Barrett Watten

Barrett Watten

male, 61 years old
Barrett Watten (born September 18, 1948) is an American poet, editor, and educator often associated with the Language poets. Since 1994, Watten has...
Aristotle

Aristotle

male
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on diverse subjects, including physics,...
Susan Stewart

Susan Stewart

female, 57 years old
Susan Stewart is an American poet, university professor and literary critic born in 1952. She teaches the history of poetry, aesthetics, and the...
Pentti Saarikoski

Pentti Saarikoski

male, deceased (1983)
Pentti Saarikoski was one of the most important poets in the literary scene of Finland during the 60's and 70's. His body of work comprises poetry...
Lajos Egri

Lajos Egri

male, deceased (1967)
Lajos Egri (1888-1967) was born in Eger, then Austria-Hungary, now Hungary. He is the author of "The Art of Dramatic Writing", highly regarded as...
Teun A. van Dijk

Teun A. van Dijk

male, 66 years old
Teun A. van Dijk (born May 7, 1943, Naaldwijk, the Netherlands), is a scholar in the fields of text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical...

Geoffrey Of Vinsauf

male
Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. 1200) is a representative of the early medieval grammarian movement, termed "preceptive grammar" by James J. Murphy for...
Jesper Svenbro

Jesper Svenbro

male
Jesper Svenbro is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy. Svenbro was educated at Lund University, where he was...

Cleophon

male
Cleophon was an Athenian tragic poet who flourished in the 4th century BC. The titles of ten of his plays are given by the Suda, but none are...
Balachandra Rajan

Balachandra Rajan

male, 89 years old
Balachandra Rajan (b. 1920), a scholar of poetry and poetics, focusing particularly on the poetry of John Milton, is Professor Emeritus of English...