Today in history

• 1831

  Edgar Allan Poe – Edgar Allan Poe is tried for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders for refusing to attend formations, classes, or church [Baltimore, Maryland, United States]

• 1831

  Ralph Waldo Emerson – Emerson's wife, Ellen, died from tuberculosis and he was greatly affected by it, visiting her grave each day. She was just 20 years old. [Boston, Massachusetts, United States]

• 1888

  Giuseppe Ungaretti – On the 8th of February 1888 Giuseppe Ungaretti is born in Alexandria, Egypt [Alexandria, Egypt]

• 1911

  Elizabeth Bishop – Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the only child of a builder and his wife. [Worcester, Massachusetts, United States]

• 1925

  Marcus Garvey – On February the 8th 1925 Garvey is arrested at the 125th Street train station in New York [New York, United States]

• 1971

  Charles Bukowski – Bukowski published his first novel Post Office. [Los Angeles, California, United States]

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Kennedy Dies / Laureate Pens New Poem – Poetry News Roundup February 6th

This week our poetry news round up takes a look at the prize-winning poet XJ Kennedy who has died aged 96 and the new poem by the poet laureate. Prize-winning Poet XJ Kennedy Dies Aged 96 The award-winning poet, translator and author, X.J. Kennedy who schools millions of young people through “The Bedford Reader” and a number of other textbooks has died at the age of 96. In a statement, his daughter confirmed that ...

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