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 ...
