian poet and author. ... Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (born 1941) is a famous Indonesian poet. ... (I have erased this article because, first of all, it was in Romanian and this is the English Wikipedia and, second of all, it contained a poorly written attack directed at the genius of the Romanian poet George Bacovia. ... Batsányi János (May 11, 1763 - May 12, 1845) was a Hungarian poet. ... Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, (code-name Jan Bugaj, 1921-1944) - Polish poet and Home Army soldier. ... Julio Baghy (13 January 1891, Szeged – 18 March 1967, Budapest) was a Hungarian actor and one of the leading authors of the Esperanto movement. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bai. ... Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poetess and dramatist. ... Bâkî (1526–1600) Bâkî (باقى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of the poet Mahmud Abdülbâkî (محمود عبد الباقى) . Considered one of the greatest contributors to Turkish literature, Bâkî came to be known as Sultânüş-ÅŸuarâ (سلطانوششعرا), or Sultan of poets. Life Bâkî was born to a... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: or , Ottoman Turkish: ‎ ) was the variant of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. ... Jesse Ball is an American poet. ...

Bar-Bax

• Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld, (1743-1825)
• Porfirio Barba-Jacob
• John Barbour, (c. 1316-1395)
• George Barker, (1913-1991)
• Les Barker
• Richard Barnefield, (1574-1627)
• William Barnes, (1801-1886)
• Elizabeth Barrett(March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861)
• Charles Baudelaire, (1821-1867)
• James K. Baxter, (1926-1972)

Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones on October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey. ... Anna Laetitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743—March 9, 1825) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer. ... Miguel ngel Osorio Ben tez (July 29, 1883 - January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. ... For the 19th-century U.S. senator from Virginia see John Strode Barbour Jr. ... See George Barker for other notable people with the same name. ... Les Barker (born January 30, 1947) is an English poet. ... Richard Barnfield (1574-1627), English poet, was born at Norbury, Staffordshire, and baptized on June 13, 1574. ... William Barnes (1801 - 1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist. ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Moulton) (March 6, 1806-June 29, 1861) was the most respected female poet of the Victorian era. ... “Baudelaire” redirects here. ... James Keir Baxter (June 29, 1926—October 22, 1972) was a New Zealand poet, and a controversial figure in New Zealand society. ...

Be

• Francis Beaumont, (1586-1616)
• Joshua Beckman
• Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, (1836-1870)
• Thomas Lovell Beddoes, (1803-1849) (English writer in Germany)
• Aphra Behn, (1640-1689)
• Marvin Bell, (1937-?)
• Gioconda Belli, (born 1948)
• Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, (Roman dialect)
• Xuan Bello, (born 1965), best-known asturian language poet
• Hilaire Belloc
• Andrey Bely, (1880-1934)
• Gottfried Ben
• Stephen Vincent Benét, (1898-1943)
• William Rose Benét, (1886-1950)
• Gwendolyn B. Bennett
• Jim Bennett (1951) A Liverpool poet (UK) best known for his work during the era of punk.
• Ilhan Berk
• Daniel Berrigan
• Wendell Berry
• John Berryman
• John Betjeman, (1906-1984)
• Helen Bevington (Dr. Johnson's Waterfall)

Sketch of Francis Beaumont Francis Beaumont (1584 – 1616), was an English dramatist most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. ... Joshua Beckman is a real American hero. ... Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (February 17, 1836-December 22, 1870) was an Spanish poet and tale writer, one of the most important in Spanish literature, associated to the romanticism movement. ... Thomas Lovell Beddoes (June 30, 1803 - January 26, 1849) was an English poet and dramatist. ... A sketch of Aphra Behn by George Scharf from a portrait believed to be lost. ... Marvin Bell (1937 - ) is an American poet who famously wrote books of poems called The Book of the Dead Man and Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. ... Gioconda Belli Gioconda Belli (born 1948 in Managua) is a Nicaraguan author, poet and novelist. ... Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli (March 7, 1791 - December 21, 1863) was an Italian poet, born in Rome. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Xuan Bello Fernán (born 1965 in Tineo, Asturias, Spain) is one of the best known contemporary Asturian language writers. ... Asturian, Leonese, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian, Llïonés in Leonese) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias, León, Zamora and Salamanca in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as... Photograph of Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. ... Boris Budaev Andrei Bely (Андрей Белый) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (1880 - 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ... Gottfried Benn (May 2, 1886 - July 7, 1956) was a German author and poet. ... Stephen Vincent Benét (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was a United States author, poet, short story writer and novelist. ... William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 - May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer and editor. ... Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1902–May 30, 1981) was an African American writer who contributed greatly to the Harlem Renaissance. ... Dr Jim Bennett is a museum curator and historian of science. ... Ä°lhan Berk (18 November 1918, Manisa) is a contemporary Turkish poet. ... Daniel Berrigan at the Third Annual Staten Island Freedom & Peace Festival, Oct. ... Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County, Kentucky) is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. ... John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. ... A collection of Betjemans poetry, published by John Murray in January 2006 Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Whos Who as a poet and hack. He was born to a middle-class family... Helen Smith Bevington (1906-2001) was an American poet, prose author, and educator. ...

Bi-Bl

• Laurence Binyon, (1879-1943)
• Earle Birney, (1904-1995), anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama
• Nevin Birsa, (born 1947)
• Elizabeth Bishop, (1911-1979)
• Bill Bissett, (born 1939), poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry
• Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet
• Don Blanding, (fl. mid 20th cen.), American,
• William Blake, (1757-1827), English painter, poet
• Aleksandr Blok, (1880-1921)
• Benjamin Paul Blood, (1832-1919)
• Michael Blumenthal
• Roy Blumenthal, (born 1968)
• Edmund Blunden
• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
• Robert Bly

Robert Laurence Binyon (August 10, 1869 at Lancaster – March 10, 1943 at Reading, Berkshire) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. ... Earle Alfred Birney, OC , Ph. ... Birsa Munda (1875-1900). ... Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979), was an American poet and writer. ... bill bissett (born November 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style. ... Lucian Blaga (May 9, 1895 - May 6, 1961) Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher. ... Donald Benson Blanding (November 7, 1894–June 9, 1957) was an American poet who sentimentalized warm climates and was sometimes described as poet laureate of Hawaii. He was also known as a journalist, author of prose, illustrator, and speaker. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... Blok in 1907 Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок, 1880-1921) was probably the most gifted lyrical poet that Russia produced since Alexander Pushkin. ... Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919) was an American philosopher and poet. ... Blumenthal, Time, as Treasury Secy Werner Michael Blumenthal (born January 3, 1926) served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977-1979. ... Roy Blumenthal, born 1968, Johannesburg, South Africa, has been an active poet since the early 1990s. ... Edmund Charles Blunden (November 1, 1896 - January 20, 1974), although not one of the top trio of English World War I writers, was an important and influential poet, author and critic. ... Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (August 17, 1840–September 10, 1922) was a British poet and writer. ... Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926 in Madison, Minnesota) is a poet, author, and leader of the Mythopoetic Mens Movement in the United States. ...

Bo

• Jean Bodel
• Louise Bogan
• Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet
• Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, (1636-1711)
• Eavan Boland, (born 1944)
• Heinrich Böll, (1917-1985)
• Arna Wendell Bontemps
• Jorge Luis Borges, (1899-1986)
• Tadeusz Borowski
• Mark Alexander Boyd, (1563-1601)
• Kay Boyle (A Glad Day)

Jean Bodel, who lived in the late twelfth century, was an Old French poet who wrote a number of chansons de geste. ... Louise Bogan (August 11, 1879 - 1970) was an American poet. ... Matteo Maria Boiardo (c. ... Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, commonly called Boileau, (November 1, 1636 - March 13, 1711) was a French poet and critic. ... Eavan Boland (born 1944) is an Irish poet and essayist. ... A monument of Heinrich Böll in Berlin Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of Germanys foremost post-World War II writers. ... Arna Bontemps, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Arna Wendell Bontemps (October 13, 1902 - June 4, 1973) was an American poet and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer. ... Tadeusz Borowski (1922-1951) was a Polish writer and journalist, and a Holocaust survivor. ... Mark Alexander Boyd (13 January 1562 - April 10, 1601) was a Scottish poet and soldier of fortune. ... Kay Boyle Kay Boyle, born February 19, 1902 in St. ...

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Bra-Bri

• Di Brandt, (born 1952), Manitoba poet and literary critic
• Richard Brautigan, (1935-1984)
• Bertolt Brecht, (1898-1956), German Three-penny Opera lyricist
• Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero (1585-1618), Dutch poet and playwright
• Christopher Brennan, (1870-1932), Australian
• Clemens Brentano, (1778-1842)
• Clemens von Brentano, (1778-1842)
• André Breton, (1896-1966)
• Nicholas Breton, (1542-1626)
• Ken Brewer, (born 1941)
• Robert Bridges, (1844-1930)

Di Brandt (born 1952) is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – September 14 (?),[1] 1984) was an American writer, best known for the novel Trout Fishing in America. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... {{dy justified his choice of form, and from about 1929 on he began to interpret its penchant for contradictions, much as had Eisenstein, in terms of the dialectic. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait of Bredero by H.W. Caspari Gerbrand Adriaensz. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... For a bill proposed in USA in 1998, see Bill 1618. ... Christopher Brennan was born in Sydney, Australia, 1870 to a brewer, and was educated in Catholic schools. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano (September 8, 1778 – July 28, 1842) was a German poet and novelist. ... Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano (September 8, 1778 – July 28, 1842) was a German poet and novelist. ... Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... André Breton André Breton (French IPA: ) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (1545?-1626), English poet, belonged to an old family settled at Layer-Breton, Essex. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Ken Brewer, a celebrated poet of the American West and longtime scholar who resides in Utah, where he serves as Poet Laureate, was born Kenneth Wayne Brewer in Indianapolis in December, 1941. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Bridges on the cover of Time in 1929 Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, (October 23, 1844 – April 21, 1930) was an English poet, holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913. ... Jan. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bro-Bry

• James Brock, (born 1958)
• Joseph Brodsky, (1940-1996)
• Wladyslaw Broniewski
• William Bronk, (died 1999)
• Anne Brontë, (1820-1849)
• Charlotte Brontë, (1816-1855)
• Emily Brontë, (1818-1848), British author
• Rupert Brooke, (1887-1915)
• Gwendolyn Brooks, (born 1917)
• Joan Brossa, (1919-1998)
• Nicole Brossard, (born 1943), formalist poet
• Flora Brovina
• Thomas Edward Brown, (1830-1897)
• George Mackay Brown
• William Browne, (1588-1643)
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (1806-1861)
• Robert Browning, (1812-1889)
• William Cullen Bryant, (1794-1878)
• Bryher
• Valeri Bryusov, (1873-1924), poet, novelist, critic

James Brock is an American poet, born in Boise, Idaho. ... Bookcover of Works and Days in Russian Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 – January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Russian: ) was a Russian-born poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) and was chosen Poet Laureate of the United States (1991-1992). ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Broniewski (December 17, 1897 - February 10, 1962) was a Polish poet and soldier. ... American poet, born 17 February 1918, died 22 February 1999. ... Anne Brontës grave at Scarborough Anne Brontë (IPA: ) (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the Brontë literary family. ... Charlotte Brontë (IPA: ) (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels have become timeless pieces of English literature. ... Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. ... A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester... Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. ... Joan Brossa i Cuervo (Barcelona, 1919 - 1998). ... Nicole Brossard (born November 27, 1943 in Montreal) is a leading French Canadian formalist poet and novelist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Thomas Edward Brown OKW (May 5, 1830 - October 29, 1897), British poet, scholar and divine, was born at Douglas, Isle of Man and educated at King Williams College. ... George Mackay Brown was born on the 17th October 1921 and died on the 13th April 1996. ... William Browne (1590?‑1645?) was an English poet, born at Tavistock, educated at Oxford, after which he entered the Inner Temple. ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era. ... Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was a British poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. ... William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) an American romantic poet, journalist, political adviser, and homeopath. ... Bryher (1894-1983) was the pen name of Annie Winnifred Ellerman. ... Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873–1924) was a Russian born poet, novelist and critic who lived and died in Moscow. ...

Bu-By

• Georg Büchner
• Vincent Buckley, (1927-1988)
• Charles Bukowski, (1920-1994) poet, novelist
• Basil Bunting
• Anthony Burgess (1917-1993): Byrne, Revolutionary Sonnets, etc.
• Stanley Burnshaw
• Robert Burns, (1759-1796)
• William S. Burroughs, (1914-1997)
• Edwin G. Burrows
• Andrzej Bursa
• Ray Buttigieg, (born 1955) poet, composer, musician
• Ignazio Buttitta, (Sicilian dialect)
• Witter Bynner (also under Emanuel Morgan)
• Lord Byron, (1788-1824)

Karl Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. ... Vincent Buckley (1927–1988), an Australian poet, teacher, editor and critic, was born in Romsey, Victoria, and was educated at both the University of Melbourne and the University of Cambridge. ... “Bukowski” redirects here. ... Basil Cheesman Bunting (March 3, 1900 – April 17, 1985) was a British modernist poet. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... Stanley Burnshaw (June 20, 1906 - September 16, 2005) was an American literary figure known for his poetry. ... For the chain gang fugitive and author from Georgia, see Robert Elliott Burns. ... William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) - August 2, 1997; pronounced ), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... Edwin G. Burrows is a professor of history at Brooklyn College, and is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. ... Andrzej Bursa (born March 21, 1932 in Krakow, died November 15, 1957) was a Polish poet and writer. ... It has been suggested that Ray Buttigieg/Cykx be merged into this article or section. ... Ignazio Buttitta (19 September 1899 - 5 April 1997) was a Sicilian dialectal poet. ... Harold Witter Bynner (1881 – 1968) was an American poet, writer and scholar, known for his long residence in Santa Fe, at what is now the Inn of the Turquoise Bear. ... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ...

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Ca

Cab-Cap

• Lydia Cabrera (Cuban poet - anthropoetry)
• Caedmon (old English)
• Cali Xuseen Xirsi
• Musa Cälil (1906-1944), Tatar poet, prisoner of the war
• Barry Callaghan, (born 1937)
• Callimachus (c.305-c.240 BC), Hellenistic poet
• Robert Calvert, (1945-1988)
• Luís de Camões, (author of the Lusíadas)
• Roy Campbell (1901-1957)
• Jan Campert,(1902-1943), Dutch poet and journalist
• Remco Campert (born 1929), son of Jan, Dutch poet and novelist
• Thomas Campion, (1567-1619), composer, poet
• Thomas Campbell, (1774-1844)
• Melville Henry Cane, (1879-1980)
• Ivan Cankar, (1876-1918), author, poet, storyteller, dramatist and essayist
• Mary Wedderburn Cannan, (1893-1973)
• Edip Cansever
• Cao Cao, (155 AD-220 AD)
• Cao Pi
• Cao Zhi, (192-232)

Lydia Cabrera (May 20, 1899 - September 19, 1991) was a Cuban anthropologist and poet. ... Cædmon is one of only two Anglo-Saxon poets whose names are known (the other being Cynewulf). ... Cali Xuseen Xirsi (born in 1949) is a Somali poet who wrote his poems in the 1960s. ... Musa Cälil (also transliterated as Mussa Jalil, Mussa Djalil, Musa Dzhalil, Mussa Dschalil, Musa Dschälil, Musa Celil, Musa Çəlil Cyrillic: Муса Джалиль, Муса Җәлил) (1906--1944) was a Soviet Tatar poet. ... Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ... Barry Callaghan (born 1937 in Canada), author/poet, is son of late Canadian novelist and short story writer Morley Callaghan. ... Callimachus (Greek: ; ca. ... Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 - 14 August 1988) was the lead singer, poet and frontman of Hawkwind intermittently from 1972-1979, who went on to a less successful but intriguing separate career. ... Monument to Luís de Camões, Lisbon Luís Vaz de Camões (pron. ... Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads) is considered one of the finest and most important works in Portuguese literature. ... Roy Campbell (1901-1957) Roy Campbell (2 October 1901 – 22 April 1957) was a South African poet and satirist. ... Jan Remco Theodoor Campert (Spijkenisse, The Netherlands, August 15, 1902 — January 12, 1943 [1]) was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... Remco Campert (born in The Hague on 29 July 1929) is a famous Dutch author, poet and columnist. ... Thomas Campion, sometimes Campian (February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Melville H. Cane (April 15, 1879 - March 10, 1980) was an American lawyer and poet. ... Ivan Cankar (Vrhnika, 10 May 1876- Ljubljana, 11 December 1918) was a famous Slovenian writer, playwright and poet. ... Mary Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973) was a poet. ... Edip Cansever (1928-1986) is a turkish poet. ... Cáo Cāo (155 – March 15, 220, pronounced Tsau Tsau) was a regional warlord and the second last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during its final years in ancient China. ... Cáo PÄ« (曹丕, 187-June 29, 226[1]), formally Emperor Wen of (Cao) Wei (曹魏文帝), courtesy name Zihuan (子桓), was born in Qiao County, Pei Commandery (modern Bozhou, Anhui). ... Cao Zhi (曹植 192 – 232) was a Chinese poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. ...

Car-Cav

• Ernesto Cardenal, (born 1925)
• Giosuè Carducci, (1835-1907)
• Thomas Carew, (1595-1639)
• Henry Carey, (1693-1743)
• Bliss Carman, (1861-1929) (Low Tide on Grand Pre)
• Lewis Carroll, (1832-1898)
• Hayden Carruth
• Anne Carson, (born 1950)
• Jared Carter (born 1939)
• William Cartwright, (1611-1643)
• Catullus, (c. 84BC-54BC), Roman poet
• Charles Causley
• C. P. Cavafy, (1863-1933)

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Revolution. ... Giosuè Carducci. ... Thomas Carew (pronounced like Carey) (1595 – March 22, 1640) was an English poet. ... Henry Carey is the name of either Henry Charles Carey (1793-1879) - an American economist Henry Carey (died 1743) - dramatist and song-writer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bliss Carman , FRSC Bliss Carman, FRSC (April 15, 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Image:HaydenCarruth. ... Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, and translator, as well as a professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan. ... Jared Carter is a contemporary American poet born on January 10, 1939, in Elwood, Indiana. ... William Cartwright (1611 - November 29, 1643), was an English dramatist and churchman. ... Fresco from Herculaneum, presumably showing a love couple. ... Charles Causley, CBE (August 24, 1917 – November 4, 2003) was a Cornish poet and writer. ... Cavafy, around 1900 in Alexandria, Egypt Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (April 29, 1863 - April 29, 1933) was a Greek poet who is among the 20th centurys most important literary figures, though he is relatively little known in the English speaking...

Ce-Ci

• Paul Celan, (1920-1970)
• Anica Cernej, (1900-1944)
• Luis Cernuda, (1903-1963)
• John Chalkhill
• Jean Chapelain, (1595-1674)
• Arthur Chapman, (1873-1935)
• George Chapman, (1560-1634)
• René Char, (1907-1998)
• Craig Charles, (born 1964), (Red Dwarf, Captain Butler)
• Thomas Chatterton
• Geoffrey Chaucer, (ca.1343-1400), Chanticleer the Fox (extract from Canterbury Tales)
• Billy Childish
• Dario Chioli, Italian poet, born 1956
• Choe Chiwon, Korean (Silla) poet, born 857
• Henri Chopin, (born 1922)
• Chrétien de Troyes, (fl. 12th century)
• Ralph Chubb, (1892-1960), poet, painter, printer
• John Ciardi, Italian-American poet

Paul Celan Paul Celan (November 23, 1920 – approximately April 20, 1970) was the most frequently used pseudonym of Paul Antschel, one of the major poets of the post-World War II era. ... Anica Černej (1900 - 1944) is a Slovenian poet. ... Luis Cernuda (1902 - 1963), is widely recognized as one of the great Spanish poets of the 20th century. ... John Chalkhill (fl. ... Jean Chapelain (December 4, 1595 - February 22, 1674) was a French poet and writer. ... Guāngfùhuì (光復會 Revive the Light Society), or the Restoration Society, was an anti-Qing Empire organization established by Cai Yuanpei in 1904. ... This article is about George Chapman the English literary figure; see George Chapman (murderer) for the Victorian poisoner of the same name. ... René Char (1907 - 1988) René Char (June 14, 1907 - February 19, 1988) was a 20th century poet. ... Craig Charles as Dave Lister Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor, stand up comedian, author, poet, and radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. ... This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. ... Captain Butler was a British sitcom; starring Craig Charles as Butler, the captain of a motley crew of pirates. ... Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton (November 20, 1752 – August 24, 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. ... Geoffrey Chaucer (c. ... Canterbury Tales Woodcut 1484 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). ... Billy Childish (real name Steven John Hamper) or William Charlie Hamper (born December 1, 1959) is an English artist, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. ... Dario Chioli is an Italian poet, a religious philosopher, and esotericist and essayist author. ... Choe Chiwon (857-?) was a noted Korean Confucian official, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668-935). ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ... Henri Chopin (born 1922) is an avant-garde poet and musician. ... Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and trouvère who flourished in the late 12th century. ... Ralph Nicholas Chubb (8 February 1892 - 14 January 1960) was a British poet, printer, and artist. ... John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. ... Language(s) American English, Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, other (predominantly southern) Italian dialects and languages of Italian historical minorities Religion(s) Roman Catholic An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. ...

Cl

• Amy Clampitt
• John Clare, (1793-1864)
• George Elliott Clarke, poet, U of T professor
• Paul Claudel, (1868-1955)
• Matthias Claudius
• Michelle Cliff
• Lucille Clifton,
• Arthur Hugh Clough, (1819-1861)

Amy Clampitt (1920-1994) was an American poet and author. ... John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, in his time commonly known as the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet, the son of a farm labourer, born at Helpston near Peterborough. ... George Elliott Clarke (born February 12, 1960) is a Canadian poet and playwright. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada with more than 60,000 students across three campuses. ... Cover of Time Magazine(March 21, 1927) Paul Claudel (August 6, 1868 – February 23, 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. ... Matthias Claudius (August 15, 1740 - January 21, 1815) was a German poet, otherwise known by the nom de plume of ASMUS. Born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. ... Michelle Cliff (1946 - ) is a Jamaican-American author whose notable works include No Telephone To Heaven, Abeng, and Free Enterprise. ... Image:PoetLucilleClifton. ... Arthur Hugh Clough (January 1, 1819 – November 13, 1861) was an English poet, and the brother of Anne Jemima Clough. ...

Co

Coc-Cor

• Jean Cocteau, (1889-1963), French writer
• Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet/singer
• Hartley Coleridge, (1796-1849)
• Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, (1861-1907)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772-1834), English poet
• Billy Collins (U.S. Poet Laureate)
• William Collins, (1721-1759)
• William Congreve, (1670-1729), English poet
• Robert Conquest, historian and poet
• Henry Constable, (1562-1613)
• Clark Coolidge
• Wendy Cope
• Tristan Corbière, (1845-1875)
• Francis Cornford and Frances Cornford
• Gregory Corso, Beat poet, "Gasoline", "Bomb".
• Jayne Cortez

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker. ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. ... Hartley Coleridge (September 19, 1796 - January 6, 1849) was an English writer. ... Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 – 1907) was a British novelist and poet, who also wrote journalism and essays, and taught. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) (pronounced ) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. ... William J. (Billy) Collins (born March 22, 1941) is a poet who served two terms as the 11th Poet Laureate of the United States, from 2001 to 2003. ... William Collins (1721 - 1759), English poet, was educated at Winchester and Oxford, moved to London in the 1740s and spent the last years of his life in Chichester. ... William Congreve (January 24, 1670 – January 19, 1729) was an English playwright and poet. ... Dr. George Robert Ackworth Conquest (born July 15, 1917), British historian, became one of the best-known writers on the Soviet Union with the publication, in 1968, of his account of Stalins purges of the 1930s, The Great Terror. ... Henry Constable (1562 - 1613), poet, son of Sir Robert Constable, educated at Cambridge, but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, and acted as an agent for the Catholic powers. ... Clark Coolidge (February 26, 1939 – ) is an American poet born in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Wendy Cope (born July 21, 1945) is a contemporary English poet. ... Tristan Corbière (July 18, 1845 – March 1, 1875), born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, a poet from Brittany who wrote in the French language, was born at Coat-Congar, where he lived most of his life and where he died. ... Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874-1943) was an English classical scholar and poet. ... Frances Crofts Cornford (nee Darwin; 1886-1960) was an English poet. ... Gregory Corso (illustration) Gregory Nunzio Corso (March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001) was an American poet, the fourth member of the canon of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs). ... Jayne Cortez (b. ...

Cot-Cow

• Malcolm Cowley, (1898-1989), (Dada)
• Abraham Cowley, (1618-1667)
• William Cowper, (1731-1800)

Malcolm Cowley, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1963 Malcolm Cowley (1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American novelist, poet, critic, and journalist. ... Abraham Cowley (1618 - July 28, 1667), English poet, was born in the city of London late in 1618. ... Portrait of William Cowper attributed to Romney. ...

Cr-Cz

• George Crabbe, (1754-1832)
• Hart Crane, (1899-1932), (The Bridge)
• Stephen Crane, (1871-1900), USA writer
• Richard Crashaw, (1613-1649)
• Robert Creeley, (born 1926), (A Form of Women - Black Mountain School)
• Octave Crémazie
• Charles Cros, (1842-1888), French poet and inventor
• Aleister Crowley, (1875-1947), English Occultist and poet
• Cui Hao, Tang Dynasty, Chinese poet
• Countee Cullen, (died 1946)
• Necati Cumalı
• E. E. Cummings, (1894-1962)
• Allan Cunningham, (1784-1842)
• Allen Curnow, (1911-2001)
• Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet, musician and thinker

George Crabbe (December 24, 1754 - February 3, 1832) was an English poet and naturalist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the U.S. Continental Congress delegate, see Stephen Crane (delegate). ... Richard Crashaw (c. ... Portrait taken in 1972 Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 - March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than sixty books. ... Octave Crémazie (April 16, 1827 – January 16, 1879) was a Canadian poet. ... Charles Cros (October 1, 1842 - August 9, 1888) was a French poet and inventor. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... Cui Hao (崔颢; pinyin: Cuī Hào, 704 - 754) was a poet of the Tang dynasty in China. ... Countee Cullen, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903–January 9, 1946) was an African-American Romantic poet and an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Necati Cumalı Necati Cumalı is a Turkish novelist, short-story writer and poet born in Florina, in Greece, in 1921 and whose family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations. ... E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as e. ... Allan Cunningham (December 7, 1784 _ October 30, 1842) was a Scottish poet and author. ... Thomas Allen Munro Curnow (1911-2001) was a New Zealand poet and journalist. ... Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. ...

D

Da

• Roque Dalton, (1935-1975) Salvadoran poet
• Sapardi Djoko Damono, Indonesian Poet
• David Daniels, (1933- ) Visual Poet
• Jeffrey Daniels, African-American Poet
• Gabriele D'Annunzio, (1863-1938), revolutionary
• Jia Dao
• Rubén Darío, (1867-1916)
• Erasmus Darwin, (1731-1802), British poet and herbalist
• René Daumal, (1908-1944)
• Jean Daurat, (1508-1588)
• Alan Davies, American poet
• W. H. Davies
• William Davenant, (1606-1668)
• Donald Davidson, (1893-1968)
• John Davies, (1569-1626), historian
• Edward Davison, (organized Colorado Writers 1937 conference)
• Peter Davison, (born 1951), (son of Edward)
• Denis Davydov, (1784-1839)
• Cecil Day-Lewis

Roque Dalton Roque Dalton García (San Salvador, El Salvador, 14 May 1935 – Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, 10 May 1975) was a leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist. ... Sapardi Djoko Damono (born 20 March 1940) is a famous Indonesian poet known for his beautiful lyrics poems. ... David Daniels. ... Jeffrey Daniels, real name: Jeffrey Sean Daniels is a chicago-raised African American poet, artist, and professor. ... Gabriele dAnnunzio (12 March 1863, Pescara – 1 March 1938, Gardone Riviera, province of Brescia) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist and daredevil, who went on to have a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement. ... Jia Dao (779 - 843) was a Chinese poet born in Hebei. ... A framed picture of Rubén Darío hanging in the National Theater. ... This article is about Erasmus Darwin who lived 1731–1802; for his descendants with the same name see Erasmus Darwin (disambiguation). ... René Daumal (16 March, 1908 - 21 May, 1944) was a French writer, philosopher and poet. ... Jean Daurat (or Dorat) (Latin, Auratus), (1508 - November 1, 1588) was a French poet and scholar, a member of the Pléiade. ... Alan Davies is a contemporary American poet, critic, and editor who has been writing and publishing since the 1970s. ... William Henry Davies (1871 - September 26, 1940), was a Welsh poet and writer. ... William Davenant Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 - April 7, 1668), also spelled DAvenant, was an English poet and playwright. ... Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893 - April 25, 1968) was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. ... Sir John Davies (April 1569 – December 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. ... Edward Lewis Davison (1898-?) was a Scottish poet and critic, born in Glasgow. ... Peter Davison (June 27, 1928, New York - December 29, 2004, Boston) was an American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor, and publisher. ... Denis Davydov (Russian:Денис Васильевич Давыдов) (27. ... Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) CBE (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972) was a British poet, the British Poet Laureate from 1967 to 1972, and, under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, a mystery writer. ...

De

• James Deahl
• Aurora de Albornoz, (1926-1990) 20th century Spanish poet
• Aleš Debeljak, (born 1961)
• Walter de la Mare, author, poet
• Thomas Dekker, (1575-1641)
• Leconte de Lisle, parnassian poet
• François de Malherbe, (1555-1628),
• Alfred de Musset, (1810-1857), 19th century poet
• Gérard de Nerval, (1808-1855)
• Baltasar del Alcázar, (1530-1606)
• Tory Dent, (1958- ), (What Silence Equals, HIV Mon Amour)
• Babette Deutsch (1895-1982)
• Aubrey de Vere
• William F. DeVault, (1955-), American Author
• Alfred de Vigny, (1797-1863), 19th century poet

James Deahl is an American poet living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ... Aurora de Albornoz was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain, in 1926. ... AleÅ¡ Debeljak (born 1961), is a Slovenian poet, editor, and professor of cultural studies at the University of Ljubljana. ... Walter John de la Mare, OM CH (April 25, 1873 – June 22, 1956), was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and The Listeners. He was born in Kent (at 83 Maryon Road, Charlton[1] - now part of the London Borough... Thomas Dekker, (c. ... Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (October 22, 1818 - July 17, 1894), was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. ... The Parnassians were a group of 19th-century French poets, so called from their journal, the Parnasse contemporain, itself named after Mount Parnassus, home of the Muses in Greek mythology. ... François de Malherbe François de Malherbe (1555 - October 16, 1628) was a French poet, critic and translator. ... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... Gérard de Nerval (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, the most essentially Romantic among French poets. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Tory Dent (1958 in Victorine Dent in Wilmington, Del. ... Babette Deutsch (1895 - 1982) was an US poet. ... Aubrey de Vere II (1062-1141) was also known as Alberic de Vere. He was the second of that name, being the first son of Alberic de Vere who had come with William the Conqueror to England in 1066 and had fought in the Battle of Hastings. ... Poet, author. ... Alfred de Vigny, 1832 Alfred Victor de Vigny (March 27, 1797 – September 17, 1863) was a French poet, playwright, and novelist. ...

Di-Do

• Diane Di Prima (Memoirs of a Beatnik)
• Souéloum Diagho (contemporary Tuareg poet)
• Jennifer K Dick, (b 1970), American Poet
• Emily Dickinson, (1830-1886), American poet
• James Dickey, (1923-1997)
• Blaga Dimitrova
• Paul Dirmeikis, (1954- ), French poet
• Thomas M. Disch, (1940- ), American poet, novelist
• Henry Austin Dobson
• Stephen Dobyns, American author, novelist, poet
• Antonia Donatiello, (born 1950), Italian writer and poet
• John Donne, (1572-1631)
• Hilda Doolittle, (1886-1961), U.S. Imagist poet
• Gavin Douglas
• Keith Douglas, (1920-1944)
• Rita Dove
• Ernest Dowson, (1867-1900)

Image:DianediPrima1954. ... Souéloum Diagho, the contemporary Tuareg poet, comes from Tessalit in the North of Mali. ... Jennifer K Dick, (born 1970- ) American poet, translator and educator/scholar born in Minnesota, raised in Iowa and currently living in Paris, France. ... Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. ... James Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was a popular United States poet and novelist. ... Blaga Dimitrova (Bulgarian: ) (2 January 1922 - 2 May 2003) was a Bulgarian poetess and Vice President of Bulgaria from 1992 until 1993. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | 1954 births | Living classical composers | 20th century classical composers | American composers | Composers stubs ... Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch (Born February 2, 1940) is an American science fiction author and poet. ... Henry Austin Dobson (January 18, 1840 – September 2, 1921) was an English poet and essayist. ... Stephen Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey, and residing in Boston. ... Antonietta Lucia Maria Donatiello (alias Antonia Donatiello) (Bisaccia, September 8, 1950) is an italian teacher and writer. ... For the Welsh courtier and diplomat, see Sir John Donne. ... H.D. in the mid 1910s Hilda Doolitle(September 10, 1886, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States – September 27, 1961, Zürich, Switzerland), prominently known only by her initials H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. ... Ezra Pound, one of the prime movers of Imagism. ... Gavin Douglas (c. ... Keith Douglas (January 24, 1920 - June 9, 1944), was an English poet of World War II. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and educated at Christs Hospital and at the University of Oxford. ... Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is an African American United States poet and author. ... Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867-23 February 1900), an English poet who was associated with the Decadent Movement, was born at Lee, south-east of London. ...

Dr

• Jane Draycott
• Michael Drayton, (1563-1631)
• Aleksander Stavre Drenova, (1872-1947), Albanian poet
• John Drinkwater, (1882-1937)
• Richard Dripping, Punk persona of Liverpool poet Jim Bennett.
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, (1797-1848), German poet
• William Drummond, (1585-1649)
• William Henry Drummond, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant
• John Dryden, (1631-1700), poet and playwright

Jane Draycott is a poet who has worked in sound as well as text. ... Drayton, 1628 Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. ... Aleksander Stavre Drenova (also known as ASDRENI) (1872 - December 11, 1947) was one of the most well-known Albanian poets. ... John Drinkwater (June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. ... Dr Jim Bennett is a museum curator and historian of science. ... Annette von Droste-Hülshoff on the Twenty Deutsche Mark banknote House of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff in Meersburg (Germany). ... This page is about William Drummond (d. ... William Henry Drummond (April 13, 1854 - April 6, 1907) was a Canadian (Irish-born) poet. ... John Dryden John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.}, 1631 - May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles...

Du-Dy

• Joachim du Bellay, (c. 1522-1560)
• W.E.B. DuBois, (1868-1963), writer, activist
• Du Fu, the Poet Saint
• Du Mu, (803-852), Chinese poet
• Alan Dugan
• Carol Ann Duffy, (born 1955)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar, (1872-1906)
• William Dunbar, (1465-1520)
• Robert Duncan (Black Mountain School)
• Douglas Dunn, (born 1942)
• Stephen Dunn
• Helen Dunmore, poet, novelist
• Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, (1878-1957), Irish poet
• Lawrence Durrell, (1912-1990), (A Private Country: Poems)
• Stuart Dybek
• Bob Dylan, born 1941

Portrait : Joachim du Bellay Joachim du Bellay (c. ... W. E. B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced ) (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was a civil rights activist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar, and socialist. ... Du Fu (Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Tu Fu, 712 – 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. ... Du Mu (杜牧, pinyin: Dù Mù, 803 - 852) was a leading realistic Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty. ... Alan Dugan (1923-2003) was an American poet. ... Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy (born December 23, 1955) is a British poet, playwright and freelance writer born in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... William Dunbar (c. ... Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988), was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets and the beat generation. ... Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE, (born October 23, 1942) is a Scottish poet, academic and critic. ... Stephen Dunn (born 1939 in New York City, New York) is an American poet. ... Helen Dunmore (born December 12, 1952) is a British poet, novelist and childrens writer. ... Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work in fantasy published under the name Lord Dunsany. ... Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. ... Stuart Dybek (b. ... This article is about the recording artist. ...

E

Ea-Er

• Richard Eberhart
• Russell Edson
• Joseph von Eichendorff, (1788-1857)
• George Eliot, (1819-1880), (Mary Ann Evans)
• T. S. Eliot, (1888-1965), writer
• Ebenezer Elliott, (1781-1849)
• Royston Ellis, English poet inspired by Beat Generation
• Ana Elsner, multi-lingual American poet
• Paul Eluard, French poet
• Claudia Emerson, (born 1957) American poet
• Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882), American author
• Gevorg Emin, (1918-1998), Armenian poet
• Mihai Eminescu, Romanian poet
• William Empson, (1906-1984)
• Yunus Emre
• Michael Ende, (1929-1995), German poet
• R.M. Engelhardt, (born 1964), American poet
• Paul Engle
• Ennius
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger, (born 1929), German poet
• Louise Erdrich, (born 1954), author
• Haydar Ergülen
• Max Ernst, (1891-1976), (Dada)
• Mehmet Erte

Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5, 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Freiherr Joseph von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 - November 26, 1857), German lyricist and narrator. ... Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Ebenezer Elliott Ebenezer Elliott (17 March 1781 - 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer. ... Royston Ellis, one of Englands answers to the American Beat Generation, was born on 10 February 1941 in Pinner, England. ... Ana Elsner reads from her book Ciphers Of Uncommon Origin at the San Francisco Public Library Ana Elsner is a multi-lingual writer and poet, born after World War II in the British sector of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, and longtime resident of the U.S..[1] // In... Paul Éluard was the nom de plume of Eugène Grindel (December 14, 1895 - November 18, 1952), a French poet. ... Claudia Emerson (b. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century. ... Gevorg Emin (Ô³Ö‡Õ¸Ö€Õ£ Ô·Õ´Õ«Õ¶, September 30, 1918 - June 11, 1998) was an Armenian poet, essayist, and translator, was born Gevorg Muradian, the son of a school teacher, in the town of Ashtarak. ... Mihai Eminescu (pronunciation in Romanian: ) (January 15, 1850 – June 15, 1889), born Mihail Eminovici, was a late Romantic poet, the best-known and most influential Romanian poet celebrated in both Romania and Moldova. ... William Empson Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, reckoned by some to be the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson and William Hazlitt and fitting heir to their mode of witty, fiercely heterodox and imaginatively rich criticism. ... Yunus Emre (1238?–1320?) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. ... Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (November 12, 1929 - August 29, 1995) was a German writer of fantasy novels and childrens books. ... Robert Michael Engelhardt (born 1964 is an American poet and spoken-word artist. ... Paul Engle (1908-1991) was a noted American poet, writer, editor, and novelist. ... Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. ... Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929 in Kaufbeuren), is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. ... Karen Louise Erdrich (born June 7, 1954) is a Native American (Chippewa) author of novels, poetry, and childrens books. ... Haydar Ergülen Haydar Ergulen is one of the important poets of the recent generation in contemporary Turkish literature. ... Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. ... Mehmet Erte is a contemporary Turkish poet. ...

Es-Ew

• Maggie Estep, American slam poet
• Wolfram von Eschenbach, (died 1220)
• Clayton Eshleman (Antiphonal Swing)
• Florbela Espanca, (poet)
• Salvador Espriu, writer
• Euripides (480-406 BC), Athenian tragedian
• Mari Evans
• William Everson (In The Fictive Wish)
• Gavin Ewart

Maggie Estep is an American poet and writer. ... Portrait of Wolfram from the Codex Manesse. ... Clayton Eshleman (born June 1, 1935) is an American poet. ... Florbela Espanca (birth name Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição), Portuguese poet (Vila Viçosa, 8 December 1894 — Matosinhos, 8 December de 1930). ... Salvador Espriu i Castelló (1913 - 1985) was a Catalan poet. ... A statue of Euripides. ... Mari Evans (born July 16, 1923 in Toledo, Ohio) is an African-American poet, best known for her poem When In Rome, which is taught in many high school and college English classes. ... William Everson (September 10, 1912 – June 3, 1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American poet of the Beat generation and was also an author, literary critic and small press printer. ... Gavin Buchanan Ewart (1916 - 1995) was a British poet who is best known for contributing to Geoffrey Grigsons New Verse at the age of seventeen. ...

F

• Faruk Iremet (1965-), Swedish, Zazaish and Turkish poet

Faruk Ä°remet Faruk Iremet, Swedish-Zazaish and Turkish author and journalist. ...

Fe-Fo

• Fenggan
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-)
• Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828)
• Ian Hamilton Finlay, (born 1925)
• Annie Finch, American poet, librettist, translator, born 1956
• Edward Fitzgerald, (1809-1883)
• Robert Fitzgerald (1910 - 1985)
• John Fletcher, (1579-1625)
• John Gould Fletcher, (1886-1950), Imagist poet
• F. S. Flint (Imagist manifestos)
• Theodor Fontane, (1819-1898)
• John Forbes, (1950-1998), Australian poet
• Carolyn Forché, born 1950
• Ford Madox Ford, (1873-1939), promoter of many other writers.
• John Ford, (1586-1639), playwright and poet.
• John M. Ford, (1957-2006), novelist and poet.
• Ugo Foscolo, (1778-1827)
• [Hristo Fotev], (1934-2002), Bulgarian poet
• Fazil Jamili, (born 1968), Urdu Poet, Journalist from Pakistan

Feng-Kan (豐干) or, Big Stick (b. ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling[1] on March 24, 1919) is an American poet who is known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beats, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. ... Leandro Fernández de Moratín, born March 10, 1760 – died June 21, 1828, was a Spanish dramatist and neoclassical poet. ... Ian Hamilton Finlay, Star. ... Annie Finch (b. ... Edward FitzGerald, 1873 For other uses see Edward Fitzgerald (disambiguation) Edward Marlborough FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883) was an English writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. ... Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (1910 - 1985) was best known as a translator of ancient Greek and Latin. ... John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a Jacobean playwright. ... John Gould Fletcher (January 3, 1886 – May 20, 1950) was a Pulitzer Prize winning Imagist poet and author. ... Ezra Pound, one of the prime movers of Imagism. ... Frank Stuart Flint (December 19, 1885 - February 28, 1960) was an English poet and translator who was a prominent member of the Imagist group. ... Theodor Fontane (December 30, 1819 – September 20, 1898) was a 19th-century German novelist and poet. ... John Forbes (1950-1998) was an Australian poet. ... Carolyn Forché is an American poet, editor, and human rights advocate. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... John Ford (baptized April 17, 1586 - c. ... John M. Ford portrait 2000 John Milo Mike Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 25, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. ... Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827), Italian writer, was born at Zakynthos in the Ionian Isles on 6 Febraury 1778. ... Fazil Jamili is an emerging Urdu Poet from Pakistan. ...

Fr-Fu

• Janet Frame, (born 1924)
• Robert Francis, (1901-1987)
• Veronica Franco, (1546-1591)
• Naim Frashëri (May 25, 1846 Frashër, south Albania—October 20, 1900
• Louis Fréchette, (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist
• Erich Fried, (1921-1988)
• Max Frisch, (1911-1991), Swiss poet
• Robert Frost, (1874-1963), American poet
• Gene Frumkin, (1928-2007), American poet
• Alice Fulton, (born 1952), Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry winner
• Fazil Jamili, (born 1968), Urdu Poet, Journalist from Pakistan
• Fuzûlî, (1483?–1556), Azerbaijani and Ottoman poet

Janet Paterson Frame ONZ, CBE, (August 28, 1924 - January 29, 2004) was the New Zealand author of eleven novels, four collections of short stories, a book of poetry, a childrens book, and a three volume autobiography. ... Robert Francis (1901-1987) was an American poet who lived much of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. ... Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a poet and courtesan of Venice during the sixteenth century. ... Naim Frashëri (May 25, 1846 Frashër, south Albania – October 20, 1900 Kızıl Toprak, Turkey) was an Albanian romantic poet and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare, the national renaissance of Albania, together with his two brothers Sami and Abdyl. ... Louis-Honoré Fréchette Louis-Honoré Fréchette, (November 16, 1839 – May 31, 1908), poet, playwright, and short story writer born in Lévis, Québec, Canada. ... Erich Fried (6 May 1921 — November 22, 1988) was a poet known for his political-minded poetry. ... Max Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991), was a Swiss architect, playwright and novelist, one of the most representative writers of German literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of personal identity, morality and political commitment. ... Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ... Gene Frumkin (1928-2007) was an American poet and teacher. ... Alice Fulton Alice Fulton (born January 25, 1952 in Troy, New York, USA) is a United States poet, author, and feminist. ... The Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is a biennial prize given by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. ... Fazil Jamili is an emerging Urdu Poet from Pakistan. ... Fuzûlî (1483?–1556) Fuzûlî (فضولی) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: mahlas; ﻡﺨﻠﺺ) of the poet Muhammad ibn Suleyman (محمد بن سليمان) (c. ... Ottoman redirects here. ...

G

Ga-Gl

• Jean Garrigue (1914 - 1972)
• Samuel Garth (1661 - 1719)
• George Gascoigne, (1525-1577)
• David Gascoyne (October 10, 1916 - November 25, 2001)
• Théophile Gautier, (1811-1872)
• John Gay, (1685-1732), songwriter, poet
• Stefan George, (1868-1933)
• Paul Gerhardt, (c. 1606-1676)
• Aaref Ghazvini, (1882- 1934)
• Wilfred Wilson Gibson (October 2, 1878 - May 26, 1962)
• Allen Ginsberg, (1926-1997)
• Dana Gioia (essays on poetry)
• Nikki Giovanni, (born 1943)
• Giuseppe Giusti, (1809-1850)
• Denis Glover, (1912-1980)
• Louise Glück Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

Jean Garrigue was an american poet (1914 - 1972) born in Evansville and wrote as an expatriate from Europe in 1953, 1957, and 1962. ... Sir Samuel Garth (1661 - 1719) was a English physician and poet, born at Bolam in the county of Durham, and educated at Cambridge, he settled as a physician in London, where he soon acquired a large practice. ... George Gascoigne George Gascoigne (c. ... The cover of Gascoynes 1935 book A Short Survey of Surrealism David Gascoyne (October 10, 1916 - November 25, 2001) was a British poet associated with the Surrealist movement. ... Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. ... John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. ... Stefan George (1910) Stefan George (Bingen, Hesse, July 12, 1868 – Locarno, December 4, 1933) was a German poet and translator. ... Paul Gerhardt (c. ... Aref Qazvini (عارف قزوینی; in Persian; 1882 — January 21, 1934) was an Iranian poet, and , writer . ... Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878-1962) was a British poet, associated with World War I but also the author of the popular Flannan Isle. ... Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. ... Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American poet who retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write. ... Yolande Cornelia Nikki Giovanni (born June 7, 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a Grammy-nominated American poet, activist and author. ... Giuseppe Giusti (May 12, 1809 - May 31, 1850), Tuscan satirical poet, was born at Monsummano, a small village of the Valdinievole, now in the province of Pistoia. ... Denis Glover (1912-1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher. ... Louise Glück (born April 22, 1943) is the author of nine books of poetry, including The Seven Ages (Ecco Press, 2001); Vita Nova (1999), which was awarded The New Yorker magazines Book Award in Poetry; Meadowlands (1996); The Wild Iris (1992), which received the Pulitzer Prize and the... The Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is a biennial prize given by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. ...

Go

• Gérald Godin, (1938-1994), Quebec poet and politician
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749-1832), (part-time;)
• Octavian Goga (1881-1938) Romanian poet
• Lea Goldberg, (1911-1970)
• Rumer Godden (In Noahs Ark)
• Ziya Gökalp
• Oliver Goldsmith, (1730-1774), The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (see also Goody)
• Pavel Golia (1887-1959)
• Luis de Gongora, Spanish poet
• Lorna Goodison (born 1947) Jamaican poet
• Sergei Gorodetsky (1884-1967)
• Herman Gorter (1864-1927), Dutch poet

Gérald Godin (November 13, 1938 - October 12, 1994) was a poet and politician in Quebec, Canada. ... “Goethe” redirects here. ... Octavian Goga Octavian Goga (April 1, 1881—May 7, 1938) was a Romanian nationalist politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. ... Lea Goldberg (1911-1970) was a Hebrew poet and student of literature who is considered one of Israels classic poets. ... Margaret Rumer Godden (December 10, 1907–November 8, 1998), was an English author of over 60 books, under the name of Rumer Godden. ... Ziya Gökalp (1875 or March 23, 1876, Diyarbakır—October 25, 1924, Ä°stanbul) was a prominent Turkish ideologue of Pan-Turkism or Turanism. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730 or 1728 – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and... Goody, an abbreviation of goodwife, is a courtesy title of married women, formerly used where Missus (Mrs. ... Pavel Golia Slovenian poet was born in town named Trebnje in 1887. ... Luís de Góngora y Argote (July 11, 1561 - May 24, 1627), was a Spanish lyric poet. ... Lorna Goodison (born 1947) is a Jamaican poet, a leading West Indian writer of the generation born after World War 2, currently dividing her time between Jamaica and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she teaches at the University of Michigan. ... Sergei Gorodetsky (Russian: January 17 (January 5 (O.S.)), 1884— June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet, one of the founders (together with Nikolay Gumilyov) of Guild of Poets (Цех поэтов). Categories: Russian poets | 1884 births | 1967 deaths | Russian people stubs ... Herman Gorter (born Wormerveer, Netherlands, 1864) was a late 19th century and early 20th century Dutch poet and Socialist. ...

Gr

Gra-Gri

• Günter Grass, (born 1927), author
• Richard Graves, (1715-1804), British poet and essayist
• Robert Graves, (1895-1985), British author
• Thomas Gray, (1716-1771), British poet
• Robert Greene, (1558-1592)
• Horace Gregory
• Eamon Grennan
• Fulk Greville, (1554-1628)
• Bill Griffiths, (born 1948)
• Franz Grillparzer
• Nicholas Grimald, (1519-1562)
• Angelina Weld Grimke
• Charlotte Forten Grimke

Günter Wilhelm Grass (born October 16, 1927) is a Nobel Prize-winning German author and playwright. ... Richard Graves (1715 - 1804) was an English poet and novelist. ... Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ... For the recipient of the Victoria Cross see Thomas Gray (VC), for the co-inventor of the seismometer see Thomas Lomar Gray. ... Robert Greene Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. ... Horace Gregory(1898-1982) was a prize-winning American poet and literary critic. ... Eamon Grennan (1941 - ) is an Irish poet born in Dublin. ... This article is about the Elizabethan author. ... Bill Griffiths (born 1948) is a poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the British Poetry Revival. ... Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 - January 21, 1872), Austrian dramatic poet, was born in Vienna. ... Nicholas Grimald (or Grimoald) (1519-1562), English poet, was born in Huntingdonshire, the son probably of Giovanni Baptista Grimaldi, who had been a clerk in the service of Empson and Dudley in the reign of Henry VII. He was educated at Christs College, Cambridge, where he took his B... Angelina Weld Grimke (February 27, 1880 – June 10, 1958) was a prominent journalist and poet. ... Charlotte Forten Grimké (17 August 1837–1914) was a antislavery activist, poet, educator and abolitionist. ...

Gro-Gy

• Stanisław Grochowiak
• Philip Gross
• Ghulam rasool dadda, (1921-1999)
• Igo Gruden, (1893-1948)
• Edgar Guest, (American poet of the 1920s)
• Jorge Guillen, (1893-1984)
• Nicolas Guillén, (1902-1989), (Cuban poet)
• Guido Guinizelli
• Guiot de Provins, (French poet of the 12th century)
• Gül Baba
• Nikolay Gumilyov, (1886-1921)
• Dživo Gundulić - Giovanni Gondola, (1589-1638)
• Thom Gunn, (born 1929)
• Ivor Gurney, (1890-1937)
• Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (Cuba, 1950- )
• Brion Gysin, (1916-1986)

StanisÅ‚aw Grochowiak (January 24, 1934 – September 2, 1976) was a Polish poet and dramatist. ... Philip Gross is a poet, novelist and playwright. ... Malik Ghulam Rasool Dadda (1921-1999) was a great Siraiki language poet from Jampur South Punjab of Pakistan. ... Igo Gruden (April 18, 1893 - November 29, 1948) was a Slovene poet. ... Edgar Albert Guest (August 20, 1881 – August 5, 1959) was a prolific United States poet popular in the first half of the 20th century. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Categories: Stub | Spanish-language poets | 1893 births | 1984 deaths ... Nicolás Guillén (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet. ... Guido Guinizzelli (c. ... Guiot de Provins (d. ... Gül Baba is an operetta by JenÅ‘ Huszka in three acts. ... Nikolai Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (Russian: , April 15 NS 1886 - August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement. ... Ivan Gundulić (Italian: Giovanni Gondola) (January 9, 1589 - December 8, 1638) is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from Dubrovnik. ... Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 - April 25, 2004) was a British poet. ... Ivor Gurney (August 28, 1890 - December 26, 1937) was an English composer and poet. ... Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (b. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a writer, painter, and musician born outside of London, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. ...

H

Ha

• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi'
• Hafez
• Han Yu
• Han-Shan
• Thomas Hardy, (1840-1928), English poet
• Tony Harrison, (born 1937)
• Carla Harryman, (born 1952)
• Gwen Harwood
• Alamgir Hashmi
• Ahmet Haşim
• Gerhart Hauptmann, (1862-1946)
• Stephen Hawes, (died 1523)
• Robert Stephen Hawker, (1803-1875), Cornish poet/vicar
• Robert Hayden

now. ... Hafez, detail of an illumination in a Persian manuscript of the Divan of Hafez, 18th century. ... Hán Yù (韓愈) (768 - 824), was a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet. ... Han-Shan (寒山，translated into English as Cold Mountain) was a Chinese Tang era poet in the Taoist/Zen tradition, honored as a Bodhisattva. ... “Thomas Hardy” redirects here. ... Tony Harrison (born April 30, 1937) is an English poet. ... Carla Harryman (born 1952) is a United States poet and playwright associated with the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E group of poets. ... Gwen Harwood (6 June 1920 - 5 December 1995), née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. ... Alamgir Hashmi (also know as Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi) (born November 15, 1951) is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. ... Ahmed HaÅŸim (1884?–1933) Ahmet HaÅŸim, also written as Ahmed Hâşim (احمد هاشم, // Life Ahmed Hâşim was born in Baghdad, probably in the year 1884, though this is not known for certain. ... Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Hauptmann (November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946), German dramatist, was born on at Obersalzbrunn, Prussia (now Szczawno Drój, Poland) in Silesia, the son of a hotel-keeper. ... Stephen Hawes (fl. ... Robert Stephen Hawker (3 December 1803 - 15 August 1875), was an English poet, antiquarian of Cornwall, Anglican clergyman and reputed eccentric. ... Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980), born as Asa Bundy Sheffey, was a United States African-American poet, essayist, and educator. ...

He

• Seamus Heaney, (born 1939), Saoi of Aosdána
• John Heath-Stubbs
• Anne Hébert, poet and novelist
• Anthony Hecht, (1923-2004)
• Jennifer Michael Hecht
• John Hegley, also performs as half of the "Popticians"
• Heinrich Heine, (1797-1856)
• Felicia Hemans, (1793-1835)
• William Ernest Henley, (1849-1903)
• Adrian Henri
• George Herbert, (1593-1633), public orator and poet
• Zbigniew Herbert
• Johann Gottfried Herder
• Johann Gottfried von Herder, (1744-1803)
• Miguel Hernandez, (1910-1942)
• Antoine Héroet, (died 1568)
• Robert Herrick, (1591-1674), English poet
• Hesiod, ancient Greek poet
• Phoebe Hesketh, (1909-2005), English poet
• Hermann Hesse, (1877-1962), author of The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf
• Dorothy Hewett, novelist, poet
• Thomas Heywood, (157?-1650)

Seamus Justin Heaney (IPA: ) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. ... Saoi, (pronounced See) (pl. ... Aosdána (IPA: ; from aos dána, Irish people of the arts) is an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts. ... John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs (born 9 July 1918) is a British poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths, and the long Arthurian poem Artorius (1972). ... Anne Hebert Anne Hébert (August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000) was a Canadian author and poet. ... Anthony Ivan Hecht, (January 16, 1923-October 20, 2004), was an American poet. ... Jennifer Michael Hecht (b. ... John Hegley (born 1 October 1953) is a popular English performance poet, musician and songwriter whose poems and songs have appeared both in print and on the radio. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. ... Felicia Hemans (September 25, 1793 - 1835), was an English poetess. ... William Ernest Henley (August 23, 1849 - July 11, 1903) was a British poet, critic and editor. ... Adrian Henri (April 10, 1932 – December 21, 2000) was a British poet and painter. ... For other persons named George Herbert, see George Herbert (disambiguation). ... Young Zbigniew Herbert Herberts family Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 in Lwów - 28 July 1998 in Warsaw) was an influential Polish poet, essayist and moralist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Johann Gottfried Herder Johann Gottfried von Herder (August 25, 1744 - December 18, 1803), German poet, critic, theologian, and philosopher, is best known for his concept of the Volk and is generally considered the father of ethnic nationalism. ... Miguel Hernández is also the name of a Spanish University The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández (1910-1942), born to a poor family and given little formal education, published his first book of poetry at 23, and gained considerable fame before his death. ... Antoine Héroet, surnamed La Maison-Neuve (d. ... Robert Herrick Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse, (1908) Gather Ye rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse, (1909) Robert Herrick (baptized August 24, 1591- October 1674) was a 17th century English poet. ... Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived... Phoebe Rayner Hesketh, (January 29, 1909-February 25, 2005), was an English poet famed for her poems depicting nature. ... Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a Swiss-German poet, novelist, and painter. ... The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel) is the last work and magnum opus of the German author Hermann Hesse. ... For other uses, see Steppenwolf. ... Dorothy Coade Hewett, (May 21, 1923 – August 25, 2002), was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist, and playwright. ... Thomas Heywood (died approx. ...

Hi-Hr

• William Heyen, poet, literary critic, novelist
• Dick Higgins, (1938-1998), Fluxus poet, and publisher
• Scott Hightower, (born 1952)
• Geoffrey Hill, (born 1932)
• Nazım Hikmet
• Ellen Hinsey, poet
• H.L. Hix, American poet
• Rolf Hochhuth, (born 1931), playwright
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, (1874-1929)
• James Hogg, (1770-1835)
• Friedrich Hölderlin, (1770-1843)
• John Hollander, (born 1929)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, (1809-1894), USA scholar
• Homer, epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
• Hugh Hood, Master work is 12 volume novel-series (The New Age).
• Thomas Hood, (1798-1845)
• A. D. Hope (July 21, 1907 - July 13, 2000)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, (1844-1889)
• Quintus Horatius Flaccus
• George Moses Horton
• Joan Houlihan
• A. E. Housman, (1859-1936)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, (1517-1547)
• Richard Howard
• Fanny Howe
• Susan Howe

William Heyen American poet. ... Dick Higgins (born Cambridge, England 1938, died Quebec, Canada 1998) was a poet and early Fluxus artist. ... Scott Hightower (born August 4, 1952 in Lampasas, Texas) is an American poet and teacher. ... for the British aeronautical engineer and professor, see Geoffrey T. R. Hill Geoffrey Hill (born June 18, 1932) is an English poet, professor of English Literature and religion, and co-director of the Editorial Institute at Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. // Geoffrey Hill was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, in 1932. ... Nazım Hikmet Ran Nazım Hikmet Ran (November 20, 1901 – June 3, 1963), commonly known as Nazım Hikmet (IPA: ), was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist and memoirist who is acclaimed in Turkey as the first and foremost modern Turkish poet, is known around the world as one of... Ellen Hinsey teaches writing and literature at Skidmore Colleges program in Paris and at the French graduate school, the Ecole Polytechnique. ... H.L. (Harvey) Hix H.L. Hix is an American poet and academic. ... Rolf Hochhuth (born April 1, 1931 in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. ... Hugo von Hofmannsthal Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ... For the Texas Governor, see Jim Hogg James Hogg James Hogg (1770 - November 21, 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. ... Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin [] (March 20, 1770 – June 6, 1843) was a major German lyric poet. ... John Hollander (born October 29, 1929) is an American poet and literary critic. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ... For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... title page of the Rihel edition of ca. ... Beginning of the Odyssey The Odyssey (Greek Οδύσσεια (Odússeia)) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to the Ionian poet Homer. ... Hugh Hood (April 30, 1928 - August 1, 2000) was a novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor. ... Thomas Hood Thomas Hood (May 23, 1799 - May 3, 1845) was a British humorist and poet. ... Alec Derwent Hope (July 21, 1907 - July 13, 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist, known for his satirical slant, who was also a critic, teacher and academic. ... The Best ideal is the true/ And other truth is none. ... Horace, as imagined by Anton von Werner Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. ... George Moses Horton (1797-1883) was an illiterate African-American slave who composed poetry in his head. ... Joan Houlihan is founder of the Concord Poetry Center in Concord, Massachusetts and author of two books: Hand-Held Executions: Poems & Essays (2003) and The Mending Worm, winner of the 2005 Green Rose Award from New Issues Press. ... Alfred Edward Housman (March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936), usually known as A.E. Housman, was an English poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. ... Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517 – January 19, 1547) was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. ... Richard Howard is a distinguished American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. ... Fanny Howe (born 1940) is an United States poet and writer of fiction. ... Susan Howe (born 1937) is an Irish-born American poet and critic who is closely associated with the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E group of poets. ...

Hu

• Langston Hughes, (1902-1967)
• Ted Hughes, (1930-1998)
• Richard Hugo
• Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), novelist, poet, and playwright
• Vicente Huidobro, (1893-1948)
• Lynda Hull, (1954-1994)
• Alexander Hume, (1560-1609)
• James Henry Leigh Hunt, (1784-1859), English poet
• Aldous Huxley, (1894-1963)

Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. ... 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, where Ted Hughes was born. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Victor-Marie Hugo (IPA: ) (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... Vicente Huidobro Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. ... // Life Lynda Hull (December 5, 1954 - March 29, 1994) was a United States poet. ... Alexander Hume (c. ... An artists rendering of James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. ...

I

• Avetik Isahakyan, (1875-1957), an Armenian lyric poet

Avetik Isahakian (Russian: Аветик Саакович Исаакян) (Armenian: Ավեթիգ Իսահագիան) (October 31 (October 19, O.S.), 1875 in Kazarapat, near Aleksandropol - October 17, 1957 in Yerevan) was an Armenian lyric poet, native of Gyumri. ...

J

Ja-Ju

• Richard Jago, (1715-1781)
• Clive James
• Randall Jarrell
• Robinson Jeffers, (died 1962)
• Simon Jenko, (1835-1869)
• Elizabeth Jennings
• Jia Dao
• John of the Cross (1542-1591), Spanish mystic and poet
• Edmund John
• Georgia Douglas Johnson
• Helene Johnson
• James Weldon Johnson, (1871-1938), author, poet, folklorist, and civil rights leader
• Lionel Johnson
• Samuel Johnson, (1709-1784)
• David Jones, (1895-1974), artist and poet
• Ben Jonson, (1573-1637), poet and dramatist
• Anthony Joseph
• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833-1904)
• James Joyce, (1882-1941)
• Frank Judge, (born 1946), editor & publisher, poet, translator and film critic
• Jamal Jumá, (born 1956)
• Donald Justice, (1925-2004), poet and artist
• Juvenal (late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE) Roman satirist

Richard Jago (1715 - May 8, 1781), was an English poet, third son of Richard Jago, rector of Beaudesert, Warwickshire, was born in 1715. ... Clive James AM (born October 7, 1939 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, and commentator on popular culture. ... Photograph of Jarrell in 1956 Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 15, 1965), was a United States author, writer and poet. ... John Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887–January 20, 1962) was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. ... Simon Jenko (October 27, 1835 - October 18, 1869) was a Slovene poet and lyricist. ... Elizabeth Jennings (July 18, 1926 – October 26, 2001) was an English poet, noted for her clarity of style and simplicity of literary approach. ... Jia Dao (779 - 843) was a Chinese poet born in Hebei. ... For the personification of the average Filipino, see Juan de la Cruz, and for another Saint who lived around the same time and area, see John of Avila Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a major figure in the... Edmund John (27 November 1883 -28 February 1917) was a British poet of the Uranian school whose verses were modelled on the Symbolist poetry of Swinburne and other earlier poets. ... Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1877-1966) was an American Black poet. ... Helen Johnson, who was better known as Helene Johnson (1906-1995) was an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. ... James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was a leading American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Lionel Pigot Johnson (15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902) was an English poet, essayist and critic. ... For other persons named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). ... David Jones CH (November 1, 1895-1974) was both an artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... Anthony Joseph The African Origins Of UFOs Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born avant garde poet, novelist, Spoken word performer and musician. ... Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (November 24, 1833 - June 3, 1904) is one of the most well known Serb poets. ... This article is about the writer and poet. ... Frank Judge (1946-) American poet, editor & publisher, translator. ... Jamal Jumá (b. ... Donald Justice (born in Miami, Florida, August 12, 1925 - died in Iowa City, Iowa, August 6, 2004) was an American poet and teacher of writing. ... Woodcut of Juvenal from the Nuremberg Chronicle Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, Anglicized as Juvenal, was a Roman satiric poet of the late 1st century and early 2nd century. ...

K

Ka-Kh

• Kábir,
• Uuno Kailas (1901-1933), Finnish
• Kálmán Kalocsay, (1891-1976)
• Orhan Veli Kanik
• Andreas Karavis, (born 1932)
• Erich Kästner, (1899-1974), poet, novelist
• Bob Kaufman (coined "Beatnik")
• Patrick Kavanagh, (1904-1967)
• John Keats, (1795-1821)
• Weldon Kees
• Arthur Kelton, (d. 1549/1550)
• X. J. Kennedy
• Jack Kerouac, (1922-1969), US writer
• Frederick Kesner (born 1967) Australian poet
• Keorapetse Kgositsile
• Khushal Khan Khattak
• Omar Khayyám, (1048-1122)
• Velemir Khlebnikov, (1885-1922)
• Vladislav Khodasevich, (1886-1939)
• Khalid Yazdani (born 1953)

Depiction of saint Kabir on the cover of a Hindi magazine named Shree Kabir Gyanamrit KabÄ«r (also KabÄ«ra) (Hindi: कबीर, GurmukhÄ«: ਕਬੀਰ, Urdu: ‎) (1440—1518)[1] ]]) (born in 1398 according to some accounts[1][2])was one of the most interesting personalities in the history of Indian mysticism. ... Uuno Kailas (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, writer and translator. ... Kálmán Kalocsay (October 6, 1891-February 27, 1976), in Hungarian name order Kalocsay Kálmán (pronounced ) is one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature. ... Orhan Veli Kanık (born on April 13, 1914 in Istanbul, died on November 14, 1950) was a Turkish poet. ... Andreas Karavis was a non-existent Greek poet and creation of Canadian poet David Solway. ... Erich Kästner (February 23, 1899 - July 29, 1974) is one of the most famous German authors of the 20th century. ... Bob Kaufman (April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986), born Robert Garnell Kaufman in New Orleans, Louisiana, was an American Beat poet and surrealist inspired by jazz music. ... Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 - 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet. ... Keats grave in Rome (left). ... Harry Weldon Kees (February 24, 1914- presumed dead July 18, 1955) was an American poet, critic, novelist and short story writer. ... Arthur Kelton (d. ... X.J. Kennedy (born 21 August 1929) is a prominent formalist poet, translator, anthologist and writer of childrens literature. ... Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. ... Frederick Alexander III Kesner is a Philippine-born Australian poet, educator and author. ... Cover of If I Could Sing (2002). ... Khushal Khan Khattak Khushal Khan Khattak (1613 - 1690) was a famous Afghan warrior, poet, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. ... For other people, places or with similar names of Khayam, see Khayyam (disambiguation). ... Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian: Велимир Хлебников; first name also spelled Velemir; last name also spelled Chlebnikov, Hlebnikov, Xlebnikov), pseudonym of Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov (born October 28, 1885, died June 28, 1922), was a central part of the... Vladislav Khodasevich and Nina Berberova in Sorrento in 1925 Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (1886-1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre litterateurs. ...

Ki-Kn

• Joyce Kilmer, (1886-1918)
• Amy King
• Henry King, (1592-1669)
• William King, (1663-1712)
• Gottfried Kinkel, (1815-1882)
• Galway Kinnell (born 1927, Body Bags)
• John Kinsella (born 1963)
• Thomas Kinsella
• Rudyard Kipling, (1865-1936), Just So Stories
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
• Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, (1724-1803)
• Etheridge Knight

Alfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer and editor. ... Amy King (born 1971) is an American poet with interests in pop culture and politics. ... Henry King may refer to: Henry King (poet), (1592-1669), English poet, Bishop of Chichester Henry Churchill King, (1858–1934) theologian and educator; served on King-Crane Commission Henry King, (1855-1923) Australian studio and landscape photographer Henry T. King was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials Herny King (congressman... William King (1663 - 1712) was an English poet. ... Johann Gottfried Kinkel (August 11, 1815 - November 13, 1882) was a German poet. ... Galway Kinnell (born February 1, 1927) is an American poet. ... John Kinsella (born February 2, 1963) is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, essayist and editor. ... Thomas Kinsella (born May 4, 1928) is an Irish poet, translator, editor and publisher. ... This article is about the British author. ... See also Just-so story for anthropological sense Wikisource has original text related to this article: Just So Stories The Just So Stories for Little Children were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. ... Turkish poet, writer, philosopher (1904-25 May 1983) // Definition In his own words, he was born in a huge mansion at Çemberlitaş, in one of the streets descending towards Sultanahmet (1904). ... Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (IPA: ; July 2, 1724 – March 14, 1803) was a German poet. ... Etheridge Knight (b. ...

Ko

Kob-Ky

• Jan Kochanowski (1530-84)
• Kenneth Koch (NY Poet school)
• Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1948), Pulitzer Prize recipient, (Dien Cai Dau, Neon Vernacular, etc.)
• Faik Konica
• Ted Kooser
• Koroglu
• Srecko Kosovel (1904-1926)
• Taja Kramberger (born 1970)
• Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801)
• Ruth Krauss
• Miroslav Krleža (1589-1638), poet, novelist
• Maxine Kumin
• Stanley Kunitz
• Tuli Kupferberg (born 1923)
• Onat Kutlar

Jan Kochanowski Jan Kochanowski (1530 - August 22, 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet and writer. ... Kenneth Koch (27 February 1925 - 6 July 2002) was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77. ... Yusef Komunyakaa Yusef Komunyakaa (1947- ) is an eminent American poet who currently teaches at Princeton University. ... Faik Konica (1875-1942) was one of the great figures of Albanian intellectual culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. ... Ted Kooser (b. ... The Epic of KöroÄŸlu (Turkish: KöroÄŸlu destanı) is a legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples. ... Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926) was a Slovene poet from Kras. ... Taja Kramberger (born September 11, 1970) is a Slovene poet, translator, essayist and historical anthropologist. ... Ignacy Krasicki Ignacy Krasicki (February 3, 1735, in Galicia — March 14, 1801, in Berlin) was a Polish prince of the Roman Catholic Church, a social critic, a leading writer, and the outstanding poet of the Polish Enlightenment, hailed by contemporaries as the Prince of Poets. ... Ruth Krauss (b. ... Miroslav Krleža. ... Maxine Kumin (b. ... Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (born July 29, 1905) is a noted American poet who served two years (1974–1976) as the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (a precursor to the modern Poet Laureate program), and served another year as United States Poet Laureate in 2000. ... Tuli Kupferberg (born September 28, 1923) is an American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, and publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs. ... Onat Kutlar (Alanya, 1936-Istanbul, 1995) Mehmet Arif Onat Kutlar. ...

L

La

• Pierre Labrie poet from Quebec (1972- )
• Jarkko Laine Finnish poet
• Philip Lamantia
• Alphonse de Lamartine
• Charles Lamb, (1775-1834)
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon
• Walter Savage Landor, (1775-1864), (English writer in Italy)
• Philip Larkin, (1922-1985)
• James Laughlin
• Comte de Lautréamont, (1846-1870)
• D.H. Lawrence, (1885-1930), author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Henry Lawson, prose and poetry
• Layamon
• Eric Layman
• Irving Layton, (born 1912 - 2006)
• Lalitha Lenin

Pierre Labrie (23 April 1972— ) is a Quebecois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. ... Jarkko Laine (born 17 March 1947, Turku) is a Finnish poet and the writer of prose and plays. ... Philip Lamantia (October 23, 1927-March 7, 2005) was a United States poet and lecturer. ... Portrait of Alphonse de Lamartine Lamartine in front of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris, on the 25 February 1848, by Philippoteaux Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Prat de Lamartine) (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician, born... Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 –- 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). ... Letitia Elizabeth Landon (August 14, 1802 - October 15, 1838), English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L. E. L. than as Miss Landon or Mrs Maclean, was descended from an old Herefordshire family, and was born in Chelsea, London. ... Walter Savage Landor (January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864), English writer, eldest son of Walter Landor and his wife Elizabeth Savage, was born at Warwick. ... Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... James Laughlin (October 30, 1914 - November 12, 1997) was an American poet, publisher, and man of letters. ... Lautréamont Comte de Lautréamont was the pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (April 4, 1846 – November 24, 1870), a French poet whose only work, Les Chants de Maldoror, had a major influence on modern literature, and in particular on the Surrealist movement. ... D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was one of the most important, certainly one of the most controversial, English writers of the 20th century, who wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters. ... This article is about the novel. ... Henry Lawson, circa 1902 Henry Lawson[1] (17 June 1867 - 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. ... Layamon, or Laȝamon (using the archaic letter yogh), was a poet of the early 13th century, whose Brut (c. ... Eric Layman (born in 1943 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet and songwriter/singer. ... Irving Layton OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Canadian poet. ... Lalitha Lenin (Malayalam: ലളിത ലെനിന്‍; born July 17, 1946), Thrithalloor, Thrissur district) is a renowned poet in Malayalam. ...

Le

• Edward Lear (1812-1888)
• Jan Lechon
• Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917)
• Dennis Lee, writer of children's poetry
• Eino Leino (1878-1926), Finnish
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Italian poet
• Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), poet, novelist
• Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, (1814-1841), poet, author and painter
• Boleslaw Lesmian
• Rika Lesser
• Gotthold Lessing, playwright, poet
• Denise Levertov (Black Mountain triumvirate)
• Philip Levine
• Larry Levis
• D. A. Levy (1942-1968), artist, poet, and publisher
• William Levy
• Saunders Lewis (1893-1985)
• Wyndham Lewis (1884-1957)

Edward Lear, 1812-1888 Eagle Owl, Edward Lear, 1837 Another Edward Lear owl, in his more familiar style Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularised. ... ... Francis Ledwidge (August 19, 1887 - July 31, 1917) was an Irish poet, killed in action during World War I. Ledwidge was born at Slane in Ireland, into a large and poverty-stricken family. ... For the inventor, see this Dennis Lee entry. ... Eino Leino (July 6, 1878 - January 10, 1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist, considered one of the important developers of Finnish poetry. ... Giacomo Leopardi, Count (June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837) is generally considered, along with such figures as Dante, Petrarca, Ariosto and Tasso, to be among Italys greatest poets and one of its greatest thinkers. ... Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), a Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called the poet of the Caucasus, was the most important presence in the Russian poetry from Alexander Pushkins death until his own four years later, at the age... Alternate meaning: Mikhail Lermontov (ship) Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikail Yurevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), Russian poet and novelist, often called the poet of... Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; 18781-1937) was a Polish poet, artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature. ... Rika Lesser is a U.S. poet, and is a translator of Swedish and German literary works. ... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist, and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Philip Levine, an American poet, was born in 1928 in Detroit, Michigan. ... Larry Patrick Levis (1946-1996) was an acclaimed U.S. poet of the latter part of the twentieth century. ... d. ... William Levy (born January 10, 1939), known as the Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam and Dr. Doo-Wop, is the author of such works as The Virgin Sperm Dancer, Wet Dreams, Certain Radio Speeches of Ezra Pound and Natural Jewboy. ... Saunders Lewis (John Saunders Lewis), (October 15, 1893 - September 1, 1985), was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. ... Wyndham Lewis in 1916 Percy Wyndham Lewis (November 18, 1882 – March 7, 1957) was a Canadian-born British painter and author. ...

Li

• Li Hou Zhu, (931-978)
• José Lezama Lima (Cuban)
• Tim Liardet
• Li Po, (701-762), the Poet Immortal
• Li Qiao
• Li Qingzhao
• Li Shangyin
• Tim Lilburn
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh, (1906-2001)
• Vachel Lindsay, (1879-1931)
• Thomas Lodge, (1556-1625)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (1807-1882), American
• Federico García Lorca
• Richard Lovelace, (1618-1658)
• Amy Lowell, (1874-1925), American
• James Russell Lowell, (1819-1891), American
• Robert Lowell, (1917-1977), American
• Mina Loy (Dada)
• Lu You
• Gherasim Luca
• Lucilius
• Maria White Lowell, (1821-1853), American
• Lucan, (39-65), Roman
• Lucretius, (98?-55 BC), physicist
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
• Luo Binwang
• Mario Luzi
• John Lydgate, (1370-1450)
• John Lyly, (1553-1606)
• George Lyttelton, (1709-1773)

Li Houzhu (李後主; pinyin: lǐ hòu zhǔ) (936 or 937 - 978) was a Chinese poet and the last ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom from 961 to 975 during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period; he has been called the first true master of... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Tim Liardet (born in London) is a poet and critic. ... Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet, considered the greatest romantic poet of the Tang dynasty. ... Li Qiao (李峤, 644-713) was a Chinese poet and official born in Shanxi. ... Li Qingzhao (Traditional Chinese: 李清照; Simplified Chinese: 李清照, pinyin: Lǐ QÄ«ngzhào; Wade-Giles: Li Ching-chao) (1084 - ca. ... Li Shangyin (李商隱 Lǐ Shāngyǐn, also known as 李義山, Li Yishan) (between 810 and 813- 858), was a Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan Province). ... Tim Lilburn (born in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian poet. ... Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an author and pioneering American aviator. ... Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (November 10, 1879 – December 5, 1931) was an American poet. ... Thomas Lodge (c. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm of Life, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. He also wrote the first American translation of Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy and was one of the five members... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657) was an English poet and nobleman, born in Woolwich, today part of south-east London. ... Amy Lowell Amy Lawrence Lowell (February 9, 1874 – May 12, 1925) was an American poet of the imagist school who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926. ... James Russell Lowell (b. ... Robert Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV, was a highly regarded mid-twentieth-century American poet. ... Image:Loy-Haweis1904. ... Lu You (陆游 or 陸遊)(1125- 1210) was a Chinese poet of the southern Song dynasty. ... Gherasim Luca (or Gherashim Luca) (July 23, 1913 - February 9, 1994) was a surrealist theorist and Romanian poet, frequently cited in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. ... Lucilius is the nomen of the gens Lucilia of ancient Rome. ... Maria White Lowell in 1845 Maria White Lowell (8 July 1821 - 27 October 1853) was a United States poet and abolitionist. ... Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39-April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ... Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus (c. ... Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as “Fitzhugh Ludlow,” (September 11, 1836 – September 12, 1870) was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857). ... Luo Binwang (骆宾王) (around 640 - 684) of the Tang Dynasty, was a Chinese poet born at Yiwu, Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but raised in Shandong. ... Mario Luzi (20 October 1914 – 28 February 2005) was an Italian poet. ... John Lydgate (1370?-1451?); Monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England. ... John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. ... George Lyttelton (1709—1773), created first Baron Lyttelton, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts. ...

M

Ma

Mac-Mak

• Hugh MacDiarmid, (1892-1978)
• George MacDonald, (1824-1905), poet, novelist
• Sorley MacLean, (1911-1996), Scots Gaelic poet
• Gwendolyn MacEwen, Canadian writer, poet
• Arthur Machen, (1863-1947), Irish poet
• Compton Mackenzie
• Archibald MacLeish, (1892-1982)
• Louis MacNeice, (1907-1963)
• Haki R. Madhubuti
• John Gillespie Magee, Jr., (1922-1941) (aviation poet, combat pilot officer)
• Derek Mahon (Northern Irish poet)
• Rudolf Maister (1874-1934), general and poet
• G. D. Madgulkar (1919-Unknown) Marathi and Hindi poet, lyricist, playwright, actor and orator.

Hugh MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (August 11, 1892, Langholm - September 9, 1978), perhaps the most important Scottish poet of the 20th century. ... George MacDonald George MacDonald (December 10, 1824 – September 18, 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. ... Sorley MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: ) (b. ... Gwendolyn MacEwen (September 1, 1941-November 29, 1987) was a Canadian novelist and poet. ... Arthur Machen (March 3, 1863 – December 15th, 1947) was a leading Welsh-born author of the 1890s. ... Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie, (1883–1972), was an Scottish novelist. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... Frederick Louis MacNeice (September 12, 1907 – September 3, 1963) was a British and Irish poet and playwright. ... As poet, publisher, editor and educator, Haki R. Madhubuti serves as a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition, emerging from the era of the sixties and continuing to the present. ... John Gillespie Magee Jr Magees Grave, Scopwick Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Junior (June 9, 1922 – December 11, 1941) was a British-American aviator and poet who died fighting in World War II while serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he had joined before the United States... Derek Mahon Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is an Irish poet. ... Rudolf Maister-Vojanov (March 29, 1874 - July 26, 1934) was a Slovene colonel in the Austro-Hungarian army. ... Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (October 1, 1919–December 14, 1977) was an Indian poet, lyricist, playwright, actor and orator. ... Marathi is one of the widely spoken languages of India, and has a long literary history. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ...

Mal-Mar

• Stephane Mallarme, (1842-1898)
• David Mallet
• Sir Thomas Malory
• Goffredo Mameli (1827-1849), Italian patriot, poet and writer
• Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), (also spelt Mandelshtam), Russian poet
• James Clarence Mangan
• Bill Manhire (born 1946)
• Manilius
• Heinrich Mann, (1871-1950)
• Klaus Mann, (1906-1949)
• Thomas Mann, (1875-1955), author
• Ruth Manning-Sanders, (1895-1988)
• Robert Mannyng of Brunne, (1269-1340)
• Chris Mansell (1953-)
• Alessandro Manzoni, (1785-1873), poet, novelist
• Ausias March, (1397-1459), poet of the 15th century
• Marie de France, (fl. 12th century)
• Giambattista Marini, (1569-1625)
• Edwin Markham
• Christopher Marlowe, (1564-1593), English playwright
• Clément Marot, (1496-1544)
• Martial (40-ca. 102), Roman epigrammist
• Harry Martinson, (1904-1978), Swedish poet
• Andrew Marvell, (1621-1678)

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by Édouard Manet. ... David Mallet (or Malloch) (~1705 – 1765) was a Scottish dramatist. ... Sir Thomas Malory (c. ... Goffredo Mameli (Genoa, September 5, 1827 - Rome, July 7, 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet and writer, and a notable figure in the Italian Risorgimento. ... Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (also spelled Mandelshtam) (Russian: ) (January 15 [O.S. January 3] 1891 – December 27, 1938) was a Jewish Russian poet and essayist, one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets. ... James Clarence Mangan (1803 - 1849), poet, born at Dublin, son of a small grocer, was brought up in poverty, and received most of his education from a priest who instructed him in several modern languages. ... Bill Manhire (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. ... Marcus Manilius (fl. ... Luiz (Ludwig) Heinrich Mann (March 27, 1871 – March 12, 1950) wrote German novels with social themes whose attacks on the authoritarian and increasingly militaristic nature of post-Weimar German society led to his exile in 1933. ... Klaus Mann at 12 years old. ... For other persons named Thomas Mann, see Thomas Mann (disambiguation). ... Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1895 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of childrens books in which she collected and retold fairy tales from all over the world. ... Robert Mannyng of Brunne, a Gilbertine Monk, provides a surprising amount of information about himself in his two known works, Handlyng Synne and a Chronicle. ... Chris Mansell (b 1953 ) is an Australian poet. ... Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (March 7, 1785–May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. ... This article should be translated from material at ca:Ausi s March. ... Marie de France from an illuminated manuscript Marie de France (Mary of France) was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. ... Giambattista Marini (or Marino) (October 18, 1569 - March 25, 1625) was an Italian poet, born at Naples. ... Charles Edwin Anson Markham (April 23, 1852 - March 7, 1940) was an American poet. ... This article is about the English dramatist. ... Clément Marot (1496–1544), was a French poet of the Renaissance period. ... Marcus Valerius Martialis, known in English as Martial, was a Latin poet from Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. ... Harry Martinson (May 6, 1904 – February 11, 1978) was an author and poet. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Mas-Maz

• John Masefield, (1878-1967)
• Edgar Lee Masters, (1869-1950)
• Matsuo Bashō, (1644-1694), haiku poet
• Glyn Maxwell, (born 1962)
• Vladimir Mayakovsky, (1893-1930)
• Karl May, (1842-1912), German poet

John Edward Masefield, OM, (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967), was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. ... Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 - March 5, 1950) was an American poet, biographer and dramatist. ... A statue of Bashō in Hiraizumi, Iwate. ... For the operating system, see Haiku (operating system). ... Glyn Maxwell (born in 1962) is a British poet. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1893 – April 14, 1930) was a Russian poet, among the foremost representatives of early-20th century Futurism. ... Karl May. ...

Mc

• Michael McClure (Dark Brown - beat)
• John McCrae, (1872-1918), In Flanders Fields
• Bryant H. McGill
• William Topaz McGonagall, (died 1902), reputed to be the worst poet in the history of the English language
• Roger McGough, (born 1937), comedian, poet
• Campbell McGrath
• Wendy McGrath
• Thomas McGrath, (1916-1990), The Movie at the End of the World
• Duncan McIntyre, Gaelic poet, aka Duncan Ban McIntyre
• James McIntyre, (1827-1906), the "Cheese Poet," known as the worst poet in Canadian history
• Claude McKay
• Don McKay
• Rod McKuen
• James McMichael (born 1939)

Michael McClure, an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist, was born in Marysville, Kansas on (October 20, 1932) before moving to San Francisco as a young man. ... Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. ... A small portion of In Flanders Fields appeared alongside McCraes portrait on a Canadian stamp of 1968, issued to commemorate a half-century since his death. ... Bryant Harrison McGill (born November 7, 1969) is an American editor and author. ... William Topaz McGonagall (1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet. ... Front cover of the 1983 revised edition of The Mersey Sound Roger McGough CBE (born November 9, 1937) is a well-known British performance poet. ... Campbell McGrath is a notable modern American poet. ... Wendy McGrath is a poet and novelist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Thomas McGrath, (Sheldon, North Dakota, 1916 - Minneapolis, September 1990) was an American poet. ... Duncan McIntyre ( 23 December 1834 – 13 June 1894) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman noted for his participation in the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate of 1880 and as a founder of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. ... James McIntyre (1827-1906), called The Cheese Poet, was a Canadian poet. ... Claude McKay (September 15, 1889[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican writer and communist. ... Donald Fleming McKay (born June 25, 1942) is a Canadian poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. ... Rod McKuen (born April 29, 1933) is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s. ... Image:JamesMcMichaelPoet. ...

Me

• Meng Houran
• Norman MacCaig
• Mei Yaochen
• Meng Haoran
• George Meredith, (1828-1909), English poet, novelist
• Stuart Merrill, (1863-1915), (symbolist)
• James Merrill, (1926-1995), (The Inner Room & Nights and Days)
• Thomas Merton, (1915-1968), American author and Trappist monk
• W.S. Merwin, (The Miner's Pale Children)
• Sarah Messer, (born 1966), American poet and writer
• Charlotte Mew, (1869-1928)
• Henry Meyer, (1840-1925)

Meng Haoran (孟浩然) (689 or 691 - 740) was a Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty. ... The cover of MacCaigs Selected Poems Norman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet. ... Mei Yaochen (梅尧臣) (1002 - 1060) was a poet of the Song dynasty. ... Meng Haoran (孟浩然) (pinyin: Mèng Hàorán; Wade-Giles: Meng Hao-jan) (689 or 691 - 740) was a Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty. ... George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 – May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. ... Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) was a American poet, born in Hampstead, New York, who wrote in the French language. ... poet James Merrill, age 30, in a 1957 publicity photograph for The Seraglio James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 - February 6, 1995) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American writer, increasingly regarded as one of the most important 20th century poets in the English language. ... Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) was one of the most influential Catholic authors of the 20th century. ... Trappist can refer to: a religious order - see Trappists some of the products, made by the order - see Trappist beer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). ... William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born on September 30, 1927 in New York City and grew up in Union City, New Jersey, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... Biography Sarah Messer (born 1966) is an American poet and author. ... Charlotte Mary Mew (November 15, 1869 – March 24, 1928) was an English poet. ... Henry Meyer (1840-1925) was a poet originally from Brush Valley (Centre County), Pennsylvania. ...

Mi-Ml

• Henri Michaux, poet and painter
• Adam Mickiewicz, (1798-1855), outstanding Polish poet and writer
• Veronica Micle (1850-1889)
• Agnes Miegel, (1879-1964)
• Josephine Miles
• Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
• Joaquin Miller, (1837-1913)
• Leslie Adrienne Miller
• Tim Miller, poet and publisher
• Spike Milligan, (1918-2002), (The Goon Show)
• Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980 (1911-2004)
• Alice Duer Miller
• Grazyna Miller, poet and translator Italian -Polish,
• John Milton, (1608-1674), English poet
• Gabriela Mistral, (1889-1957), Winner of the nobel prize for literature.
• Adrian Mitchell
• S. Weir Mitchell, American novelist, poet
• Ndre Mjeda

Henri Michaux (May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was a highly individualistic Belgian poet, writer and painter who wrote in the French language. ... Adam Mickiewicz. ... Veronica Micle Veronica Micle (born Ana Câmpeanu on 22 April 1850, Năsăud — 3 August 1889, Văratec) was a Romanian poet. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Agnes Miegel(March 9, 1879 - October 26, 1964) was a German author, journalist and important poet. ... Josephine Miles (June 11, 1911 - 1985) was the first woman to be tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. ... Edna St. ... Joaquin Miller Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the colorful American poet, essayist and fabulist Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (March 10, 1841, or alternatively September 8, 1837, or November 10, 1841 - February 17, 1913). ... Leslie Adrienne Miller is author of five collections of poems, The Resurrection Trade, Graywolf Press, 2007, Eat Quite Everything You See, Graywolf Press, 2002, Yesterday Had a Man in it, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998, Ungodliness, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1994, and Staying Up For Love, Carnegie Mellon University Press... For other persons named Tim Miller, see Tim Miller (disambiguation). ... Terence Alan Milligan KBE (16 April 1918–27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright. ... CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz  ; (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004), was a Polish poet, writer, academic, and translator. ... Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Polish language. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Alice Duer Miller (28 July 1874 - 22 August 1942) was an American writer and poet. ... Grazyna Miller (1957) is a poet born in Poland. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Look up Translator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ... Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, are awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. ... Adrian Mitchell (born 1932) is a British poet and dramatist. ... Silas Weir Mitchell Silas Weir Mitchell (b. ... Ndre Mjeda (Shkodër, Albania November 20, 1866 - Shkodër, Albania August 1, 1937) was an Albanian Gheg poet. ...

Mo

• Harold Monro
• Harriet Monroe (Poetry magazine)
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, (1661-1715), creator of the Bank of England
• Eugenio Montale (Nobel Laureate)
• Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
• Dom Moraes
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poetess
• Merrill Moore, (1903-1957), Sonneteer
• Thomas Moore, (1779-1852)
• Frederick Morgan
• John Morgan, (1688-1733)
• Christian Morgenstern, (1871-1914)
• William Morris, (1834-1896), (Norse sagas & old French matter)
• Jim Morrison (poet, songwriter)
• Stephen Morse (1945 - ), (American Small Press Poet and Publisher)
• Moschus (fl. 2nd century BC), bucolic poet
• Howard Moss
• Andrew Motion, (poet laureate 1999-)
• Enrique Moya, (poet, fiction writer, essayist, born 1958)

... Harriet Monroe (1860-12-23 – 1936-09-26) was an American editor, scholar, literary critic, and patron of the arts. ... Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (April 16, 1661 - May 19, 1715) was Chancellor of the Exchequer, poet, statesman, and Earl of Halifax. ... Headquarters Coordinates , , Governor Mervyn King Central Bank of United Kingdom Currency Pound sterling ISO 4217 Code GBP Base borrowing rate 5. ... Eugenio Montale Eugenio Montale (October 12, 1896, Genoa – September 12, 1981, Milan) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and traslator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (December 11, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Dominic Francis Moraes (July 19, 1938 - June 2, 2004), popularly known as Dom Moraes was an Indian writer, poet and columnist. ... Edythe Morahan de Lauzon (or Morahan-de Lauzon) was a Canadian poet who published Angels Songs from the Golden City of the Blessed in 1918 and From The Kingdom Of The Stars in 1922. ... Merrill Moore (1903 – 1957) was an American M.D., psychiatrist and poet. ... A sonneteer is a poet that composes sonnets, though the individual may not necessarily write poetry exclusively in that particular poetic form. ... For other persons named Thomas Moore, see Thomas Moore (disambiguation). ... Frederick E. Morgan Sir Frederick Edgeworth Morgan (b. ... John Morgan of Matchin (1688 - 1733) was a Welsh clergyman and poet. ... Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871–March 31, 1914) was a German author and poet. ... This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... For other persons named James or Jim Morrison, see James Morrison. ... Small Press Editors and Publishers -- Stephen Morse Stephen Morse (1945 - ) Sometimes referred to as the last living Oakland Side Beat poet, edited and published The White Elephant, 5 editions 1970 -1973,and Juice 7 editions 1974 - 1982. ... Moschus, Ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, was born at Syracuse and flourished about 150 BC. He was also known for his grammatical work, nothing of which survives. ... Howard Moss (January 22, 1922–September 16, 1987) was an American poet, dramatist, and critic who was poetry editor of The New Yorker magazine from 1948 until his death. ... Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born October 26, 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer who is the current Poet Laureate. ... Enrique Moya (Caracas, 1958), poet, fiction writer, literary translator, essayist; critic of music and literature. ...

Mu

• Erich Mühsam, (1878-1934), German poet and revolutionary
• Paul Muldoon, (born 1951)
• Laura Mullen, American poet
• Sheila Murphy, U.S. poet
• Joan Murray, (born 1945), U.S. poet.
• Les Murray, (born 1938)
• Anthony Munday, (1553-1633)
• Richard Murphy, poet, member of Aosdána
• Susan Musgrave, Poet.

Erich Mühsam (1878-1934) Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 in Berlin, Germany – 10 July 1934 Oranienburg Concentration Camp) (also spelled Muehsam or Muhsam) was an German-Jewish anarchist, writer, poet, dramatist and cabaret performer. ... Paul Muldoon (b. ... (b. ... Sheila E. Murphy (b. ... Joan Murray (born in New York City in 1945- ) is an American poet. ... Leslie Allan Murray (born 17 October 1938) is an Australian poet and critic. ... Anthony Munday (or Monday) (1560?–August 10, 1633), was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. ... Richard Murphy (b. ... Aosdána (IPA: ; from aos dána, Irish people of the arts) is an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts. ... Susan Musgrave (born March 12, 1951) is a Canadian poet and childrens writer who lives in Sidney, British Columbia. ...

N

Na-Nj

• Ogden Nash, (1902-1971), : Santa Claus
• Thomas Nashe, (1567-1601)
• Nedîm, (1681?–1730), Ottoman poet
• John Neihardt, (1881-1973)
• Émile Nelligan, (1879-1941), Quebec poet
• Howard Nemerov, (born 1920), (Guide to the Ruins)
• Pablo Neruda, (Residence on Earth 1946), Winner of the nobel prize for literature.
• Nesîmî, (d. 1417?), Azerbaijani poet
• Neşâtî, (d. 1674), Ottoman poet
• Henry Newbolt, (1862-1938), historian, poet
• John Henry Newman, (1801-1890)
• Nezami (1141–1209)
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil (1974- )
• B. P. Nichol, (1944-1988)
• John Gambril Nicholson (6 October 1866 - 1 July 1931)
• Lorine Niedecker (May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970)
• Miloš Đoka Nikolić (Millosh Gjergj Nikolla)
• Petar Petrovic Njegos, (1813-1851), Serb poet & ruler

Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verse. ... A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ... Thomas Nashe (November 1567–1600?) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. ... Nedîm (ﻥﺪیﻢ) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of one of the most celebrated Ottoman poets. ... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: or , Ottoman Turkish: ‎ ) was the variant of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. ... Johnathan (John) Gneisenau Neihardt (January 8, 1881 - November 24, 1973) was an American author of poetry and prose, an amateur historian and ethnographer, and a philosopher of the Great Plains. ... // Biography Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 - November 18, 1941) was a French language poet from Quebec, Canada. ... Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was United States Poet Laureate on two separate occasions: from 1963 to 1964, and from 1988 to 1990. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the penname and, later, legal name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, are awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. ... Nesîmî (نسيمى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of one of the greatest poets of the Azerbaijani and Divan traditions, and was the first to write using the Azerbaijani language in its modern form. ... Neşâtî (نشاطى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of an Ottoman poet. ... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: or , Ottoman Turkish: ‎ ) was the variant of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. ... Sir Henry John Newbolt (June 6, 1862 - April 19, 1938) was an English author and poet. ... J H Newman age 23 when he preached his first sermon. ... Nezami (1141–1209) Nezāmi-ye GanjavÄ« (Persian: ; Azerbaijani: ;‎ 1141 – 1209), or NezāmÄ« (Persian: ), whose full name was Nizām ad-DÄ«n AbÅ« Muhammad Ilyās ibn-YusÅ«f ibn-ZakÄ« ibn-Muayyid, is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial... Aimee Nezhukumatathil (b. ... Barrie Phillip Nichol (September 30, 1944 _ September 25, Canadian poet. ... John Gambril Francis Nicholson (6 October 1866 - 1 July 1931) was an English school teacher and Uranian poet. ... Lorine Niedecker (May 12, 1903 - December 31, 1970) was born on the Black Hawk Island near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. ... Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (MiloÅ¡ Đoka Nikolić[1]) (October 13, 1911 - August 26, 1938) was an Albanian poet of Montenegrin origin born in Shkodër, Albania. ... Petar II Petrović Njegoš (sr-cyr: Петар II Петровић Његош) (November 1, 1813-October 10, 1851) was a Montenegrin poet, ruler of Montenegro (sr-cyr: Црна Гор&#1072... Languages Serbian Religions Predominantly Serbian Orthodox Christian Related ethnic groups Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs See Cognate peoples below (* many Serbs opted for Yugoslav ethnicity) [27] Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in...

No-Ny

• Christopher Nolan, (born 1970), poet, member of Aosdána
• Fan Noli (January 6, 1882 - March 13, 1965)
• Nolla, Olga (1938-2001), Puerto Rican poet and writer
• Caroline Norton (1808 - 1877)
• Cyprian Kamil Norwid
• Novalis, (1772-1801), German poet and novelist
• Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg)
• Alfred Noyes
• Naomi Shihab Nye

Christopher Nolan (born July 30, 1970) is an Academy Award nominated film director, writer and producer. ... Aosdána (IPA: ; from aos dána, Irish people of the arts) is an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts. ... Theophan (Fan) Stylian Noli (January 6, 1882 - March 13, 1965) was an Albanian bishop and politician, who served briefly as prime minister and regent of Albania in 1924. ... Olga Nolla (1938 – 2001) (full name Olga Nolla Ramírez de Arellano). ... Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (Sheridan) (1808 - 1877), grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley Sarah, married in 1827 the Hon. ... Categories: Literature stubs | 1821 births | 1883 deaths | Polish painters | Polish poets | Polish writers ... For the German rock band, see Novalis (band). ... Novalis was the pseudonym of Friedrich Leopold, Freiherr von Hardenberg (May 2, 1772 - March 25, 1801), a German poet and novelist. ... Alfred Noyes (September 16, 1880 – June 28, 1958) was an English poet, best known for his ballads The Highwayman (1906) and The Barrel Organ. ... Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and songwriter born in 1952 to a Palestinian father and American mother. ...

O

• Francis Ohanyido (1970- ), African Philosopher -Poet
• Frank O'Hara (1926-1966), New York School
• Sharon Olds
• Mary Oliver
• Charles Olson (Black Mountain School founder)
• Saishu Onoe, Japanese poet
• George Oppen
• Peter Orlovsky (beat)
• Öser
• Alice Oswald
• Ouyang Xiu
• Ovid, (43 BC-17 AD), Roman poet
• Wilfred Owen, (1893-1918)
• Ismet Özel

Francis Ohanyido (born March 4, 1970) is an African philosopher, poet, essayist, public health Physician, and activist. ... Francis Russell OHara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of what was known as the New York School of poetry. ... The New York School (synonymous with abstract expressionist painting) was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in New York City. ... Sharon Olds (born November 19, 1942) is an American poet and author of eight volumes of poetry. ... Mary Oliver (1935 –) is an American poet. ... Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970) was an important 2nd generation American modernist poet who was a crucial link between earlier figures like Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, a rubric which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat... The Black Mountain poets, sometimes called projectivist poets, were a group of mid 20th century American avant-garde or postmodern poets centered around Black Mountain College. ... Onoe Saishū (1876-1957) was a Japanese tanka poet and calligrapher. ... George Oppen, a picture now used as the cover for the recently published Selected Poems George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. ... Peter Orlovsky (born July 8, 1933) is an American poet best known for being the lover of Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg. ... Öser (also written Woeser; Tibetan: འོད་ཟེར་; Wylie: Od-zer; Simplified Chinese: 唯色; pinyin: Wéisè) (born 1966) is a Tibetan poet and essayist. ... Alice Oswald is a well-prized English poet. ... Ouyang Xiu (Ou-Yang Hsiu) (歐陽修; 欧阳修 style name: Yongshu 永叔; also known as Zuiweng 醉翁 and Liuyi Jushi 六一居士) (Wade-Giles: Ouyang Hsiu) (1007 - 1072) was a Chinese statesman, historian, essayist and poet of the Song Dynasty. ... For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation) Publius Ovidius Naso (March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid who wrote on topics of love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. ... Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was a British poet and soldier, regarded by many as the leading poet of the First World War. ... Ä°smet Özel (Kayseri,1944) is a Turkish poet. ...

P

Pa

• Ruth Padel (born 8 May 1946)
• Ron Padgett
• Grace Paley
• Francis Turner Palgrave (September 28, 1824 - October 24, 1897)
• Santeri Palin, (1983-), Finnish poet
• Palladas
• Michael Palmer, (1943-)
• Daniele Pantano, (1976-)
• Dorothy Parker, (1893-1967)
• Thomas Parnell, (1670-1718)
• Nicanor Parra, Chile
• Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet
• Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960), novelist
• Kenneth Patchen, (1911-1972)
• Andrew Barton Paterson (banjo)
• Don Paterson
• Coventry Patmore
• Brian Patten
• Octavio Paz, (1914-1998), Mexican poet

Ruth Padel (born 1947) is a British classical scholar, poet and journalist. ... Ron Padgett, born in 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a poet and member of the New York School. ... Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007) was an American short story writer, poet, and political activist whose work won a number of awards. ... Francis Turner Palgrave (September 28, 1824 - October 24, 1897) was a British critic and poet. ... Santeri Palin (also known as Incánus) (born September 15, 1983) was born in Nokia, Finland. ... Palladas (flourished 4th century AD) Greek poet. ... Michael Palmer (b. ... Daniele Pantano is a poet, translator, and editor. ... Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ... Thomas Parnell (1679-1718) was a poet, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College. ... Nicanor Parra (born in San Fabián de Alico on September 5, 1914) is a Chilean poet. ... Giovanni Pascoli (December 31, 1855—April 6, 1912) was an Italian poet and classical scholar. ... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Russian: ) (February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1890 – May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel Doctor Zhivago. ... Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911 – January 8, 1972) was an American poet and novelist. ... Banjo Paterson. ... For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments. ... Don Paterson (born 1963) is a Scottish poet and musician who was awarded the TS Eliot Prize for poetry for the second time in six years in 2004, and having already won the poetry category narrowly missed the same years Whitbread Prize. ... Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (July 23, 1823 - November 26, 1896) was an English poet and critic. ... Brian Patten (photo by Hugo Glendinning) Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool) is a British poet, born in a working-class neighbourhood near the docks. ... Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet, diplomat, and 1990 Nobel Prize winner for literature Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...

Pe-Pl

• Thomas Love Peacock, (1785-1866), English poet, novelist
• Patrick Pearse, poet, teacher and leader of the Easter Rising
• Charles Péguy, 20th century poet
• Sam Pereira
• Persius (34-62), Roman poet
• Fernando Pessoa, (1888-1935)
• Robert Peters, (1924-) American poet
• Pascale Petit
• Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca), (1304-1374)
• Ambrose Philips
• Pindar (522-443 BC), Theban lyric poet
• Robert Pinsky (former US poet laureate)
• Ruth Pitter
• Christine de Pizan, (circa 1365-circa 1430), historian, poet, philosopher
• Sylvia Plath, (1932-1963), (The Colossue)
• Shmuel Plavnik(1886-1941), Belarusian poet and writer

Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig Pearse; Irish: ; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was a teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Combatants Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republican Brotherhood British Army Royal Irish Constabulary Commanders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly Brigadier-General Lowe General Sir John Maxwell Strength 1250 in Dublin, c. ... Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873-September 4, 1914) was a noted French poet and essayist. ... The Poet Sam Pereira American poet Sam Pereira was born in Los Banos, California on April 17, 1949. ... Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (AD 34-62), was a Roman poet and satirist. ... Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (pron. ... Robert Louis Peters is a poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin in 1924. ... Pascale Petit (born in Paris in 1953) is a poet and editor. ... From the c. ... Ambrose Philips (c. ... Pindar (or Pindarus) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae, a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos), was perhaps the greatest of the nine lyric poets of ancient Greece. ... Robert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator who served in the post of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (known popularly as the Poet Laureate of the United States) from 1997 to 2000. ... Ruth Pitter (1897 - February 29, 1992) was a British poet. ... Christine de Pizan instructing her son. ... Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. ... Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik (Samuił Jefimowicz Płaŭnik, Belarusian: ; April 23, 1886 - November 3, 1941), better known by the pen name Źmitrok Biadula, was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement. ...

Po-Pu

• Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849), US mystery writer and poet
• Marie Ponsot, (born 1921)
• Alexander Pope, (1688-1744), English poet
• Ezra Pound, (1885-1972), (The Pisan Cantos)(Imagist movement leader)
• Halina Poswiatowska
• Winthrop Mackworth Praed
• E.J. Pratt
• France Prešeren, (1800-1849), Slovene
• Jacques Prévert, (1900-1977), French poet
• Robert Priest
• Matthew Prior, (1664-1721)
• Bryan Waller Proctor
• Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
• Luigi Pulci
• Aleksandr Pushkin, (1799-1837), Russian poet

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... Image:MariePonsot. ... For other uses, see Alexander Pope (disambiguation). ... Ezra Pound in 1913. ... Halina PoÅ›wiatowska (May 9, 1935, CzÄ™stochowa, Poland - October 11, 1967, Warsaw, Poland) - Polish poet and writer, one of the most important figures in modern Polish literature. ... Winthrop Mackworth Praed (July 28, 1802 - July 15, 1839) was an English politician and poet of political wit. ... Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 - April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was a Canadian poet from Newfoundland. ... France Prešeren France Prešeren (December 3, 1800 - February 8, 1849) was a Slovenian poet. ... Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter who was born on February 4, 1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died on April 11, 1977 in Omonville-la-Petite. ... Robert Priest (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and childrens author who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Matthew Prior (July 21, 1664 – September 18, 1721) was an English poet and diplomat. ... Bryan Waller Procter (November 21, 1787 _ October 5, 1874) was an English poet. ... Kevin D. Prufer (born 1969) is an American academic, editor, essayist, and poet. ... Luigi Pulci (15 August 1432 - 1484) was an Italian poet most famous for his Morgante, an epic story of a giant who is converted to Christianity and follows Orlando, all written in a mock-heroic tone. ... Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, Aleksandr Sergeevič PuÅ¡kin,  ) (June 6, 1799 [O.S. May 26] – February 10, 1837 [O.S. January 29]) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet[1] [2][3] and the founder of modern Russian...

Q

R

Ra-Re

• Dalia Rabikovich, (born 1936)
• Kathleen Raine, (1908-2003)
• Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
• Dudley Randall
• Thomas Randolph, (1605-1635)
• John Crowe Ransom, (1888-1974)
• Tom Raworth
• Man Ray, (1890-1976), (Dada)
• Wayne Ray, 1950 -
• Henry Reed, (1914-1986)
• Ishmael Reed
• Abraham Regelson, (1896-1981)
• Christopher Reid (In the Echoey Tunnel)
• Erich Maria Remarque, (1898-1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
• Kenneth Rexroth
• Charles Reznikoff
• Pi Rixiu

Dalia Rabikovich (born 1936; died 21 August 2005) was an Israeli poet and peace activist, best known for the freedom of expression in her romantic poetry. ... Kathleen Raine Kathleen Jessie Raine (June 14, 1908 – July 6, 2003) was a British poet, critic and independent scholar writing in particular on William Blake and W. B. Yeats. ... Carl Rakosi (November 6, 1903 – June 24, 2004) was the last surviving member of the Objectivist poets. ... Dudley Randall (1914 - 2000) was an African-American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. ... Thomas Randolph (June, 1605 - March, 1635), English poet and dramatist, was born near Daventry in Northamptonshire, and was baptized on June 18, 1605. ... John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888, Pulaski, Tennessee- July 3, 1974, Gambier, Ohio) was an American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic. ... Tom Raworth (Thomas Moore Raworth) (born 1938) is a London-born poet and visual artist who has published over 40 books of poetry and prose since 1966. ... Man Ray, photographed at Gaite-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris by Carl Van Vechten on June 16, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... Wayne Scott Ray (born 1950 in Alabama) is a Canadian poet. ... Henry Reed (February 22, 1914 - December 8, 1986) was a British poet, translator, radio dramatist and journalist. ... Ishmael Scott Reed (b. ... Abraham Regelson (1896-1981), Hebrew poet, author, childrens author, translator, editor Abraham Regelson was born in Hlusk, White Russia, in the year 1896, and died at his home in Neveh Monossohn in the year 1981. ... Christopher Reid (born in 1949) is a British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. ... Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970) was the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark, a German author. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I, about the horrors of that war and also the deep detachment from German civilian life felt by many men returning from the front. ... For the films, see All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film). ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. ... Charles Reznikoff (August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined. ... Pi Rixiu 皮日休 was a Tang dynasty poet, born ca 838 at Xiangyang, Hubei, died ca 883; style name Yishao, pseudonym: Lumengzhi. ...

Ri

• Stan Rice, (1943-2002), poet and artist
• Adrienne Rich
• Lola Ridge, (1873-1941)
• Laura Riding, (1901-1981)
• Anne Ridler
• James Whitcomb Riley, (1853-1916)
• Rainer Maria Rilke, (1875-1926)
• Arthur Rimbaud, (1854-1891), symbolist poet

Stan Rice ([[1942] - December 9, 2002) was an American poet and artist and husband of writer Anne Rice (married 1961). ... Adrienne Rich (born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer. ... Lola Ridge (December 12, 1873- May 19, 1941) was an anarchist poet and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications best remembered for her long poems and poetic sequences. ... Laura (Riding) Jackson (January 16, 1901 - September 2, 1991) was a United States poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer. ... Anne Barbara Ridler (nee Bradby) (July 30, 1912- October 15, 2001) was a British poet, and Faber and Faber editor, selecting the Faber A Little Book of Modern Verse with T. S. Eliot (1941). ... Honorary statue of James Whitcomb Riley on courthouse lawn in Greenfield, Indiana James Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, Indiana October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916), American writer and poet called the Hoosier poet and Americas Childrens Poet made a start writing newspaper verse in Hoosier dialect for the Indianapolis Journal... Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is considered one of the German languages greatest 20th century poets. ... Rimbaud redirects here. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Ro

• Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
• Mary Robinson, (1990-1997), Irish poet
• Georges Rodenbach, Symbolist poet and novelist
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, (1647-1680)
• Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963)
• Pierre de Ronsard, (1524-1585)
• Peter Rosegger, (died 1918)
• Franklin Rosemont, (born 1943)
• Penelope Rosemont
• Isaac Rosenberg, (1890-1918)
• Christina Rossetti, (1830-1894), English poet
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti, (1828-1882), English poet
• Nicholas Rowe
• Richard Rowlands, (1565-1630)
• Tadeusz Różewicz

Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. ... For the poet, see Mary Robinson (poet). ... Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach (born July 16, 1855 in Tournai, Belgium; died December 25, 1898 in Paris) was a Belgian Symbolist poet. ... John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647 - July 26, 1680) was an English nobleman, a friend of King Charles II of England, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. ... Theodore Huebner Roethke (; RET-key) (May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was a United States poet, who published several volumes of poetry characterized by its rhythm and natural imagery. ... Pierre de Ronsard Pierre de Ronsard, commonly referred to as Ronsard (September 11, 1524 – December, 1585), was a French poet and prince of poets (as his own generation in France called him). ... Portrait of Peter Rosegger Peter Rosegger (31 July 1843 - 26 June 1918) was an Austrian poet from the province of Styria. ... Franklin Rosemont (born October 2, 1943) was co founder of the Surrealist Movement in the United States. ... Penelope Rosemont (born 1942 Chicago, Illinois). ... Isaac Rosenberg (November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was a Jewish-English poet of the First World War who was one of the greatest of all British war poets. ... Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was an English poet. ... Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... Nicholas Rowe Guilt is the source of sorrow, tis the fiend, Th avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings Nicholas Rowe (1674 – 1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was selected Poet Laureate in 1715. ... Richard Rowlands (fl. ... Tadeusz Różewicz and Günter Grass, 2006 Tadeusz Różewicz (b. ...

Ru

• Friedrich Rückert
• Muriel Rukeyser, (1913-1980)
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg, (1804-1877)

Friedrich Rückert (May 16, 1788 - January 31, 1866) was a German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages. ... Muriel Rukeyser Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913–February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. ... J.L. Runebergs autograph Johan Ludvig Runeberg (February 5, 1804, Jakobstad – May 6, 1877, Porvoo) was a Finland-Swedish poet, and is held to be the national poet of Finland. ...

S

Sa

• Umberto Saba
• Sa'di
• Ali Ahmad Said, (1930- )
• Mellin de Saint-Gelais, (ca. 1491-1558)
• Carl Sandburg, (1878-1967)
• Sonia Sanchez
• Michal Šanda, (1965- ), Czech poet
• Sappho, ancient Greek poet
• Ann Sansom, contemporary English poet
• William Saroyan, (1908-1981), an American author of Armenian descent
• Siegfried Sassoon, (1886-1967), British war poet
• Subagio Sastrowardoyo, (1924-1995), Indonesian poet

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tomb of Sadi, Shiraz, Iran. ... Ali Ahmad Said (born 1930), also known by the pseudonym Adonis, is a Syrian-born poet and literary critic who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France. ... Mellin (or Melin) de Saint-Gelais (or Gelays) (ca. ... For the passenger train service, see Carl Sandburg (Amtrak). ... Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. ... Michal Šanda (born December 10, 1965, Prague) is Czech writer and poet. ... Ancient Greek bust. ... Ann Sansom is a poet and writing tutor. ... William Saroyan, 1940 William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author who wrote many plays and short stories about growing up impoverished as the son of Armenian immigrants. ... Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. ... Subagio Sastrowardoyo (February 1, 1924-July 18, 1995) was an Indonesian poet[1], short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. ...

Sc-Se

• Maurice Scève, (c. 1500-1564)
• Friedrich Schiller, (1759-1805), poet, playwright
• Arno Schmidt, (1914-1979)
• Arthur Schnitzler, (1862-1931), writer
• Delmore Schwartz (In Dreams Begin Responsibilities)
• Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832), inventor of historical novel
• Gil Scott-Heron, (born 1949)
• Johannes Secundus, (1511-1536), Neo-Latin poet
• Jaroslav Seifert, (1901-1986), (Nobel Prize)
• Seneca, (c. 54 BC-AD 39)
• Léopold Senghor, (1906-2001)
• Robert W. Service, poet of the Yukon
• Vikram Seth
• Anne Sexton, (1928-1974)

Maurice Scève (c. ... Friedrich Schiller “Schiller” redirects here. ... Arno Schmidts house in Bargfeld. ... Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931) was an Austrian writer and doctor. ... Delmore Schwartz Delmore Schwartz (December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966) was an American poet from Brooklyn, New York, called the greatest of American writers, whose work has a place in the hearts and minds of the everyman, adrift in the anguish of modernity (J. Kredell: A Smudge on the American... Raeburns portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822. ... --70. ... Photo of Gil Scott-Heron. ... Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus) (15 November 1511- 25 September 1536) was a Neo-Latin poet of Dutch nationality. ... New Latin (or Neo-Latin) is a post-medieval version of Latin, now used primarily in International Scientific Vocabulary cladistics and systematics. ... Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert   (IPA: ) (September 23, 1901 – January 10, 1986) was a Nobel prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist. ... Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Rhetorician (c. ... Léopold Sédar Senghor (October 9, 1906–December 20, 2001) was an Seneglese poet and politician who served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). ... Robert W. Service Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer. ... Vikram Seth (pronounced ), born June 20, 1952 is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, childrens writer, biographer and memoirist. ... Anne Sexton, 1974 Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts – October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. ...

Sh-Si

• Thomas Shadwell
• William Shakespeare, (c. 1564-1616), English poet
• Tupac Shakur, (1971-1996), Artist and black activist
• Ntozake Shange, (born 1948)
• Jo Shapcott
• Karl Shapiro
• Mary Shelley, (1797-1851)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley, (1792-1822)
• William Shenstone
• Taras Shevchenko
• James Shirley, (1596-1666)
• Avraham Shlonsky
• Sir Philip Sidney, (born 1554)
• Eli Siegel, (1902-1978)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946)
• Shel Silverstein, (1930-1999)
• Charles Simic
• Louis Simpson, (born 1923)
• Lemn Sissay
• Edith Sitwell, (1887-1964)
• Marilyn Singer

Thomas Shadwell Thomas Shadwell (c. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAK-kay SHONG-gay) (born October 18, 1948) is an African American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is best-known for her Obie Award winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. ... Biography Poet Jo Shapcott was born in London in 1953. ... Karl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913-May 14, 2000) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States poet, famous for his poetry written in the Pacific Theater while he served there during World War II. His collection V-Letter and Other Poems, written while Shapiro was stationed in New Guinea, was... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822; pronounced ) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyric poets of the English language. ... William Shenstone William Shenstone (November 13, 1714 – February 11, 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes. ... Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: ) (March 9, 1814 [O.S. February 25] – March 10, 1861 [O.S. February 26]) was a Ukrainian poet, also an artist and a humanist. ... James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 - October 29, 1666), was an English dramatist. ... Avraham Shlonsky (1900 - 1973), Hebrew אברהם שלונסקי, was an Israeli poet born in Ukraine. ... Philip Sidney Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 - October 17, 1586) became one of the Elizabethan Ages most prominent figures. ... Eli Siegel (August 16, 1902–November 8, 1978), poet and critic, founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism in 1941. ... Ron Silliman (born August 5, 1946 in Pasco, Washington) is a contemporary American poet. ... Sheldon Alan Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of childrens books. ... Charles Simic (born Dušan Simić, May 9, 1938 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian-American poet and the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States. ... Louis Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is a United States poet. ... Lemn Sissay (born 1967) is a British poet. ... Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. ... Marilyn Singer, Author of over 70 books for Children and Young Adults. ...

Sk-Sn

• John Skelton, (1460-1529)
• Myra Sklarew
• Kenneth Slessor
• Anton Martin Slomsek, (1800-1862), bishop, author, poet and national regenerator.
• Juliusz Slowacki
• Christopher Smart
• Charlotte Smith, (1749-1806)
• Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
• Margaret Smith, American poet and artist
• Patti Smith {poet and songwriter}
• Stevie Smith, (1902-1971)
• William Jay Smith
• Tobias Smollett, (1721-1771)
• Gary Snyder, (born 1930), (beat - Regarding Wave)

John Skelton (c. ... Myra Sklarew (b. ... Kenneth Adolf Slessor (March 27, 1901–July 30, 1971) was a terrible Australian poet and journalist. ... Categories: Stub | Slovenian people ... Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (4 September 1809–3 April 1849) was one of the most famous Polish romantic poets. ... Smart Christopher Smart (April 11, 1722 – May 21, 1771) was an English poet. ... Charlotte Turner Smith (May 4, 1749 - October 28, 1806) was an English poet and novelist whose works have been credited with influencing Jane Austen and particularly Charles Dickens. ... Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. ... Margaret D. Smith (born 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a poet, musician and artist. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Stevie Smith was a British poet and radio personality (September 20, 1902 - March 7, 1971). ... William Jay Smith William Jay Smith (born 1918) is an American poet. ... Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (March 19, 1721 - September 17, 1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. ... Young Gary Snyder, on one of his early book covers Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. ...

So-Sp

• Edith Södergran
• David Solway, (born 1941)
• William Somervile, (1675-1742)
• Sophocles, (c.496-406 BC), Athenian tragedian
• Charles Sorley, (1895-1915), war poet
• Natsume Sōseki, (1867-1916), Kokoro, I Am a Cat
• Gary Soto
• Robert Southey, (1774-1843), Poet Laureate 1813
• Robert Southwell, (1561-1595)
• Stephen Spender, (Twenty Poems - Oxford, 1930)
• Edmund Spenser, (1552-1599)

Edith Irene Södergran (April 4, 1892 - June 24, 1923) was a Finland-Swedish poet. ... David Solway (born 1941) is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent. ... William Somervile or Somerville (September 2, 1675 - July 19, 1742) was an English poet. ... This article is about the Greek tragedian. ... Charles Hamilton Sorley (May 19, 1895 - October 13, 1915) was a British poet of World War I. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he was educated, like Siegfried Sassoon, at Marlborough College (1908-1913). ... Natsume Soseki on the former 1000 yen note. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. ... St Robert Southwell (c. ... Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE, (February 28, 1909, London – July 16, 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

St

Sta-Sto

• Leopold Staff
• William Stafford
• George Starbuck
• Statius, (c. AD 45-96)
• Joseph Stefan, (1835-1893), Slovene
• Gertrude Stein, (1874-1946), Modernist innovator in prose and poetry
• Eric Stenbock
• Mattie Stepanek, (1990-2004), American poet and advocate
• Gerald Stern
• Wallace Stevens, (1880-1955)
• Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-1894)
• Trumbull Stickney, (19th c.)
• James Still
• Theodor Storm, (1817-1888)
• Alfonsina Storni, (1892-1938)

Leopold Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet and one of the greatest artists of European modernism ordered two times by honorary degree (honoris causa). ... William Stafford. ... George Starbuck (1931-1996) was an American poet of the neo-formalist school. ... Publius Papinius Statius, (c. ... Joseph Stefan (Slovene Jožef Stefan) (March 24, 1835 – January 7, 1893) was a Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer who was a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. ... Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1858-1895) was a Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction. ... Mattie Stepanek Matthew Mattie Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004) was an American poet and advocate. ... Gerald Stern (born 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Jewish-American poet. ... Wallace Stevens Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was a major American Modernist poet. ... Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... Joseph Trumbull Stickney (June 20, 1874 - October 11, 1904) was an American classical scholar and poet. ... James Still (July 16, 1906 – April 28, 2001) was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a cabin along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky. ... Theodor Storm (1886) Theodor Woldsen Storm (September 14, 1817 in Husum, Germany - July 4, 1888 in Hademarschen, Germany) studied and practiced law in northern Germany. ... Alfonsina Storni was born in April of 1892 in the mountain village of Sala Capriasca. ...

Str-Stu

• Mark Strand (former Poet Laureate, Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry winner)
• Botho Strauss, (born 1944)
• Jesse Stuart

Mark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American poet, born in Canada. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. ... The Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is a biennial prize given by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. ... Botho Strauss is a German playwright. ... Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8, 1906 - February 17, 1984) was an American writer who achieved prominence in the short story, poetry, and novels. ...

Su-Sz

• Su Shi
• Su Xiaoxiao
• Sir John Suckling
• Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and Islamic poet
• Cemal Süreya
• Patrick Süskind (b. 1949)
• Paul Summers poet (b.1967)
• Robert Sward poet (b. 1933)
• Cole Swensen poet (b. 1955), awareded Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry 2006
• May Swenson
• Algernon Swinburne (1837–1909)
• Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618)
• Wisława Szymborska (b. 1923), Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996

Su Shi (蘇軾) (1037-1101) was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher and statesman of the Song Dynasty, one of the major poets of the Song era. ... Su Xiaxiao in a detail from a Ming porcelain dish, ca 1630 Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小), also known as Su Xiaojun and sometimes by the appellation Little Su, was a famous courtesan and poet from Qiantang city (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China) in the South Qi Dynasty (479-502). ... Sir John Suckling (February 10, 1609 - 1642) was an English Cavalier poet whose best known poem may be Ballad Upon a Wedding. He was born at Whitton, in the parish of Twickenham, Middlesex, and baptized there on February 10, 1609. ... Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: Sulaymān, Turkish: ; formally Kanuni Sultan Süleyman in Turkish) (November 6, 1494 – September 5/6, 1566), was the tenth and longest‐serving Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1520 to 1566. ... Ottoman redirects here. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Cemal Süreya (1931 in Erzincan - 1990 in Ä°stanbul) was a Turkish poet and writer. ... Patrick Süskind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and film script author. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul G. Summers (b. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Sward is an American and Canadian poet and novelist. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cole Swensen (1955- ) Born in Kentfield near San Francisco, Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of over ten poetry collections and as many translations of works from the French. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. ... May Swenson (May 28, 1913 - December 4, 1989) was a United States poet and playwright. ... Algernon Swinburne, Portrait by Rossetti Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Joshua Sylvester (1563- 28 September 1618) was an English poet. ... Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ... For a bill proposed in USA in 1998, see Bill 1618. ... A 1996 post stamp with Wisława Szymborska Wisława Szymborska (born July 2, 1923) is a Polish poet, essayist and translator of French literature, laureate of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poets who wrote or write much of their poetry in the Polish language. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

T

Ta-Te

• Rabindranath Tagore, (1861-1941)
• Tao Qian
• Torquato Tasso, (1544-1595)
• Allen Tate, (1899-1979)
• James Tate
• Henry Taylor, (1800-1886)
• Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
• Alfred Tennyson, (1809-1892), English poet
• Lucy Terry
• A.S.J. Tessimond
• Neyzen Tevfik

(Bengali: , IPA: ) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... {flotador del style= de |cellpadding=3px cellspacing=0px bgcolor=#f7f8ff : la derecha; frontera: sólido 2px; margen: ¡5px ! fondo del style= : #ccf; frontera-tapa: sólido 2px; frontera-fondo: |align=right| sólido de colspan=2| 2px Names chinos | - Xìng: 陶 del ||Táo | - valign=top| del |align=right M... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, and social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1943 - 1944. ... James Tate James Vincent Tate (b. ... Sir Henry Taylor (October 18, 1800 - March 27, 1886) was an English dramatist. ... Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933), was an American lyrical poet. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... Lucy Terry (c. ... Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (1902-1962 in Liverpool) was a poet. ... Neyzen Tevfik (1879-1953) was a Turkish poet, satirist, and ney player (which is what Neyzen means in Turkish). ...

Th-To

• Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
• Theocritus (fl. 3rd century BC), bucolic poet
• Jan Theuninck, (born 1954)
• Dylan Thomas, (1914-1953)
• Edward Thomas, (1878-1917)
• Lorenzo Thomas, (1944-2005)
• R. S. Thomas, (1913-2000)
• John Thompson, (1845-1913), Canadian writer
• Francis Thompson, (1859-1907)
• James Thomson, (1834-1882)
• James Thomson (Seasons)
• Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862)
• Tibullus, (c. 54 BC-19 BC)
• Chidiock Tichborne, (1558-1586), conspirator and poet
• Thomas Tickell
• Ludwig Tieck, (1773-1853)
• Melvin B. Tolson
• Jean Toomer

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Ernest Thayer Ernest Lawrence Thayer (August 14, 1863 - August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote Casey at the Bat. ... Theocritus (Greek Θεόκριτος), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC. Little is known of him beyond what can be inferred from his writings. ... Belgian painter an poet, Jan Theuninck (Zonnebeke, June 7, 1954), is a cosmopolitan versatile artist. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet. ... Do you mean: Edward Thomas, the English poet, killed at Arras in 1917 Corporal Edward Thomas, who fired the first British shots in World War I This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lorenzo Thomas (August 31, 1944 – July 4, 2005) is an American poet and critic. ... R. S. Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), first names Ronald Stuart, was a Welsh poet and Anglican Clergyman, noted for his nationalism and spirituality. ... Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882. ... Francis Thompson (December 18, 1859–November 13, 1907) was an English poet born in Preston, Lancashire. ... James Thomson (1834 - 1882) was a Scottish poet, best known for his long poem The City of Dreadful Night (1874). ... James Thomson (September 11, 1700 – August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet. ... Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau[1]) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance... This article contains translated text and needs attention from someone approaching dual fluency. ... Chidiock Tichborne (1558–September 20, 1586) is remembered as an English conspirator and poet. ... Thomas Tickell (1686 - April 23, 1740) was an English poet and man of letters. ... Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898–August 29, 1966) was an American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, and politician. ... Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894–March 30, 1967) was a poet, novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. ...

Tr-Tz

• Thomas Traherne
• Georg Trakl, (1887-1914)
• Michel Tremblay, (born 1942), author, playwright, poet
• Roland Michel Tremblay, (born 1972), author, poet, scriptwriter
• Calvin Trillin, (born 1935), American writer of comic verse
• Quincy Troupe
• Tõnu Trubetsky Estonian/Ruthenian poet
• Marina Tsvetaeva, (1892-1941), Russian poet
• Kurt Tucholsky, (1890-1935), German poet
• Hovhannes Tumanyan, (1869-1923), the "All-Armenian poet"
• Julian Turner (born 1955), English poet
• Thomas Tusser, 16th century English poet.
• Ğabdulla Tuqay, (1886-1913), Tatar poet
• Hone Tuwhare, (born 1922)
• Julian Tuwim
• Jan Twardowski
• Pontus de Tyard, (c. 1521-1605)
• Fyodor Tyutchev, (1803-1873)
• Tristan Tzara, (1896-1963), (Dada)

Thomas Traherne (1636 or 1637 - October 10, 1674) was an English poet and religious writer. ... Georg Trakl A poem by Trakl inscribed on a plaque in Mirabell Garden, Salzburg. ... Michel Tremblay (born June 25, 1942) is an important Quebec novelist and playwright. ... Roland Michel Tremblay (born October 15, 1972, in Quebec City, Canada) is a French-Canadian author, poet, scriptwriter, development producer and sci-fi consultant. ... Calvin Trillin (born Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. ... Quincy Thomas Troupe, Jr. ... Tõnu Trubetsky (born 24 April 1963), also known as Tony Blackplait, is a Polish-Ruthenian-Estonian New Romantic/punk rock musician, film and music video director, and anarchist. ... Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Russian: ) (October 9, 1892 – August 31, 1941) was a Russian poet and writer. ... Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. ... Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: ) (February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923), is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. ... Julian Turner (born 1955) is a British poet and mental health worker. ... Thomas Tusser (1524–1580) was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie published in 1557. ... Ğabdulla Tuqay (April 28, 1886 - April 15, 1913), the greatest Tatar poet, was born in the village of Qoşlawıç /qosh-lah-WETCH/, Kazan region (gubernia, guberna) in Russian Empire, nowadays Tatarstan, Russia near modern Arsk (Arça) town. ... Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ... Hone Tuwhare (born in Kaikohe, Northland in 1922) is a noted New Zealand poet of Maori ancestry. ... Julian Tuwim, 1894-1953 Julian Tuwim (from Hebrew טובים tovim, meaning good) (September 13, 1894 – December 27, 1953) was a Jewish Polish poet; born in the city of Łódź in Poland, educated in Łódź and Warsaw (studied Law and Philosophy at Warsaw University). ... Jan Twardowski (born in 1915) is famous Polish poet, but, as he says about himself, hes first priest. ... Pontus de Tyard (c. ... Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Тютчев) (December 5 [O.S. November 23] 1803 - July 27 [O.S. July 15] 1873) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov. ... Tristan Tzara () (April 16, 1896 – December 25, 1963) was a Romanian poet and essayist. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ...

U

• Miguel de Unamuno
• Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet
• Louis Untermeyer, (1885-1977), (Treasury of Erotic Poetry)
• John Updike, (born 1932), (Facing Nature)
• Charles Upton
• Allen Upward, Imagist

Don Miguel de Unamuno Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864–December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain. ... Giuseppe Ungaretti. ... Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977) was a United States author, writer and editor. ... John Hoyer Updike (born March 18, 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. ... Charles Upton (b. ... Allen Upward (1863 - 1920) was a poet, lawyer, politician and teacher. ... Ezra Pound, one of the prime movers of Imagism. ...

V

Va-Ve

• Mona Van Duyn
• Cesar Vallejo, (1892-1938)
• Paul Valéry, (1871-1945), French author and poet of the Symbolist school
• Dimitris Varos, (1949-)
• Henry Vaughan, (1621-1695)
• Vazha-Pshavela (Luka Razikashvili), (1861-1915)
• Vemana
• Helen Vendler
• Jacint Verdaguer, (1845-1902)
• Paul Verlaine, (1844-1896)
• Paul Vermeersch, (born 1973) Canadian

Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 - December 2, 2004) was an American poet. ... C sar Vallejo (March 16, 1892 - April 15, 1938) published only three books of poetry but is nonetheless considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century. ... For other people of the same name, see Valery. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Symbolism, as a type and movement in poetry, emphasized non-structured internalized poetry that, for lack of better words, describe thoughts and feelings in disconnected ways and places logic, formal structure, and descriptive reality in the back seat. ... Dimitris Varos (born 1949 on the island of Chios) is a modern Greek poet, journalist, and photographer, . He has been director and editor-in-chief of many Greek national newspapers, including Chiakos Laos, Acropolis, Ethnos, Proti, Ethnos tis Kyriakis,Typos tis Kyriakis and many national magazines. ... Henry Vaughan (April 17, 1622 - April 28, 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother of the philosopher Thomas Vaughan. ... Vazha-Pshavela Vazha-Pshavela (ვაჟა-ფშაველა in Georgian alphabet) (July 26, 1861-July 10, 1915) is the pen-name of one of the greatest Georgian poets and writers, classic of the new Georgian literature Luka P. Razikashvili. ... Vemana was a Telugu poet. ... Helen Hennessy Vendler (b. ... Jacint Verdaguer. ... Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (IPA: ; March 30, 1844–January 8, 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. ... Paul Vermeersch (born 1973) is a Canadian poet. ...

Vi-Vr

• Francis Vielé-Griffin (symbolist)
• Peter Viereck
• François Villon, (1431-c.1474)
• Gilles Vigneault, (born 1928), Quebec singer-songwriter and poet
• Publius Vergilius Maro
• Roemer Visscher, (1547-1620), Dutch salesman, writer and poet
• Walter von der Vogelweide
• Walther von der Vogelweide, (c. 1170-c. 1230)
• Vincent Voiture, (1598-1648)
• Joost van den Vondel, (1587-1679), Dutch playwright, poet
• Andrei Voznesensky, (born 1933)
• Stanko Vraz, (1810-1851)

Francis Viélé-Griffin (May 26, 1864 - November 12, 1937), French poet, was born at Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was educated in France, dividing his time between Paris and Touraine. ... Peter Viereck (1916- ), is professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College, a noted poet, and influential political thinker. ... François Villon (modern French IPA: , fifteenth-century French IPA: ) (ca. ... Gilles Vigneault (born 27 October 1928) is a poet, publisher and singer-songwriter from Quebec, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. ... For other uses, see Virgil (disambiguation). ... Drawing of the coat of arms of Roemer Visscher Roemer Pieterszoon Visscher (* 1547 - † February 19, 1620) was a successful Dutch salesman and writer in the period often called the Dutch Golden Age. ... Imaginary picture of Walther von der Vogelweide. ... Portrait of Walther von der Vogelweide. ... Vincent Voiture (February 24, 1597 - May 26, 1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens. ... Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was born in the Große Witschgasse in Cologne. ... Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (born 1933) was a Russian poet. ... Stanko Vraz also known as Jakob Frass (June 30th, 1810 - May 20th, 1851) was a Croatian and Slovenian poet. ...

W

Wa

• Robert Wace, (c. 1115-c. 1183)
• Sidney Wade, (born 1951)
• Diane Wakoski, (born 1937), (The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems)
• Derek Walcott, (born 1930), (Nobel Prize for Literature)
• Rosmarie Waldrop
• Arthur Waley (Translations from the Chinese)
• Alice Walker, (born 1944)
• Edmund Waller, (1606-1687)
• Wang Wei, (698-759), the Poet Buddha
• Robert Penn Warren, (1905-1989)
• Thomas Warton, (1728-1790), English academic and poet laureate
• Roger Waters
• Barrett Watten
• Isaac Watts, (1674-1748)
• David Wayne, (1914-1995)

Wace (c. ... Sidney Wade (born 1951) is an American poet. ... Diane Wakoski (born 1937) is an American poet who is associated with the deep image poets and the Beats. ... Derek Walcott, courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West-Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. ... Rosmarie Waldrop (born 1935) is a poet, translator and publisher. ... Arthur David Waley (August 19, 1889 – June 27, 1966) was a noted English Orientalist and Sinologist. ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. ... Edmund Waller (March 3, 1606 – October 21, 1687) was an English poet. ... Wang Wei (王維) (701 - 761), sometimes titled the Poet Buddha, was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman. ... Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic, and was one of the founders of The New Criticism. ... Thomas Warton, the Younger Thomas Warton (January 9, 1728 – May 21, 1790) was an English literary historian and critic, as well as a poet. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... Barrett Watten, American poet (b. ... Isaac Watts (July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748) is recognised as the Father of English Hymnody, as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. ... David Wayne (January 30, 1914 - February 9, 1995) was a Tony Award-winning American actor with a career spanning nearly half a century. ...

We-Wh

• John Webster, (died 1630)
• Hannah Weiner (1928–1997)
• Wen Yiduo Chinese poet (1899 - 1946)
• Philip Whalen (beat)
• Margaret Walker
• Martin Walser, (born 1927)
• Franz Werfel, (1890-1945), Czech poet
• Johan Herman Wessel, (1742-1785)
• Phillis Wheatley, (1753-1784)
• E.B. White, (1899-1985), (Fox of Peacock)
• Walt Whitman, (1819-1892)
• Isabella Whitney, b. 1540s?
• John Greenleaf Whittier, (1807-1892)

John Webster (c. ... Hannah Weiner (November 4, 1928 - 1997) was an American poet who was a prominent member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E group of poets. ... Wen Yiduo (real name: Wen Jiahua) (1899-1946) was a Chinese poet and scholar. ... Philip Whalen (October 20, 1923 – June 26, 2002) was a poet and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat generation. ... Dr. Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander (July 7, 1915-November 30, 1998) was an American poet and author born in Birmingham, Alabama. ... Martin Walser is a German playwright and novelist. ... Franz Werfel, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Werfels grave in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna Franz Werfel (September 10, 1890 – August 26, 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet who wrote in German. ... Johan Herman Wessel Johan Herman Wessel (October 6, 1742 - December 29, 1785) was a major name in Norwegian and Danish literature. ... Phillis Wheatley, as illustrated by Scipio Moorhead in the frontispiece to her book Poems on Various Subjects. ... Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899, Mount Vernon, New York – October 1, 1985, North Brooklin, Maine) was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist. ... Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. ... Isabella Whitney (b. ... John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. ...

Wi

• John Wieners (beat - Ace of Pentacles)
• Richard Wilbur (past poet laureate - Things of This World)
• Jane Wilde, (1826-1896), Irish poet and nationalist, wife of Sir William Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde
• Oscar Wilde, (1854-1900), Irish playwright, poet and satirist
• John Wilkinson
• William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, the first vernacular poet
• Emmett Williams (1925-2007), concrete poet
• Miller Williams
• Oscar Williams, American poet and anthologist
• Saul Williams (born 1972)
• Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999)
• Waldo Williams, (1904-1971), Welsh poet
• William Carlos Williams, (1883-1963), American
• William Williams Pantycelyn, (1717-1791)
• John Wilmot (Earl of Rochester)
• Peter Lamborn Wilson
• Yvor Winters
• George Wither, (1588-1667)

John Wieners (born 6 January 1934 in Milton, Massachusetts, and died 1 March 2002 in Boston) was a United States lyric poet. ... Richard Purdy Wilbur (born March 1, 1921), is a United States poet. ... Memorial to Lady Wilde and her husband located in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (1826 - 3 February 1896)[1] (née Jane Francesca Elgee) was an Irish poet and supporter of the nationalist movement; she was the wife of Sir William Wilde and mother of Oscar... Sir William Robert Willis Wilde (1815–April 19, 1876), today best known for being the father of Oscar Wilde, was a man of prominence in his own day. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... John Wilkinson is a contemporary English poet, born in 1953. ... William IX of Aquitaine (October 22, 1071 – February 10, 1126, also Guillaume or Guilhem dAquitaine), nicknamed the Troubador was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VII of Poitiers between 1086 and 1126. ... Emmett Williams, born April 4, 1925, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. ... Miller Williams (born April 8, 1930) is an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. ... Oscar Williams (1900-1964) was an American anthologist and poet. ... Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is most known for his blend of spoken word poetry and hip-hop. ... Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) was born in Bakersfield, CA and is one of America’s most unique poets. ... Waldo (Goronwy) Williams (30 September 1904 – 20 May 1971) was one of the leading Welsh-language poets of the twentieth century. ... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. ... William Williams William Williams, Pantycelyn (also known as Williams Pantycelyn, and Pantycelyn) (1717–January 11, 1791) is generally acknowledged as Waless most important hymn writer. ... For other people of this name, see John Rochester. ... Hakim Bey redirects here. ... Arthur Yvor Winters (October 17, 1900 - January 26, 1968) was an American literary critic and poet, noted as a critic of poetry and embroiled in controversy. ... George Wither (June 11, 1588 – May 2, 1667) was an English poet and satirist. ...

Wo-Wy

• Rafał Wojaczek
• Christa Wolf
• Charles Wolfe, (1791-1823)
• Hans Wollschläger
• George Woodcock (1912-1995) poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism
• Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)
• William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
• Franz Wright
• Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835-1866)
• Charles Wright musician, poet
• James Wright (1927-1980)
• Judith Wright (1915-2000)
• Kirby Wright
• Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542), UK poet & ambassador
• Elinor Wylie
• Hedd Wyn

Rafał Wojaczek (1945-1971) was a Polish poet of the postwar generation. ... Christa Wolf (born March 18, 1929 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (currently Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) as Christa Ihlenfeld) is one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany. ... Charles Wolfe (1791 - 1823) was an Irish poet. ... Hans Wollschläger (born March 17, 1935) is a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature. ... George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer. ... Anarchist redirects here. ... Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (December 25, 1771 – January 25, 1855) was an English poet and diarist. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ... Franz Wright (1953-) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. ... Philip Stanhope Worsley (August 12, 1835 - May 8, 1866) was an English poet. ... Charles Wright (born August 25, 1935) is an American poet. ... James Arlington Wright (December 3, 1927 – March 25, 1980), was one of the most beloved American poets of the second half of the 20th century. ... Judith Arundell Wright (31 May 1915—26 June 2000) was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights. ... Image:KirbyWright. ... Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – October 6, 1542) was a poet and Ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. He first entered Henrys service in 1516 as Sewer Extraordinary, and the same year he began studying at St Johns College of the University of Cambridge. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Elinor (Hoyt) Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and novelist who was popular before World War II. She was a contemporary of Edna St. ... Hedd Wyn (13 January 1887–31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire farmer and poet of World War I. Born Ellis Humphrey Evans, the eldest of eleven children of Evan and Mary Evans, he used the Bardic name Hedd Wyn, Welsh for white peace. Evans spent most of his life on...

X

• Xu Zhimo, melancholic poet of early 20th century China

Hsu Chih-mo (徐志摩, pinyin: Xú Zhìmó) (January 15, 1897-November 19, 1931) was a twentieth-century Chinese poet. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Y

• Mark Yakich
• Leo Yankevich (1961-present)
• Peyo Yavorov
• William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist, senator
• Sergei Yesenin, (1895-1925)
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko (born 1933)
• Marguerite Young
• David Young
• Edward Young (1683-1765)
• Kevin Young (poet) American poet (born 1970)
• A. W. Yrjänä (1967-), Finnish
• Han Yu
• Yunus Emre 13th century Turkish poet

Mark Yakich is the author of Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross, which was one of five winners of The National Poetry Series in 2003, and The Making of Collateral Beauty, which won the Snowbound Chapbook Award and was published by Tupelo Press in 2006. ... A controversial critic, editor, poet and translator associated with The New Formalist movement, Leo Yankevich was born into a family of Roman Catholic Irish-Polish immigrants on October 30, 1961. ... Peyo Yavorov (January 1, 1878) - October 17, 1914) was a Bulgarian poet, considered to be one of the finest poetic talents of the turn of the century in Bulgaria. ... William Butler Yeats, 1933. ... Sergei Yesenin Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin, sometimes spelled Esenin (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Есе́нин; October 3, 1895 [O.S. September 21] – December 28, 1925) was a famous Russian lyrical poet. ... Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevtushenko represents Russias new generation on the cover of Time magazine, April 13, 1962 Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: , Evgenij Aleksandrovič Evtušenko; born July 18, 1933) is a Russian poet. ... Marguerite Vivian Young (August 28, 1908 - November 17, 1995) was an American author of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and criticism. ... David Samuel DArcy Young (born 17 July 1946) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. ... For Her Majesty the Queens private secretary see Edward Young (Royal Household). ... Kevin Young (poet) (Born November 8, 1970, Lincoln, Nebraska) Author of Most Way Home, To Repel Ghosts, Jelly Roll, Black Maria. ... A. W. Yrjänä (Aki Ville Yrjänä, born on 30 July 1967) is the singer, songwriter and bassist of the Finnish band CMX. In addition to his musical work, he has also published three collections of poems. ... Hán Yù (韓愈) (768 - 824), was a precursor of Neo-Confucianism as well as an essayist and poet. ... Yunus Emre (1238?–1320?) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. ...

Z

• Adam Zagajewski
• Andrea Zanzotto
• Lisa Zaran (born 1969)
• Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982)
• Benjamin Zephaniah (born 1958)
• Calvin Ziegler (1854-1930)
• Benjamin Znidarsic (born 1959)
• Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ (520-609)
• Louis Zukofsky (A. & 5 Statements)
• Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), Austrian writer