Adriano del Valle was a renowned Spanish poet and artist of the first half of the 20th century. For his 1933 work World Without Trams he was awarded the prestigious National Poetry prize. He was a contemporary of another famous Spanish poet – Federico Garcia Lorca – who he met in 1916. Two years later del Valle was the co-founder, along ...
The Persian poet, also known by the surname Shamloo, or in his homeland as Ahmad Šāmlū, occasionally used the pen name A. Bamdad when writing poetry or working as a journalist. Many critics consider him to be amongst the most influential poets in modern-day Iran. While on first appearances his poetry suggests complexity, relying heavily on imagery, it is actually quite simple ...
August Strindberg was an extremely prolific writer of poetry, plays and books on a variety of subjects. Over a period of some forty years he wrote in excess of sixty plays and thirty books covering such topics as politics, history, Swedish culture, autobiographies and some fiction. He was also an accomplished artist. His style of writing has been described as iconoclastic and ...
Barry Cornwall was the pseudonym used by an English poet who also enjoyed a long career in the legal profession. Despite being a busy lawyer he still found the time to compose verse although it seems that he wrote his poetry over a relatively short period of time, approximately between the years 1815 and 1832. He was born Bryan Waller Procter on the ...
Adelaide Procter was known, by many in the literary world, as one of the most popular poets of Victorian times. Indeed, it is said that she was Queen Victoria’s favourite poet and many of her verses were set to music, often as hymns. She lived a short but full life, exhibiting philanthropic qualities throughout. She spent a lot of time with homeless and ...
