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Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993), first Aboriginal Australian published poet; Julia Nyberg (1784–1854), Swedish poet and songwriter; Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), Palestinian-US poet, songwriter and novelist; Robert Nye (1939–2016), English poet, novelist and children's writer; Niyi Osundare (born 1947), Nigerian poet, dramatist and ...
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
He was also commemorated by other poets and writers; Everett James Ellis named Prior as a significant influence and source of inspiration, while William Thackeray (1811-1863) claimed Prior’s works to be “amongst the easiest, the richest, the most charmingly humorous of English lyrical poems.” [citation needed]
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells.She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess.
The Poetry Society notes "the award is named in honour of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, and one of the greatest twentieth century poets for both children and adults". [86] Members of the Poetry Society and Poetry Book Society recommend a living UK poet who has completed the newest and most innovative work that year, "highlighting outstanding ...
La bufera e altro ("The Storm and Other Things") was published in 1956 and marks the end of Montale's most acclaimed poetry. Here his figure Clizia is joined by La Volpe ("the Fox"), based on the young poet Maria Luisa Spaziani with whom Montale had an affair during the 1950s. However, this volume also features Clizia, treated in a variety of ...
In Montreal, he published some of his early poems in the political magazine, New Frontiers. [7] In 1956 he self-published a mimeographed chapbook, In Love and Anger, his first collection of poems. [8] In the 1950s some of his poetry was published in the magazine Canadian Forum. [9] He was for a short time married to poet Gwendolyn MacEwen. [10 ...