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Cecil Chesterton was an English writer who earned his living towards the end of the 19th and the early part of the 20thcenturies as a journalist and political commentator, with occasional forays into the writing of poetry. His most high profile work came between the years 1912-1916 where he edited the influential magazine called The New Witness which exposed an embarrassing episode ...
The American writer, lawyer, artist and soldier, who was more commonly known as C E S Wood, was a major figure in the 19th century civil liberties movement where he worked tirelessly to right the wrongs of his countrymen against many displaced Native American tribes. Although poetry was a part of his literary output his best known work was a satirical collection ...
Charles Dibdin was a multi-talented English musician, poet and dramatic actor who was described as one of those most prolific singer-songwriters of his time which was the latter half of the 18th and early part of the 19th century. Known mostly for his songs and music he is honoured in his birthplace, Southampton, with a plaque fixed to the west face of the ...
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. ...
