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Little was known of FitzGerald's character until W. Aldis Wright published his three-volume Letters and Literary Remains in 1889 and the Letters to Fanny Kemble in 1895. These letters reveal FitzGerald as a witty and sympathetic letter writer. [9] George Gissing found them interesting enough to read the three-volume collection twice, in 1890 ...
Roy Fisher (1930–2017), English poet and jazz pianist; Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883), English poet and translator of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985), US poet, critic and translator; Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811), Scottish child poet and diarist; Giles Fletcher the Elder (c. 1548–1611), English poet, diplomat and MP
A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
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This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British ...
FitzGerald was born in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, a third-generation Australian of Irish extraction, and studied science at the University of Sydney.He left before graduating, however, and followed in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather Robert D. FitzGerald by taking up a post as a surveyor.
Jack Bedson (born 1950) poet and children's writer; Lisa Bellear (1961–2006) Judith Beveridge (born 1956) Dora Birtles (1903–1992) Leigh Blackmore (born 1959) Peter Bladen (born 1922–2001) John Blight (1913–1995) Barcroft Boake (1866–1892) Merlinda Bobis (born 1959) Ken Bolton (born 1949) Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949) trade union ...
Fitzgerald's own sister married barrister John Anthony Fonblanque. The family were linked to the Fitzgerald family of Munster. The family were linked to the Fitzgerald family of Munster. Educated at Greenwich, the Royal College of Navarre in the University of Paris and the Inner Temple where his tutor was Vicary Gibbs [ 1 ] he married very late ...