Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

male, deceased (1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke is considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of...

José Martí

male, deceased (1895)
José Julián Martí y Pérez was a leader of the Cuban independence movement from Spain and as well a renowned poet and writer. He is considered the...
Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

male, deceased (1967) (Houston, Texas, United States)
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical...
William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant

male, deceased (1878)
William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) an American romantic poet, journalist, political adviser, and homeopath.
Cynewulf

Cynewulf

male
Cynewulf is one of twelve Anglo-Saxon poets that are known by name today, and one of four whose work survives today. He is famous for his religious...
Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke

male, deceased (1974)
Austin Clarke (May 9 1896-March 19 1974) was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B. Yeats. He also wrote plays, novels and...
Sonya Sones

Sonya Sones

female
Sonya Sones is an American writer of young adult novels. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona and currently lives near the beach in Southern...

Menippus

male
Menippus, of Gadara in Coele-Syria, Greek cynic and satirist, lived during the 3rd century BC. According to Diogenes Laërtius (vi. 8) he was o...
Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus

male
Publilius (less correctly Publius) Syrus, a Latin writer of maxims, flourished in the 1st century BC. He was an Assyrian who was brought as a slave...
Sheila Murphy

Sheila Murphy

female, 58 years old
Sheila E. Murphy is an American text and visual poet who has been writing and publishing actively since 1978. Sheila Murphy’s early training was in...