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English lyric poet and politician, Andrew Marvell was born in 1621 in East Riding, Yorkshire. His father was a vicar and the family moved to Hull when he became a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church there. Initially tutored at a Hull grammar school, Andrew Marvell, at the age of 13, went to Cambridge to study. At the height of the English Civil ...
One of the most famous and celebrated novelists in India, Munshi Premchand was born as Dhanpat Rai Srivastav 31st July 1880 in Lamahi in Northern India. He was the fourth child of a post office clerk father, Ajaib Lal and Anandi Devi. He had one surviving sister; two of his siblings died ...
Louise Glück was a contemporary American poet born April 22nd 1943 in New York City to a Hungarian immigrant father, Daniel, an inventor. She was brought up in Long Island and currently resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her interest in writing poetry surfaced during her teens when, encouraged by her parents she would submit poems to magazines. In the mid 1960s she studied ...
Kamala Das was born in 1934 in India into an artistic family with a father who was managing editor of the Daily Mathrubhum and a mother who was a much respected poetess. She is noted for her honest poems and other writings that cover a wide range of issues. She was born in Kerala where Malayalam is spoken, an Indian dialect ...
A lyric poet and cleric who lived through the turmoil of the English Civil War, Robert Herrick was born in Cheapside in London in 1591. When he was just one year old, his father died after a fall from a window. The young Herrick was educated at the Merchant Taylor's School before, at the age of 16, going to work as ...
French poet Arthur Rimbaud was born in 1854 in the Ardennes and went on to influence many writers and singers of the 20th century including Dylan Thomas, Nabokov and even Bob Dylan. Reputed to have little moral sense and a deep restlessness, he began writing poems at a very early age but stopped suddenly when he was just 21 years ...
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, Derek Walcott was born in the West Indies in 1930. Perhaps best known for his epic work Omeros, a re-imagining of the Trojan War in modern times, Walcott first started out as a painter but developed a love of writing and published his first poem at the age of 14. Brought up in ...
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a painter and poet born in London in 1828 and was co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which attracted many of the most notable artists and writers of the day. His parents were Italian immigrants who home educated the young Rossetti, allowing him access to classic works by the likes of Shakespeare and Byron. He wanted to ...
Patrick Kavanagh came into this world on the 21st October 1904 in Mucker townland, Iniskeen parish, County Monaghan. He had 9 siblings, and his parents were James Kavanagh and Bridget Quinn. James Kavanagh made shoes and also farmed a few acres of land. Following Patrick’s schooling in Kednaminsha National School he left, at thirteen years old to work on the family farm. ...
A Hindi poet, author and specialist in comedy and satire, Ashok Chakradhar was born in February 1951 and has developed his craft to a high standard. Little exists in English on the Internet about his background but it is believed that he is related to Kaka Hathrasi, a noted Hindi poet. He is married to Kaka’s niece. Educated well, he has pursued a ...
