Luis de Góngora y Argote was a lyric poet of the Spanish Baroque era and also a Catholic priest. His literary accomplishments place him amongst the greatest Spanish poets of his time and he wrote in a style that became known, with a nod to his name, as Gongorism. He was born Luis de Argote y Góngora on the 11th July 1561 in Córdoba, ...
Lydia Maria Francis Child was a 19th century poet, novelist and school teacher. She was, throughout her lifetime, enthusiastically involved with a number of campaigns of a political and social justice nature. Examples of these were Native American rights, women’s rights and the abolition of slavery and she was also against American expansionism of its territorial and political borders. She was never afraid ...
"Ma" Rainey was an African-American writer of poetry and songs who was a pioneer in the field of blues songwriting and singing, often being referred to as the "Mother of the Blues". Her writing inspired others to follow her lead, with black American poets such as Sterling Brown and Langston Hughes forging their reputations in her wake. She became so well known ...
Madison Julius Cawein was an American poet, novelist and playwright whose poetic style led to his being referred to as the “Keats of Kentucky”. He was born on the 23rd March 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a herbalist. His education did not extend beyond high school and his first place of employment was in an establishment that doubled up as both pool ...
Max Plowman was an English poet who held pacifist views even though he enlisted into the British Army in 1914 and served in the front line trenches of the Somme before being invalided back home. He was born Mark Plowman on the 1st September 1883 in the Northumberland Park district of north London, the son of a businessman who dealt in the production ...
