The Sanskrit writer known as Bilhana was a well-known Kashmiri poet who was most famous for a long love poem that he wrote numbering some fifty stanzas. He called it Caurapâñcâśikâ, and this became known in English as The Collection of Fifty Verses by a Love Thief. It was dedicated to a royal Princess, possibly called Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, daughter of King Madanabhirama. Legend ...
Bert Leston Taylor was an American poet and author who specialised in humorous content in both his books and magazine or newspaper columns. He was also a librettist by the age of 21 and went on to become one of the most famous columnists in the entire United States. Additionally he is generally acknowledged as one of the central figures in the Chicago ...
Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet who authored a number of books on poetry and the law. He worked as a journalist on several publications, including the radical newspaper called Tocsin and, at times, he was also a teacher and political activist. Over a period of 48 years he served the Melbourne Supreme Court, first as assistant-librarian and then, from 1913, as Chief ...
Charles Churchill was an 18th century English poet and satirist. As well as serving time as a minister he was also a much-feared, and respected, theatrical critic who, during his tragically short lifetime, was never afraid to voice his criticism of performances on the various London stages. He was born in February 1732 in London and was educated at Westminster School where he soon ...
Charles Cotton was a 17th century English poet who also contributed to sporting publications such as Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler. He also wrote a guide to different sports and games called The Compleat Gamester. He was a well-known translator and one of his most significant projects involved translating into English the work of the French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. He was born ...
