Famous Poets - List of Famous Poets - page 3

What do William Wordsworth, Charles Wright and W. B. Yeats have in common? The answer is that they were all world famous poets whose poems are still studied as a part of literature. Poets have often been described as people who step outside the bounds of the obvious and produce aesthetic and, in some cases, even rhythmic works that are meant to take the reader on a fanciful journey through the poet’s words. Poems have been a part of literature forever and it is believed that the earliest poems evolved from folk songs. A poem usually has certain characters that define it, some of which are things like the rhyme scheme, symbolism, rhetoric, rhythm and even irony. This form of literature has also been used to tell stories, the best example of which the two poems Iliad and The Odyssey, written by Homer, are the best examples. Having familiarized ourselves with poems, it’s only natural that we move onto better acquainting ourselves with the people who wrote them. To that end, what follows now is a collection of the biographies of some of the most famous poets. They include their timelines, information about their professional and personal lives along with interesting facts and trivia about them.

The Most Famous Poets

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Charles BukowskiAugust 16, 1920German, AmericanCharles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet
Abdolkarim SoroushDecember 16, 1945IranianAbdolkarim Soroush is a reformer, thinker, and Rumi scholar belonging to Iran
Sarojini NaiduFebruary 13, 1879IndianSarojini Naidu was an Indian freedom fighter and poet
Aleister CrowleyOctober 12, 1875BritishAleister Crowley was an occultist and ceremonial magician who founded the ethical philosophy of Thelema
Derek WalcottJanuary 23, 1930Saint LucianDerek Walcott is a West Indian poet and playwright, who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature
Ahlam MosteghanemiApril 13, 1953AlgerianAhlam Mosteghanemi is a contemporary Algerian poet and novelist
Amir Khusrow1253IndianAmir Khusro was a Sufi musician, poet and scholar regarded as the "father of Qawwali"
Aeschylus525 BCGreekAeschylus was an eminent Greek tragedian
John DonneJanuary 22, 1572BritishJohn Donne was a famous English poet, satirist, lawyer and priest of his time
Nizar QabbaniMarch 21, 1923SyrianNizar Qabbani was a poet, and is one among the most honoured men in the Arab Literary world
Herta Müller

Herta Müller

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature

GermanAugust 17, 195385 views

Andre Breton

Andre Breton was a famous French writer and poet

FrenchFebruary 19, 1896137 views

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish educator, philosopher, and author

SpanishSeptember 29, 1864161 views

Amir Khusrow

Amir Khusro was a Sufi musician, poet and scholar regarded as the "father of Qawwali"

Indian1253465 views

Tulsidas

Tulsidas was a Hindu poet-saint counted amongst the greatest poets in Hindi, Indian, and world literature

Indian1497103 views

Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian author, architect, poet, linguist and cryptographer

ItalianFebruary 18, 1404133 views

Kabir

Kabir was a much revered 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint

Indian1440210 views

Alphonse de Lamartine

An ornate poet and political figure of his time, Alphonse de Lamartine was a prominent name in France during the historic French Revolution

FrenchOctober 21, 179099 views

Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan was a French writer of medieval era known for her pioneering works about feminist literature

French1364100 views

Mirabai

Mirabai was a great Bhakti saint and a devotee of the Lord Krishna

Indian1498125 views