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John Laurence Rentoul was an Irish-born Australian poet and Presbyterian minister. He was born on the 6th July 1846 in the small village of Garvagh in County Londonderry, the son of a clergyman. He was given a decent education culminating in the award of a Bachelors’ degree from Queen’s College, Belfast in 1867. He followed this with his Masters’ the following year, gaining first ...
Today at My Poetic Side we bring you the sad news that the literary world has lost another poet, Richard Wilbur passed away at the weekend. Two Times Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Wilbur Passes Away Richard Wilbur, a translator and acclaimed American poet, who had a reputation as one of the finest poets of the 20th century passed away on Saturday 14th October ...
We start this week on My Poetic Side with two stories from the UK, the news that the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere is hoping to make improvements in time for the 250th Anniversary of Wordworth’s birth, and a story of three violins made to commemorate World War one poets. Wordsworth Trust Plans Ahead April 2020 will mark the 250th Anniversary of the birth of ...
John Esten Cooke was a 19th century poet, novelist and American Civil War soldier. He was born on the 3rd November 1830 on the family estate in Winchester, Virginia. He had twelve siblings but only five of the children survived childhood. The family were forced to move to Richmond when John was ten due to their property having been destroyed by fire. As ...
In our final news round-up of the week, we bring you an update on the story of Jill Bialosky, the poet accused of plagiarism, a Syrian Poet who was a close contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the winner of the Nigerian Prize for Literature. Writers Offer Support to Jill Bialosky We recently brought you the story of Jill Bialosky, the poet ...
John Hookham Frere was an English born poet, translator of Greek literature, politician and diplomat. He was born on the 21st May 1769 in London into very comfortable circumstances. He was the son of John Frere, the eminent Suffolk archaeologist. He, in all probability, got his literary abilities from his mother, Jwho wrote poetry for private consumption only, although he also had an aunt ...
In today’s round-up we bring you the PEN International Writer of Courage, a poetry project launched by Amnesty International and the poet who is included on the TIMES magazines 46 women who are changing the world list. PEN International Writer of Courage Earlier this year Michael Longley, a poet in Northern Ireland won the PEN Pinter Prize, on Tuesday this week he announced Mahvash ...
John Gardiner Calkins Brainard was an American poet born at the end of the 18th century who was generally known as John G. C. Brainard. He also practiced as a lawyer and was a newspaper editor at different times. His ancestors included the man who was responsible for founding the English settlement on Long Island that would eventually become New York State. He ...
In today’s round-up we bring you stories about World Mental Health Day, the Lenore Marshal Poetry Prize, and Tony Walsh aka Longfella helping a local company celebrate with a poem Neil Hilborn’s OCD Yesterday marked World Mental Health Day 2017, and it somehow seems fitting that one of the most watched poets in the world, Neil Hilborn was recently interviewed about his poem OCD. The ...
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was an Anglo-American poet and fighter pilot who died tragically young while serving in England with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. He is known for his poignant poetry, honouring Air Force colleagues who had died on active service, and also for an elegy to the war poet Rupert Brooke, a man whose work that he deeply ...
