Poets And Writers
29 entries in the Poets And Writers compendium.
Poets And Writers — Era Chart
Abu NuwasForemost Abbasid poet of wine, pleasure, and homoerotic verse.Adam MickiewiczPolish Romantic poet and national bard of Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus.Alejo CarpentierCuban novelist and founder of magical realism in Latin American literature.Alexander PopeEnglish poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era.Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Alexandre DumasFrench writer of historical adventure serials.Anna AkhmatovaRussian and Soviet poet whose work witnessed Stalinist terror and memory.Arthur RimbaudFrench poet who stopped writing at age 20.Bai JuyiTang dynasty poet, politician, and musician known for vernacular verse.Ben OkriNigerian-born British poet and novelist, Booker Prize winner.Bertolt BrechtGerman theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.Carlos FuentesMexican novelist, essayist, and ambassador to France.Chinghiz AitmatovKyrgyz author and diplomat known for blending folklore with Soviet life.Chinua AchebeNigerian novelist, poet, and critic, central figure of modern African literature.Constantine P. CavafyGreek poet from Alexandria, known for historical and sensual verse.D. H. LawrenceEnglish modernist writer whose works faced censorship for explicit content.Du FuTang dynasty poet and civil servant, devastated by the An Lushan rebellion.Edith WhartonAmerican writer and designer of the Gilded Age.Emily DickinsonAmerican poet whose work was largely unpublished until after her death.Ezra PoundAmerican poet and critic who shaped modernism and faced treason charges.F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican novelist who chronicled the Jazz Age's excess.Federico García LorcaSpanish poet, playwright, and theatre director of the Generation of '27.FerdowsiPersian poet who composed the epic Shahnameh.François RabelaisFrench Renaissance writer, physician, and satirist.François VillonLate medieval French poet and criminal.Fuzuli (poet)16th-century poet of Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic works.Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and journalist, Nobel laureate in literature.KālidāsaClassical Sanskrit author, often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright.Léopold Sédar SenghorFirst president of Senegal and theorist of Négritude.
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