François Villon was a most colourful character in 15th century France. In literary terms he is generally believed to be the best known French poet of his time but, from a personal perspective, he was a villain who seemed to be constantly at odds with the law and never far from the hangman’s noose. He was, in fact, sentenced to death in 1463 ...
Frank Dalby Davison was an Australian writer who was born right at the end of the 19th century and whose literary output included poetry, short stories and novels, many of which were about the pioneers who made the country and the diverse animal life that lived there. He is sometimes referred to in his work as “Freddie” Davison, F. D. Davison or Frank ...
Frank Maynard was a poet and balladeer of the old American West whose major claim to fame is the reworking of a poem called The Cowboy’s Lament, also known (in song) as The Streets of Laredo. This tale was told and sung by cowboys and eventually was listed in the top one hundred Western songs of all time. He enjoyed the wandering life ...
Frank Wilmot was an Australian poet born at the end of the 19th century who came to prominence with his 1917 poem To God: from the Weary Nations, although the word “warring” substituted “weary” in a later revised version. Wilmot was speaking out against the conscription of Australian men to the First World War effort. He often used the pseudonym Furnley Maurice for ...
François-Xavier Garneau was a 19th century French Canadian writer of poetry and historical works. During the mid-1840s he produced a significant study of his country in three volumes called Histoire du Canada. Besides his literary work he was a trained notary and worked for the government in a number of posts including clerk of the legislative assembly. He was born on the 15th June 1809 ...
