John Milton

John Milton

male, deceased (1674)
blind, Christian heresy, from the City of London, Sonneteers, Old Pauline, New Latin author…poet, Post-imperial Latin poet
John Milton (December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed...
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

male, deceased (1898)
writer, mathematician, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, fantasy, British children's literature, Through the Looking-Glass…poet
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27 1832 - January 14 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician,...
Billy Collins

Billy Collins

male, 68 years old
College of the Holy Cross, American Poet Laureate, College of the Holy Cross alumni, Poet Laureate of the United States, Poetry of the United States, University of California, Riverside alumni…poet
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...
William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

male, deceased (1939)
Golden Dawn, sligo, Lady Gregory, Celtic Revival, Irish, poet
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He was a driving force behind the...
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

male, deceased (1928)
the 1960s Movement, buried at Westminster Abbey, Victorian poetry, The Movement, Order of Merit, From Dorset…poet
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement. The bulk of his work, set mainly in the...
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

male, deceased (1885)
la légende des siècles 3 1883, les miserables, Writer-illustrator, novelist, les contemplations 1856, william shakespeare 1864
Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most...
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

male, deceased (1832)
Scottish historical novelist, the lady of the lake, waverley, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, english literature, Scottish…poet
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe...
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

male, deceased (1994)
poet, California writer, Henry Chinaski, Leukemia death, Henry Charles Bukowski, pulp
Henry Charles Bukowski was an influential Los Angeles poet and novelist. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere...
Patti Smith

Patti Smith

female, 62 years old
Punk rock singer, Songwriter, American anti Iraq War activist, poet, artist, platinum disc…poet laureate
Patricia Lee ("Patti") Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. Smith came to prominence during the punk movement...
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

male, deceased (1784)
buried at Westminster Abbey, shakespeare, Saint, aphorism, Biographer, Essayist…poet
Samuel Johnson LL.D. (13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures : a poet,...