T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

male, deceased (1965)
Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize for Li...
Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

female, deceased (1886)
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Though virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded, along with Walt Whitman, as one...
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

male, deceased (1900)
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of...
William Blake

William Blake

male, deceased (1827)
William Blake was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

male, deceased (1997)
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5 1997) was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for "Howl" (1956), a long poem about the...
John Lennon

John Lennon

male, deceased (1980)
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980), was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English songwriter, singer,...
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

male, deceased (1967)
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is best...
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

male, deceased (1953)
Dylan Marlais Thomas (October 27 1914 - November 9 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer.
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

male, 75 years old
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen...