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Cemâl Süreya was the pen name used by the 20th century Turkish poet and writer who spent some time as editor-in-chief of the Papirus literary magazine. Very little detail of the writer’s early life is recorded but it is known that he was born Cemâlettin Süreyya Seber sometime in 1931 to parents Hüseyin and Güllü Seber. This was in the town of Pülümür which ...
Celia Laighton Thaxter was a 19th century American poet and writer of short stories including A Memorable Murder, a true-life account of the murder of two young Norwegian women literally on her doorstep on Smuttynose Island. This was something of a departure from her usual style of writing. She usually concentrated on accounts of the gentle, pastoral life that was enjoyed by the ...
Ethna Carbery was the pen name used by a 19th century Irish poet and journalist whose short life was ended by illness at the age of 35. Some of her work was set to music by the likes of Ivor Gurney and she collaborated on the production of two Irish Nationalist magazines with her friend Alice Milligan. She was born Anna Johnston on ...
Anna Laetitia Waring was a Welsh-born poet known primarily for her hymn writing who came from a literary family background, with both her father Elijah and her Uncle Samuel having had works of literature published. She was a studious young woman who learned Hebrew for the sole purpose of being able to read the Old Testament in its original form. She always ...
Arthur James Marshall Smith, more often referred to as A J M Smith, was a 20th century Canadian poet, anthologist and critic. Although a naturalised American he spent most of his life in Eastern Canada. He had a short spell in Britain where he attended the University of Edinburgh but the major part of his further education was at McGill University in ...
Anne Killigrew was a 17th century English poet who lived a tragically short life, cut short by smallpox. Her poetry was much admired by contemporaries such as John Dryden although none were published until a year after her death in 1685. Dryden compared her work to that of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. He obviously thought a great deal about her, ...
Anne Kingsmill Finch was a high-born English poet who held the title Countess of Winchelsea. Unusually for someone in her position she took great interest in the political and social climate found in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Her output of poetry was considerable and she was known for her skill in using Augustan form and diction in her writing. ...
The surname of the 20th century Polish poet Anna Świrszczyńska is often abbreviated to Swir for western readers who might struggle with the pronunciation. Her large volume of written work deals with many diverse topics, such as the Polish struggles during the Second World War (a good example being Building the Barricade, detailing her experiences during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis. She ...
Anne Reeve Aldrich was a 19th century novelist and poet from the USA, who was sometimes referred to as a modern-day “American Sappho”. Sappho was the Ancient Greek lyric poet who originated from the island of Lesbos, listed by the Alexandrians as one of the nine lyric poets. Lesbos became associated, sometime in the 19th century, with Sapphic or lesbian love. ...
Arthur Henry Hallam was a 19th century English poet who lived a tragically short life. A close friend, the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, spent 17 years composing a major poem in his honour, simply called In Memoriam A.H.H. Despite such a short life – only 22 years – Hallam made an impact on English literary society and was known as the ...
