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Christopher John Brennan was an Australian scholar and poet whose writing was said to be independent of influence but which went on to influence many poets who came after him. He was born in Sydney, Australia on November 1st 1870, the eldest son of Irish Catholic parents Christopher and Mary Ann Brennan. His father previously worked at the Brewery owned by Guinness in ...
Christopher Pearse Cranch was an American writer and artist. He painted landscapes, still life and portraits and his work still commands high prices at art auctions today. He wrote several fantasy books for children – most famously the Huggermugger books - as well as his volumes of poetry. Cranch was born in the district of Columbia on March 8th 1813 the son of ...
Che Lan Vien, born Phan Ngoc Hoan, was a Vietnamese poet and writer who, early in his life would take an active part in the August Revolution of 1945. This mass uprising was in protest against French colonial rule. In just two weeks the Vietnamese revolutionaries had gained control in most parts of the country including the city of Hanoi which is ...
This German writer of poems, songs and novels was a man who appeared never to become settled throughout his life. He was a fiercely studious and religious man whose best work, Romanzen vom Rosenkranz, was published posthumously. Clemens Brentano was born on September 9th 1778 in Ehrenbreitstein, a district of Koblenz in Germany and was the son of wealthy Italian parents – Peter ...
Clarence Michael James Dennis was a poet and journalist who began his writing career at an early age and who’s most successful collection The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke was published during the Great War and became widely read by troops weary of fighting and by a public weary of hearing about mass war casualties. He was born September 7th 1876 in Auburn, Australia, one ...
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen was an English writer and academic who spent the early part of his working life in Australia. He then embarked upon a period of extensive travel, culminating in a return to London where he settled down to write. He was born on the 5th February 1856 in London, the son of a solicitor. Both of his parents were strict Evangelicals ...
Douglas Hyde was an Irish writer and politician whose Irish name, An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, translates as “The Pleasant Little Branch”. He was an academic and renowned scholar who championed the Irish language, along with the culture and folk lore of his country. Incredibly, at the age of 78, he became his country’s first President and he served in this post for seven ...
Dowell Philip O'Reilly, an Australian-born writer of poetry and short stories who also spent time as a school master at his old school, the Sydney Grammar School. He was a politician for a time, serving four years on the Legislative Assembly for Parramatta where he campaigned, in particular, for women’s suffrage. He was born on the 18th July 1865 in Sydney, the son ...
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, besides his failed attempts to be a great leader of his people during the Holy Land Crusade of 1101, was a lyric poet in the vernacular style and is generally believed to be the first of the troubadour performers. He wrote in the Occitan language, an ancient tongue that still survives today in the Mediterranean regions. He was ...
Dyneley Hussey was an English war poet who was one of the lucky ones – he fought during the terrible conflict of World War One and survived to live a long life. He was also a journalist and celebrated critic in the fields of art and music. He was born on the 27th February 1893 in India, the son of a serving army officer ...
