Famous Poets - page 4
The Most Famous Poets | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Sarojini Naidu | February 13, 1879 | Indian | Sarojini Naidu was an Indian freedom fighter and poet |
Pablo Neruda | July 12, 1904 | Chilean | Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet, politician and Nobel laureate |
Henrik Ibsen | March 20, 1828 | Norwegian | Henrik Ibsen was a famous Norwegian playwright often considered as the father of modern theater |
Boris Pasternak | February 10, 1890 | Russian | Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian novelist, poet and translator |
Walt Whitman | May 31, 1819 | American | Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist and humanist |
James Weldon Johnson | June 17, 1871 | American | James Weldon Johnson is credited with lot of firsts in his lifetime |
W B Yeats | June 13, 1865 | Irish | William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright |
Muhammad Iqbal | November 9, 1877 | Pakistani | Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet and politician in British India and is regarded as being the inspiration behind the Pakistan movement |
Gabriela Mistral | April 7, 1889 | Chilean | Gabriela Mistral was the pseudonym used by Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator and feminist who became the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. |
Robert Burns | January 25, 1759 | Scottish | Robert Burns was a famous Scottish poet and lyricist, who was also known as the national poet of Scotland |
Robert W. Service
Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer of his time
Robert Graves
Robert Graves was an English poet and novelist best known for his war memoir ‘Good-Bye to All That’
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet, politician and Nobel laureate
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas was a famous Welsh-born poet and writer known for his important poems and short stories
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes was an English poet who was the Poet Laureate of England from 1984 until his death
Joseph Brodsky
Joseph Brodsky was an acclaimed Russian and American essayist and poet
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison was an 18th century English poet, writer and politician
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a famous Norwegian playwright often considered as the father of modern theater
John Dryden
John Dryden was the greatest literary poet, critic and playwright of the Restoration Period