2018-10-21 13:25
Dhanpat Rai (or Premchand) was a popular Indian writer of modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is popularly well known by his pen name, Munshi Premchand. - Munshi Prem… Read More
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2018-10-19 03:06
Thomas Gray wrote poems of great beauty and he offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757. However, Thomas Gray declined the offer.-Thomas GrayThomas Gray was born in Cornhill on 26t… Read More
2018-10-17 04:38
Oliver Goldsmith was born in 1728, was a gifted wordsmith. His creativity found expression in poems, novels, essays and plays.- Oliver GoldsmithEven the classic children's story, 'The Histor… Read More
2018-10-14 07:33
John Dryden wrote his way to fame. So much so that, the period of Restoration England was known as the Dryden Age in literary circle.- John Dryden John Dryden was born in England o… Read More
2018-10-03 08:39
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was a German literary giant. He played many roles in his life. Goethe was poet, novelist, playwright, amateur artist, scientist, theater director, critic, and sta… Read More
2018-10-02 07:17
Friedrich Holderlin was a fan of ancient poets, and a hero to modern poets. He admired Pindar and Sophocles. Friedrich Holderlin in turn had a great influence on modern poets and philos… Read More
2018-09-28 13:14
'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Christabel' and 'Kubla Khan' are among the lasting poetic contributions of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHis famous friendshi… Read More
2018-09-25 17:07
Alexander Pushkin was a legendary Russian writer. He came from a noble family.Alexander Pushkin was a prolific writer. He left his mark on lyric poetry, narrative poetry, novel, short story… Read More
2018-09-21 18:22
Lord Alfred Tennyson holds a poetic record. He was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland for the longest period. In 1850, he succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate, and remained… Read More
2018-09-21 05:07
Wallace Stevens and Mahatma Gandhi share the same birthday.- Wallace StevensWallace Stevens was born on 2nd October 1879, in Pennsylvania. He passed out of New York Law School in 1903. A poe… Read More
2018-09-20 07:56
The title of a long poem penned by W.H Auden became a catch phrase for describing modern times.- W.H Auden 'The Age of Anxiety', was the poem. Published in 1947, 'The Age of… Read More
2018-09-18 05:13
Henry David Thoreau was an illustrious poet and essayist who lived close to nature. Thoreau and his group of writers believed in transcendentalism which stresses the superiority of the spiri… Read More
2018-09-13 04:55
G.M Hopkins ( or Gerald Manley Hopkins) was recognized as a great Victorian poet only after his death. His poems are about religion, nature and sadness.- G.M HopkinsG.M Hopkins was born on 2… Read More
2018-09-11 04:31
The Poetry of John Berryman was, in many ways, a response to a childhood tragedy. When John Berryman was twelve, his father shot himself dead.- John BerrymanJohn Berryman was… Read More
2018-09-09 04:00
E.E Cummings wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays.E.E Cummings was born in Massachusetts, on 14th October 1894. He began writing poems… Read More
2018-09-08 03:57
Rainer Maria Rilke was a writer par excellence. Rainer Maria Rilke penned several great volumes of poetry and a novel. 'Collections of letters', written by this Bohemian-Austrian writer… Read More
2018-09-06 04:29
Walt Whitman was a great man of letters. 'Leaves of Grass', is his evergreen contribution to English literature.- Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman had to do self publish this volume of poetry… Read More
2018-09-04 05:34
T.E Hulme was a poet who was famous for his literary theories. T.E Hulme was born on 16th September 1883. He was dismissed for rowdyism from St. John College, Cambridge… Read More
2018-09-03 05:40
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in 1806.Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote memorable love poems. Her Collection 'An Essay on Mind with Other Poems', appeared in 1826, when she wa… Read More
2018-09-02 05:46
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( or P.B Shelley) wrote great poetry, but fame bypassed him during his lifetime.- Percy Bysshe ShelleyShelley was born on 4th August 1792, in Sussex. Shelley was t… Read More
2018-09-01 06:47
Edgar Allan Poe was inventor of detective fiction and a writer of great poetry. He wrote 'The Raven', which became milestone in American Poetry. Edgar Allan Poe was a key figure of Amer… Read More
2018-08-30 05:51
Christina Rossetti wrote extraordinary poetry. Christina Rossetti was born in an artistic family on 5th December 1830. Her father was Gabriele Rossetti, the Italian Poet who moved to En… Read More
2018-08-29 05:28
'Do not go gentle into that good night', is the most famous poem of Dylan Thomas. The poems of Dylan Thomas remain popular to this day and he is regarded as the greatest welsh poet… Read More
2018-08-29 04:31
Shel Silverstein wrote memorable poetry for young readers. Shel Silverstein was born on 25th September 1930, in Chicago, USA. He took to writing and drawing in his childhood days.- &hell…Read More
2018-08-27 04:00
Emily Dickinson was a great poetess who published little in her lifetime. Emily Dickinson wrote nearly 1800 poems, but published less than a dozen of these while she was alive.- Emily D… Read More
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